“Has Pizza Express run out of dough?”

Oct 11, 2019 | In the news

20 years ago, it was our family food destination of choice; sons and daughters sat through many a Napolitana in carry-cots and pushchairs. But like so many businesses, without its founding driving force it cut corners, we moved on and so, it appears, did many others. On our last (nothing else open or bearable) visit, it was as much fun as a visit to Boots, WH Smith or an airport. All of which were, usually, quite fun 20 years ago.

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“The working-from-home illusion fades”

“The working-from-home illusion fades”

Are workers working from home more or less productive than those catching the 7.02am to London Bridge every day? ‘Probably sitting at home in their bleedin’ jim-jams’, said someone recently of a less-than-helpful call centre employee, the assumption being that, were they surrounded by colleagues and with a manager cracking the whip, he or she would have sorted his energy bill more efficiently.