LONDON (REUTERS) - Companies around the world have moved more of their operations online, plan to reduce office space and have made recruiting and retaining staff their top priority since the coronavirus pandemic struck, a survey showed on Tuesday (Aug 25).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Companies around the world have moved more of their operations online, plan to reduce office space and have made recruiting and retaining staff their top priority since the coronavirus pandemic struck, a survey showed on Tuesday .
There was uncertainty about the eventual scale of the shift away from shared workspaces in favour of working from home but 69 per cent were planning to cut their office space in the short term. Following behind were risks relating to supply chains, as trade tensions grow on the back of the pandemic, and environmental and climate change risks.
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