Canary Wharf faces stiff test to reinvent itself
Viewsroom
Reuters
4.4 • 58 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:28.8 | to learn more. The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Rorges News. |
| 0:37.6 | And so do you point about hybrid working? |
| 0:39.8 | I think it's a company culture. |
| 0:42.0 | Each company is determining what its culture is |
| 0:44.2 | and how whether they want to work two days, three days, four days a week, five days. |
| 0:48.8 | And obviously, hybrid working is here to stay, |
| 0:51.0 | but each company is determining what its culture is. |
| 0:54.3 | That was Shobie Khan, chief Executive of Canary Wharf Group, speaking to the exchange, |
| 0:59.7 | the Viewsroom's sister podcast last year, when a rumor was circulating about HSBC |
| 1:05.0 | quitting Canary Wharf. Fast forward to today and HSBC has confirmed it will be leaving |
| 1:10.6 | its London headquarters and moving to a smaller space in the capital. |
| 1:14.8 | The shifting working patterns and what that means to commercial property owners like Canary Wharf is the focus of this week's Viewsroom. |
| 1:22.6 | Welcome back to the Views, a podcast from where there's breaking views where columnists from around the world |
| 1:27.5 | talk about the big stories of the week. I'm your host, Amy Donnellan, coming to you from London. |
| 1:34.3 | Canary Wharf, a financial hub in East London, made headlines recently, when HSBC said it would be |
| 1:40.2 | vacating its London headquarters for a smaller place in the capital. The news is a blow to Canary Wharf as a centre, but also raises questions about how working |
| 1:48.6 | from home will impact commercial property, not just in Britain, but across the world. |
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