London — Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have told staff that only essential employees can work from their UK offices after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new nationwide lockdown to arrest a second wave of the coronavirus.

“We will substantially reduce the numbers of colleagues working from the office,” said Tiina Lee, Deutsche Bank’s UK CEO in a memo on Sunday. “We must ensure only those that cannot carry out their role from home are in the office.”..

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