"After the initial shock of lockdown in Dubai due to the Covid-19 pandemic, corporate tenants and agency teams were quick to adjust to the ‘new normal’. One client, based in the Emirates Islamic Building (EIB) in the Dubai Media City (DMC), had no staff at all in the country when lockdown was introduced as the team was travelling abroad."

"Michael Healy, Director, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of working from home beyond the Covid-19 crisis, including a personal reason why the office is important to him. "

"The COVID-19 outbreak severely impacted Beijing’s office market. Both landlords and tenants are facing enormous pressure from the stagnate leasing market in 1H/2020 and have adjusted their leasing strategies to make it through these darkdays."

"In 2019, Chengdu’s GDP reached RMB1,701 billion in 2019, an increase of 7.8% year-on-year (YoY)—1.7 percentage points (ppts) and 0.3 of a ppt higher than the national rate and the Sichuan provincial rate, respectively."

"Though the initial three quarters of 2019 were marked by a number of negative factors including rising inflation, a contraction in industrial output and a falling GDP growth rate; the economy towards the end of 2019 had started showing signs of a turnaround."

"The Philippine economy contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter of the year. This was mainly attributed to multiple shocks to the economy."

"Easy-to-implement ways to keep staff safe and give them peace of mind."

"It's becoming evident that science is the only true exit strategy for the pandemic."