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Staff are pouring back to offices at a string of top firms as others try to lure workers to return

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Staff pour back to offices at top firms and others consider plans to lure workers back to their desks – while survey shows more than half of senior managers continue to work from home Many companies recorded an uptick in employees getting back to their desks High street chain Boots was among those recording a … Read more

Why are British stocks lagging while US markets have already recovered their coronavirus losses?

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Record highs hit by the American stock market have further laid bare the gulf between Wall Street’s V-shaped recovery and the UK, which is struggling to bounce back from the pandemic. London‘s FTSE 100 continues to flatline even as the country emerges from lockdown and the government unlocks most sections of the economy. The blue-chip … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Theresa May’s muddle over women at the top table

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Theresa May, Britain’s second female Prime Minister, has sounded off about the absence of women in company boardrooms in a recent report. By gender diversity group Pipeline, the report criticised the fact there are only 13 female chief executive officers at the top 350 FTSE companies. Mrs May thunders in the report: ‘Every single male … Read more