L&G London HQ shut after gas leak

Scott Sinclair
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Legal & General (L&G) has been forced to shut its London HQ after discovering a gas leak.

Hundreds of workers, including staff at L&G Investment Management and L&G Ventures, were turned away from the group's corporate offices on Coleman St in the City of London yesterday after the leak was discovered on Sunday night. Staff remain at an alternative site in Southwark in south London and have been told the earliest they will be able to return to their head office will be this afternoon (Tues). A spokesman for the group said it had to implement its disaster recovery plan on Monday as a result of the leak, which involved shifting staff to Southwark and ensuring the business con...

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