In the Broadway Market district of East London, June 25, 2020. ... In the early 1990s, artists moved in, attracted by the cheap rents and its proximity to central London. In 2004, ...

And there is always the threat that corporations will be drawn to other business districts, including Canary Wharf, two miles east. Before the pandemic, about 540,000 workers commuted to the City.

HSBC has decided to leave its longstanding headquarters in Canary Wharf in east London in favour of a move to a much smaller office in the centre of the city, according to a memo seen by Reuters.