Haringey in shock as young Londoner is shot outside packed Wood Green station in broad daylight July 25, 2022 There is widespread shock and disbelief in North London this morning as a young Londoner, believed to be in his 20s, was shot just outside Wood Green station. The incident happened around 9.28pm, when it was still light and the station was full of evening travellers and commuters. Emergency services were reportedly called to Wood [...]
Letters: Keeping a hold of our young talent March 8, 2022 [Re: UK’s leading fintech bosses call on government to ramp up efforts to overhaul regulation, Feb 21] Industry body Innovate Finance is right, we absolutely need to see more institutional investors and pension funds being braver in supporting high-growth, growth-stage fintechs. That being said, the consequences of this lack of available capital are far more [...]
Our labour market has been squeezed for the right skills and jobs for young people June 20, 2022 Right now, one of the most pressing concerns for City businesses is a shortage of workers with the right skills. According to research by London Councils, almost a quarter of all vacancies in the capital are due to a lack of applicants with the necessary talents. Meanwhile, the number of cases where employers have been [...]
Boris Johnson mulls 50-year mortgages to get more young people on housing ladder July 2, 2022 Downing Street is looking at plans for 50-year mortgages that parents can hand down to their children. According to a report in The Times, Boris Johnson is looking at encouraging long mortgages as a way to get more young people onto the housing ladder. While a number of banks already provide products that mean parents [...]
EY UK boss Hywel Ball kickstarts leadership race after stepping down June 12, 2024 Hywel Ball, head of Ernst & Young's (EY) UK business, has told partners at the firm that he will step down as chair, kickstarting a race for one of the most prestigious jobs in British professional services.
The Collaboration is another must-see production at the Young Vic February 26, 2022 There’s a buzz about the Young Vic these days, a sense that this is a theatre hitting its stride after a relatively slow start to Kwame Kwei-Armah’s stint as artistic director. Cush Jumbo’s excellent Hamlet was followed by the political razzledazzle of Best of Enemies, and now we have The Collaboration, which manages to top [...]
Young accountant wins payout over insurance chief’s ‘demanding’ millennial comments April 26, 2022 A trainee accountant has won a case against employer, after his boss said she had made “the wrong decision in giving a dyslexic person the job” whilst firing him from his job at the Lloyd’s insurance broker. 26-year-old accountant Jay Patel is set to receive compensation for unfair dismissal, after an employment tribunal heard his [...]
Asset manager Vontobel expresses shock at death of ‘highly respected’ young trader April 22, 2022 A young and “highly respected” trader at Swiss investment bank Vontobel has died at his desk, the asset manager has confirmed to City A.M. Vontobel said it had learnt with “great regret” that a young colleague died in its offices last week. The investment manager refused to comment on the cause of death and asked [...]
Imran Ahmad Khan goes on trial in London for groping young boy March 29, 2022 A Tory MP is due to go on trial accused of groping a 15-year-old boy. Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, represents Wakefield in West Yorkshire. He denies a single charge of sexual assault against the then teenager in Staffordshire in January 2008. The politician, who has been suspended by the Conservative Party, will stand trial at [...]
Seeing is believing: young girls need more female role models in business to look up to May 27, 2022 Ensuring that anyone with potential can get on in life makes good business sense. It means that women should have the same opportunities as men to start their own businesses and be represented at every level. Despite female-founded SMEs contributing around £85bn of the UK’s economic output each year, there is still much more to [...]