About 25 members of APSCo staff who usually work from the office at 101 Borough High Street are among the recruitment industry professionals carrying out their duties from home on Monday. The area is popular as an operating base with recruitment agencies.

The entrance from the high street into London Bridge station remained closed this morning, while the Metropolitan Police said a cordon would remain in place “well into Monday” following the attacks that killed at least seven people on Saturday.

“We have not gone into the office,” said APSCo head of member services Josie Holroyd. “We have not tried so we don’t know if we would be able to.

“We looked at advice from Transport for London and decided we would be giving the police extra hassle if we tried to get in.”

Phones have been diverted and work continues as normal. “All our staff are able to work from home because things can happen, such as power cuts or office moves. Yesterday I spoke to CEO Ann Swain and operations director Samantha Hurley and we advised staff to be aware this might be a possibility.

“We were in contact between 6 and 6.30am this morning and we advised staff to work from home. We used individual texts to make sure everyone got the message.”

Staff and members have reacted calmly, Holroyd said. “Everyone is fine to work from home; it is one of those things that you deal with as it happens.

“We will look again tomorrow. We have not contacted the police yet, as they have enough on today without us contacting them.

“We have not had any enquiries from members regarding the events of Saturday, just normal business enquiries.”

Luc Fountain, managing director of Liberty Resourcing, told Recruiter his company’s office at the top end of Borough High Street was closed today because of its location within the area that remains cordoned off by police. He said that booked appointments with candidates for today had been called off, and the office’s phones had been diverted to staff mobiles. 

It is unknown whether normal operations will be able to resume on Tuesday, he said.

Meanwhile Adecco’s London Bridge branch is also closed today, with phones diverted and staff working remotely. Other recruitment agencies with offices in the vicinity could not be reached by phone Monday.  

However, Annapurna Recruitment is one of the Borough High Street businesses that was open today. Director James Ballard told Recruiter: “Fortunately nobody was physically injured, although some staff were in the vicinity‎ on the night and we have asked them to take the day off today.”

Kevin Green, CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), told Recruiter: “We haven’t taken any calls this morning from members affected by the terrorist incident this weekend who are in need of our help, although there are quite a few recruiters based in the London Bridge area. 

“All businesses need a contingency plan they can rely on in case of unplanned events – whether that be telephone or website failure, adverse weather conditions and travel disruption or terrorist attack. With remote access to servers, email and databases recruiters often work off-site during normal working days, which means they can keep serving their clients and candidates during unexpected disruptions.”

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