When you visit this building, the first thing  you notice is the striking façade, on a corner giving it a foot in Fetter Lane that dates back beyond 1300 and the other in Fleet Street, former home of the UK News industry for close to 300 years, in an area rich with personality and history.

The Canvas offices founders , Oren and Yaron Rosenblum, have found a jewel here in a key position with bus, tube and main line stations all close by. Its also mid-way between the City and Charing Cross, both a twenty minute walk away, with Holborn and Covent garden closer. The corner part of the building contains a coffee and light snacks shop that can be accessed direct from the office , handy but not necessary as there are fridges and free coffee facilities throughout the building .

This being a working day for me, the same as any tenants, I could set up with wi-fi access in one of the light and airy offices in minutes but on this occasion used one of the recreation areas to view the ebb and flow of people all day. Nice to see a mother presenting her new baby to office colleagues at lunch time and a well behaved dog and owner enjoying a little downtime also, this building being pet friendly as are all the other offices in the Canvas stable.

 I also had a chat with the head of a company, resident before Canvas took over the building, who had the option to move while the building was brought up to Canvas standards but decided to stay while the building had an internal makeover. Their company's flexibility suitably rewarded by Canvas whose tenants are very pleased with the transformation.

The facilities are superb, hours to meet tenant's needs, some people work on US time for example, plenty of showers for cyclists or lunchtime runners, informal and formal meeting areas available all over the building and I can vouch for the quality of their coffee and kitchen facilities for those eating in. The Canvas Fetter Lane offices are newly refurbished, currently being fine tuned and having toured the building, there is a nice atmosphere there already, although as the residents are part of the Canvas "family", they can drop in on other Canvas Offices and work from there, when meeting clients in other parts of London.

I enjoyed a good day's work in Fetter Lane and headed for Blackfriars mainline station late afternoon, passing, well  stopping briefly if the truth be told, for a swift half at one of the oldest pubs in London, Ye Old Cheshire Cheese, refurbished in 1667 , Great Fire of London related, about 40 yards from Fetter Lane, that I discovered maybe 15 years ago. This must be the most atmospheric pub in town also, so evocative of its age and history of the area over 300 years previously.

A very satisfying and productive day where I worked in one of the most modern office environments around and later sat in a seat briefly where Charles Dickens, or Mark Twain, both regular visitors, may have supped an ale or two News industry

That's London for you.