The Square Mile is a ghost town. It will stay that way
But companies are beginning to adapt
“PEOPLE ARE raring to get back in,” says Catherine McGuinness of the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body for the financial district. “There’s a real atmosphere of excitement—we had some green shoots last summer, but now it just feels a lot more real.” The Lord Mayor talks of a growing light at the end of the tunnel.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A quiet place”
Britain
May 29th 2021- The BBC has bigger problems than a misbehaving interviewer
- Britain’s trade deals lack transparency
- Dominic Cummings takes aim at the British state
- The Square Mile is a ghost town. It will stay that way
- A drive to make nature writing more working-class
- Covid-19 has pushed English lawyers online
- The pandemic has seen a surprising surge in cash use
- The British government’s vague “levelling-up” idea gets a champion
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