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World Business Report: First broadcast 26/08/2020 14:32 GMT: No return to the office planned for millions of workers

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No return to the office planned for millions of workers

First broadcast 26/08/2020 14:32 GMT

First broadcast 26/08/2020 14:32 GMT: No return to the office planned for millions of workers

BBC World Service - World Business Report, No return to the office planned for millions of workers

The pandemic means companies are re-assessing their need for an office.

Fifty of the biggest UK employers questioned by BBC have said they have no plans to return all staff to the office full-time in the near future. We hear from office workers around the world currently forced to work from home. And in an extended report Vishala Sri-Pathma heads to an office design company to hear about socially distanced, sanitised workplaces. She also speaks to Andrew Dakers of West London Business, who has no plans to return his staff to the office and Jonathan Anapol, CEO of Prime Manhattan Realty, who is more optimistic. Catalina Ortiz tells her about the opportunity for development of greener, safer, more egalitarian cities. Also in the show, the release of the latest edition of the hugely popular video game Call of Duty. Plus, the founder of Adventures Overland why he's set up new bus service from Delhi to London, journey time: 70 days.

(Photo: a father and son at the dining table. Credit: Getty Images.)

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