Fuel prices continue to be a problem for car owners across the UK, with the £2 mark for unleaded petrol even being hit in some areas.
23.05.2022 - 12:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As in so many cities, Manchester’s office market has had to handle the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and big shifts in the ways corporate occupiers work.
But a leap in take-up last year made clear that any worries over companies’ desire to have the best physical workspace possible can be laid to rest.
To take a closer look at this in action, in a post-pandemic working world, real estate publication EG is set to host an in-person event in Manchester on June 8, 2022, for businesses to attend.
And in advance of the event, here, we hear directly from some of the businesses with a work base in the city.
Streaming company Roku’s deal to take 115,066 sq ft at Bruntwood SciTech and Vita Group’s 1 Circle Square was the largest office leasing across the UK’s six big regional cities.
As the company moved in earlier this year, software engineering director Alastair McGeoch said the choice of city and building for the new hub was crucial – not least because company founder Anthony Wood was born in Manchester.
McGeoch told EG: “[1 Circle Square] puts us right in the heart of Manchester’s tech ecosystem, diverse talent pool and all those aspects that come with it. It’s a great spot within the city, with breathtaking views. It was quite exciting to see the reaction of the team seeing it for the first time.
“The work I’ve got to do with the team in Manchester now, as we will grow over the coming months, is how do we ensure that our office on Circle Square has a local identity, but also how does it reflect Manchester.
“All our UK locations have an element of that kind of local DNA within the [office] environment.”
Plenty of other occupiers in the city have also found that, even after the pandemic, the importance of a
Fuel prices continue to be a problem for car owners across the UK, with the £2 mark for unleaded petrol even being hit in some areas.
Petrol prices have continued to rise across the country, with the £2 per litre mark for unleaded already being breached in some parts of the UK.
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