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Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Lord Rose slams WFH as 'not proper work' and warns it's set the UK back 20 years

Lord Stuart Rose of Monewden is one of Britain’s most respected retailers - (PA Archive)

Former Marks & Spencer, Ocado and Asda boss Lord Rose ignited a heated debate over working from home when he said the practice is creating a generation “not doing proper work”.

The Tory peer told BBC’s Panorama programme he was worried that the continuing preference - particularly among younger staff- for WFH was damaging productivity and contributing to the UK economy’s “general decline.”

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