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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

UNBELIEVABLE: Lord rose slams wfh as not proper working and says it its harming productivity - Caught on Camera

Lord Stuart Rose of Monewden is one of Britain’s most respected retailers - (PA Archive)

Former Marks & Spencer, Ocado and Asda boss Lord Rose ignited a heated debate over working from home when he said the practice is creating a generation “not doing proper work”.

The Tory peer told BBC’s Panorama programme he was worried that the continuing preference - particularly among younger staff- for WFH was damaging productivity and contributing to the UK economy’s “general decline.”

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