Offices

Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte will close four of its 50 British offices as it reviews its real estate portfolio in the coronavirus pandemic, but will retain the staff on work-from-home contracts, it said on Saturday.

Evidence has been mounting for months that the coronavirus can spread by air, but effective and high-quality air filtration as well as proper ventilation can reduce the risk of spread. It’s no silver bullet, but as the weather turns colder and people spend more time indoors, it’s another layer of a multi-pronged defense against the virus. “Filters and ventilation all play a role here, but fundamentally, I think of them more as kind of taking the edge off the risk once you’ve already done everything right to reduce it,” Jeff Siegel, a civil engineer at the University of Toronto, said.

Twitter’s plans for work from home indefinitely have prompted a wave of copycats. But its transformation has been two years in the making — and the rest of America can learn some lessons.

Out with grimy microwaves and sticky coffee machines with worn-out buttons, in with stylus pens, QR codes, no-touch water coolers and mobile apps that pick what brew the machine will make for you.

With fewer employees coming into the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, companies may have to rethink their environmental footprint.

Shares of Herman Miller are soaring after a blowout earnings report. The office furniture retailer said its home office category increased 300% since last year amid the work-from-home trend. “They reported a completely blowout quarter last night. Why? Because people are rebuilding their homes,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday.

The e-commerce giant says it is adding 3,500 employees in six major cities even as other companies embrace lasting remote employment.

America’s biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Company walking away from 380,000-square-foot building and 8-acre campus.

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is allowing employees around the world to work remotely for the remainder of 2020.