Options being considered by NM Rothschild include the sale of Reuters' flagship Fleet Street building. The move could bring in £100m ($154m) especially if the offices were converted into a residential development.

Alternatively, Reuters could do a package sale and leaseback on all of its buildings similar to the ones that national retailers like Marks & Spencer and Safeway have undertaken.

Reuters owns the freehold on a number of offices including one in St Brides office, a Docklands technical centre, a Wapping development and a editorial base in Gray's Inn.

The review will also look at outsourcing property functions and sub-letting of empty office space.

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