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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Free food and threats to bonuses: UK finance and tech firms fight working from home

Office workers and commuters walking through Canary Wharf in London in the morning rush hour
Financial services firms such as HSBC in Canary Wharf are pushing for staff to spend more days in the office. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Free parking and changes to managers’ bonuses have helped Britain’s biggest insurer, Aviva, lure staff back to their desks for most of the working week.

Welcome to the new-old world of work: where companies, particularly those in financial services and technology, push for staff to spend more days in the office as they try to rebalance the working from home trend.

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