Office

Experts have warned of certain areas in the workplace that are covered with bacteria and could be making us unwell - such as phone chargers and light ...

"Offices are notorious sources of bugs, because we’re mixing with other people from other households and the more people we mix with, the more likely we are to pick something up. According to Adam, there are a couple of things you can do to make the office environment safer and reduce your risk of picking up an illness. "While it’s common for us to catch colds and flues at this time of year, it’s not an inevitability and we can minimise our chances by being more aware of how we interact with other people. [Digital ID](https://www.digitalid.co.uk/), a leading supplier of eco-friendly ID card products, said: "Lots of us are suffering from winter bugs at the moment and it feels like this year has been one of the worst in ages in terms of the number of people falling ill. Our workplaces are often one of the most common settings where we pick up colds and flus, and we are increasing our risks of becoming infected with an illness by touching common surfaces in our offices which are handled by lots of colleagues each day. This time of year is full of nasty bugs and illnesses doing the rounds, and it’s thought this winter has been one of the worst in recent memory.

Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills will close its Seoul office in Korea this year following other international law firms in the same move in recent years.

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News that a €550M deal for Meta's office is off is a blow to Dublin's office market. The billionaire founder and owner of fashion retailer Zara has pulled out ...

[Zara](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/zara) has pulled out of a €550M deal to buy the office development that forms part of [Meta](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/meta) Platforms Inc.’s European headquarters in Dublin. [AIB](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/aib)’s former Bankcentre headquarters, the four blocks had previously been owned by the Serpentine consortium, a syndicate of private companies and individuals assembled by AIB Private [Banking](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/banking) and [Goodbody Stockbrokers](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/goodbody-stockbrokers). [Johnny Ronan](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/johnny-ronan)’s [RGRE](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/rgre) and the Dublin 4 offices are nearing completion. [Blackstone](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/blackstone) completed the €395M purchase of 339.5K SF of office space in 2022 across four existing blocks occupied by Meta to the rear of its new European headquarters campus. [Fortress](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/fortress). [Colony Capital](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/colony-capital), for Fibonacci Square in 2018. [Dublin](https://www.bisnow.com/dublin) [Capital Markets](https://www.bisnow.com/capital-markets)View count: [Fibonacci Square](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/fibonacci-square) complex in [Ballsbridge](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/ballsbridge) in 2018 and is understood to have agreed to an annual rent of €22.5M, with the first payments due in 2024 following the expiry of an agreed rent-free period of about 18 months, the Times reported. [Amancio Ortega](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/amancio-ortega) was slated to sign contracts for the deal late in 2022 but [the Sunday Times reported](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zara-owner-pulls-out-of-550m-deal-to-buy-metas-dublin-hq-7f5v0d6wp) that he has now backed out of the acquisition, leaving [Fortress Investment Group](https://www.bisnow.com/tags/fortress-investment-group) to find a new buyer. [rocky road for the market widely predicted this year,](https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/commercial-real-estate/dublin-offices-party-on-or-party-over-117566) before stabilisation in early 2024. However, a decision by the tech giant last year to only occupy space at the rear of the site and to seek to sublet the remainder impacted the valuation of the project, according to the report.

A meeting between PCS and Cabinet Office officials took place on 15 February to discuss our national dispute on pay, pensions, job security and redundancy ...

Clearly our industrial action is causing the employer severe problems and disruption, and has led to these meetings. More hard-hitting, sustained targeted action is planned and an all-member strike on March 15 has been called. Progress seems to be being made everywhere except in areas where the UK Government was directly responsible for the disputes.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said on Monday that it is closing its office in Seoul 10 years after it opened, taking its cue from other international law ...

Labour leader concerned to see proposed construction of office blocks at this location amid housing crisis.

He stated that “to approve this development would establish an undesirable precedent and would not be in the interests of future sustainable development”. The Dublin Bay South TD argues that the “development of more office blocks will not contribute towards the provision of necessary homes and the promotion of sustainable communities”. In a submission to the council, Bacik states that “I am concerned to see the proposed construction of office blocks at this location, given our current housing and homelessness crisis”.