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Younger staff will see their careers benefit from the return to office-working, the boss of a pub firm has said. Clive Watson, chief executive of City Pub Group, said junior workers needed mentors, which they cannot access while working from home. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Watson said that while there was room for “flexibility”, it was “important” for workers’ mental wellbeing to be alongside colleagues in the office. Many people have been heading back to offices this week after the government dropped its work-from-home guidance for England.