City Of London
London Power Outage Disrupts Citi, HSBC Canary Wharf Offices
- Citi employees work remotely, HSBC ran generators on Tuesday
- Citi warns staff disruption could extend beyond Wednesday
Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf district in London on Feb. 1.
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Staff at Citigroup Inc.’s Canary Wharf office are working from home as a major power failure across east London continues into Wednesday, having knocked out computer networks and led to the activation of emergency electricity supplies.
Many of Citigroup’s U.K.-based staff were forced to head home to work or reroute business to other offices on Tuesday when parts of the building in Canary Wharf lost power, according to a person familiar with the matter. The disruption could last longer, according to a memo to staff from James Bardrick, Citigroup’s country officer for the U.K.