Don’t you just love a good survey? I suspect there are more readers who have Gen Z children than are themselves Gen Z, born between 1997 and 2012. You might think they’re as likely to have anything in common as have I with the several million other Pisces in the UK, and I have to say I don’t recognise many of the traits identified here. They are, apparently, mostly employed in well-paid jobs, they’re wages are growing, youth unemployment in the developed world is at record low levels and they’re likely to end up much better off than the Gen before, the X-ers. Anecdotal evidence, I’d say, might indicate the opposite. They won’t have much in the way of pensions, home-ownership is a distant dream for many as is the possibility of being cared for in old age. The rise in inequality makes it much harder to generalise, of course, but one thing’s for sure: the music’s not nearly as good.
“Central London office take-up second highest in Europe”
For all the talk of a ‘working from home’ revolution, it seems there’s just as much demand for office space in London and the City as ever, borne out by a very unscientific drive-by survey on my last visit to The Smoke.
