Reading the business news these days can be a pretty disheartening experience.

On 1 August, the Prime Minister officially ended the Government's "work from home" guidance saying that decisions should be made at the "discretion" of the employers rather than employees.

The Weekly ventured into the City on Friday in a welcome return to the comparative peace and quiet of the office.

Remember the old tradition of the Boxing Day sales? Every year, the front page of the newspapers would be dominated by images of long snakes of people queuing patiently in the early hours of the morning (often in the cold and the rain), before rushing into the stores at opening time in a mad dash, jostle and grab for the best bargains.