The departure of Reuters from Fleet Street marks the end of publishing in the world famous home of national newspapers. MAC finds out what is so great about the building that has tempted them away. Reuters is the best know name in international news and information gathering and it is the last of the great companies associated with publishing to leave Fleet Street. That was the headline-grabbing bit, but the reality is that Reuters has been running 10 offices around London for many years and it had decided to bring its staff together under one roof. The new UK headquarters in Canary Wharf had to meet the company's complex needs as a worldwide information centre, including extremely secure power supplies, but Reuters was also keen to embrace a sustainability philosophy, according to the project's building services and structural design engineers Faber Maunsell. With around 2,500 staff needing to be based at the new 280,000 sq ft (26,000 sq m) office at 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, the timing of the project was critical. Four of the former properties were to be transferred within a very short time frame. The new building was originally constructed in 1992 and occupied for most of the intervening years by London Underground and the remodeling design work began in September 2004. The building was handed over in May this year.
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