It’s five months today since my last actual meeting with an actual client in their actual house. Since then I’ve Zoomed/Teamsed/Skyped/WhatsApped/Facetimed or just ‘phoned 172 (yes, sadly I’ve counted) clients. That’s far more than would have been possible in Precedented Times. And, partly because I’m not driving around all day, partly because my head’s already spinning after a day in front of the computer, I’ve watched films, read books and occasionally talked to my family, rather than answering emails, in the evenings. I was asked this week whether our clients now want face-to-face meetings again. I’d say that’s a two-way, supply-and-demand type question. Do I want them? Do we need them? In the words of David Cassidy (kids etc.), ‘Could It Be Forever?’
“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.