How to make a hybrid workforce work for you July 6, 2021 | City Talk Should your team be working from home or in the office? Or a mix of locations? Hopefully the answer to this question will – very soon – be able to be determined solely by an organisation of its own accord rather than because of a need to follow Covid-19 guidelines. But even before the pandemic, [...]
Covid-19, one year later: Capital markets entering uncharted waters July 6, 2021 | City Talk CFA Institute conducted a survey of its global membership to analyse the effects of the current economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic on financial markets and the investment industry. The survey was run worldwide from 8 to 28 March 2021. Now we are releasing the survey report: COVID-19, ONE YEAR LATER. This research constitutes the second iteration [...]
Wise exec: London tech scene already at ‘critical mass’ despite Brexit July 5, 2021 A senior exec at London fintech darling Wise has said Brexit “won’t get in the way” of the capital’s tech ecosystem continuing to thrive. Speaking on City A.M.’s podcast, the firm’s Chief Financial Officer Matt Briers said that while many elements including recruiting have become “harder,” the tech climate is “already at critical mass.” Read [...]
£700bn market: UK’s digital trade talks with Singapore underpin Britain’s role as a global tech exporter July 1, 2021 The UK and Singapore launched negotiations this week on a new ambitious digital trade agreement that could remove barriers and provide access to digital trade. Government statistics show this digital trading relationship was worth £3.2bn in 2019, out of Britain’s total tech exports of nearly £63bn globally. As the value of the entire digital global [...]
Google cracks down on financial fraud and scams in UK June 30, 2021 Google says it will clamp down on financial fraud on its platforms in the UK, but the country’s watchdog says legislation will be needed to really tackle the problem. Watch the full report.
It’s all over: Softbank pulls plug on Pepper the robot, sources say June 30, 2021 SoftBank Group is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped producing its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents reviewed. Watch the full report.
UK shoppers sticking with online shops despite restrictions relaxing June 29, 2021 Online e-commerce sales continued to grow in April, despite the reopening of non-essential retail across the UK. Demand for e-commerce packaging, a barometer for industry and sector performance, grew 11.7 per cent in April, despite brick-and-mortar shops reopening in the same month. This followed a 35.6 per cent increase in demand in the year up [...]
Yours too? 700m LinkedIn accounts allegedly for sale following data breach June 29, 2021 LinkedIn data of over 700m users has been exposed in a new data breach, according to multiple reports. LinkedIn has a total of 756m users, which means that the data of more than 92 percent of its users has been compromised in this new breach. The new dataset obtained by an unknown hacker is said to [...]
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Three exciting jobs in London right now June 29, 2021 After what feels like a lifetime of lockdowns, restrictions and hitting pause on life, things are slowly returning to normal. And frankly, we couldn’t be happier. During this global pandemic, countless businesses all over the world introduced hiring freezes, furlough schemes and had to make some tough decisions. But there has been a shift, and [...]
