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SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

It's the end of an era as SwiftKey moves out of its home for nearly five years - the famously low-key low-rise office block of 91-95 Southwark Bridge Road - and swaps vistas of the Shard and the City of London for the visual desert that is Paddington in West London. It's also a last chance to visit Pizza Pub - the Libertine on Great Suffolk Street, just the other side of Mint Street Park. Meanwhile, in the City, London black cabs are blockading the streets in and around Bank Junction in protest at plans to close the seven-way intersection to traffic.

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We head off to Pizza Pub for the last time, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

We head off to Pizza Pub for the last time

Leather sofas and real fire in The Libertine, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Leather sofas and real fire in The Libertine

Inside Pizza Pub, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Inside Pizza Pub

More fireside chat, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

More fireside chat

SwiftKey waits for pizza, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

SwiftKey waits for pizza

The Libertine bar, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The Libertine bar

The Libertine's lunchtime pizza, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The Libertine's lunchtime pizza

The Libertine, as SwiftKey heads back , SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The Libertine, as SwiftKey heads back

Great Suffolk Street, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Great Suffolk Street

Walking out of Mint Street Park, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Walking out of Mint Street Park

The SwiftKey offices , SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The SwiftKey offices

The second floor office, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The second floor office

Tehmur sits back, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Tehmur sits back

Nosher's end of the building on the second floor, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Nosher's end of the building on the second floor

The Turing meeting room, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The Turing meeting room

Simon sits by the empty employee photo gallery, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Simon sits by the empty employee photo gallery

Turing's long meeting table, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Turing's long meeting table

Another meeting room called Bayes, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Another meeting room called Bayes

The former St. Saviour's Public Library, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The former St. Saviour's Public Library

St. Saviour's Public Library sign, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

St. Saviour's Public Library sign

The corner of Union Street and SBR, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The corner of Union Street and SBR

The shard over the houses of Union Street, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The shard over the houses of Union Street

In the City, London taxi-cabs are protesting, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

In the City, London taxi-cabs are protesting

Queen Victoria Street is full of taxis, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Queen Victoria Street is full of taxis

The taxis have blockaded Bank Junction, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The taxis have blockaded Bank Junction

A protestor carries a placard, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

A protestor carries a placard

Princes Street is also blocked, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Princes Street is also blocked

More taxis on Cornhill, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

More taxis on Cornhill

More taxis block Threadneedle Street, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

More taxis block Threadneedle Street

Looking back to Bank junction, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Looking back to Bank junction

Isobel lays out some old baby-grows, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Isobel lays out some old baby-grows

The sky is full of aircraft contrails, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The sky is full of aircraft contrails

Wind turbines in the frosty dawn light, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Wind turbines in the frosty dawn light

Nosher's bike propped up by the bike-shed, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Nosher's bike propped up by the bike-shed

The exit from Flat Iron Yard to the Island Café, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The exit from Flat Iron Yard to the Island Café

Flatiron Yard behind the office, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Flatiron Yard behind the office

The Shard seen down an alley, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The Shard seen down an alley

Hughes Electronics in Flat Iron Yard, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Hughes Electronics in Flat Iron Yard

The buildings opposite the office, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The buildings opposite the office

Southwark Bridge Road near Clinks, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Southwark Bridge Road near Clinks

St. Paul's in the afternoon sun, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

St. Paul's in the afternoon sun

Blackfriar's Bridge from Southwark Bridge, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Blackfriar's Bridge from Southwark Bridge

Waterfront buildings and St. Paul's, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Waterfront buildings and St. Paul's

The rozzers keep an eye on a line of taxis, SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

The rozzers keep an eye on a line of taxis

Taxis have blockaded Queen Victoria Street by Bloomberg , SwiftKey's Last Days in Southwark and a Taxi Protest, London - 18th January 2017

Taxis have blockaded Queen Victoria Street by Bloomberg

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We head off to Pizza Pub for the last time

We head off to Pizza Pub for the last time

Leather sofas and real fire in The Libertine

Inside Pizza Pub

More fireside chat

SwiftKey waits for pizza

The Libertine bar

The Libertine's lunchtime pizza

The Libertine, as SwiftKey heads back

Great Suffolk Street

Walking out of Mint Street Park

The SwiftKey offices

The second floor office

Tehmur sits back

Nosher's end of the building on the second floor

The Turing meeting room

Simon sits by the empty employee photo gallery

Turing's long meeting table

Another meeting room called Bayes

The former St. Saviour's Public Library

St. Saviour's Public Library sign

The corner of Union Street and SBR

The shard over the houses of Union Street

In the City, London taxi-cabs are protesting

Queen Victoria Street is full of taxis

The taxis have blockaded Bank Junction

A protestor carries a placard

Princes Street is also blocked

More taxis on Cornhill

More taxis block Threadneedle Street

Looking back to Bank junction

Isobel lays out some old baby-grows

The sky is full of aircraft contrails

Wind turbines in the frosty dawn light

Nosher's bike propped up by the bike-shed

The exit from Flat Iron Yard to the Island Café

Flatiron Yard behind the office

The Shard seen down an alley

Hughes Electronics in Flat Iron Yard

The buildings opposite the office

Southwark Bridge Road near Clinks

St. Paul's in the afternoon sun

Blackfriar's Bridge from Southwark Bridge

Waterfront buildings and St. Paul's

The rozzers keep an eye on a line of taxis

Taxis have blockaded Queen Victoria Street by Bloomberg