John Lewis Partnership is adapting to the changing work landscape by halving the size of its head office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The department store<\/a><\/strong> retailer plans to relocate from its current 220,000 square feet Victoria Street site to a more compact 108,000 square feet space in Pimlico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firm had been looking for a better-suited head office for the rise of hybrid working before its lease expired in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read More: Ted Baker cuts 200 head office jobs after US buyout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The retail<\/a><\/strong> giant now plans to begin relocating to its new headquarters starting next summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A company spokesperson said: “The move will help ensure we’re well placed for hybrid working and builds on more than 80 years of having a base in the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the coming months, we’ll get the building ready for us to move in next year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need Career Advice?<\/strong> Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The downsizing effort is expected to save costs, aligning with Chairman<\/a><\/strong> Dame Sharon White’s turnaround plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last month, White pledged to steer the retailer back to profitability before 2026 and said staff bonuses would be reintroduced only \u201cwhen affordable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Lewis Partnership is adapting to the changing work landscape by halving the size of its head office. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414,415],"tags":[188],"class_list":["post-47359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-business-news","category-uk-employment-news","tag-john-lewis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}