City giant orders 110,000 workers back to the office at least four days a week [Video]

02:47 EST 08 Jan 2025, updated 04:41 EST 08 Jan 2025

Advertising executives at a FTSE giant are the latest set of workers to be told to come back into the office as working from home policies continue to fade across the UK.

Staff at London-listed ad giant WPP, which owns agencies including Ogilvy and Wunderman Thompson, will now be expected to come into the office at least four days a week.

Employees working at WPP headquarters in the capital had previously only been required to go into the office three days a week, but will now be expected to come in more often and also work in the office at least two Fridays each month.

In an email written to everyone in the company, chief executive Mark Read said he believed ‘we do our best work when we are together in person’.

He also wrote: ‘It’s easier to learn from each other, it’s a better way to mentor colleagues starting …