His landlord Regus, an office rental space giant with 316 locations in the UK and more than 1,000 worldwide, is refusing to offer financial help to clients. Regus also points out that it offered a two-month payment reduction at the start of lockdown – though this came with strings such as clients having to sign longer contracts. Even before the pandemic, he says Regus had messed him about by telling his business to twice move premises at short notice when offices were renovated or ­redesigned. “We asked for a rent holiday or a long-term reduction while the rooms were unusable in this pandemic but we were refused,” Mr Morris said. “We requested a break in the contract, or a rent reduction, or we downsize to a single office.

Source: Daily Mirror September 10, 2020 14:34 UTC