Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, announcing £40bn of tax rises, Central London Alliance comments
City Moves for 05 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 4, 2015 Weightmans The law firm has announced three appointments. Douglas Keir joins as a partner, and Sarah Phillips and Julia McDonald (pictured) join as associates, in its insurance team. They collectively have 40 years’ experience in law, and arrive from Anderson Strathern Solicitors. London Capital Group The Aim-listed online trading firm has announced two appointments. Nicholas [...]
Theatre review: City of Angels at the Donmar Warehouse December 19, 2014 Donmar Warehouse | ★★★★☆ Screenwriters get a famously rough ride in Hollywood. After giving birth to their characters and nurturing them into fully-grown, relatable beings, they hand them over to directors who chop, cut and abuse them like neglectful foster parents. In 1989, Larry Gelbart took the roiling resentment that had built up over years [...]
Four ways Uber promises to improve passenger safety in 2015 December 18, 2014 Uber has pledged to improve safety for passengers across four key areas next year, following the arrest of one of its drivers in New Delhi for rape. The taxi firm, which operates in 260 cities worldwide, has courted controversy over its screening of drivers in the past, with some critics claiming it puts passengers [...]
Quindell eyed for group legal action by rival law firm Your Legal Friend December 16, 2014 Embattled insurance outsourcer Quindell is being eyed for potential group legal action by a rival law firm Your Legal Friend. Liverpool-based Your Legal Friend, which was formerly known as Camps Solicitors, is appealing for investors burnt by their investment in Quindell to get in touch. The company's share price has lost around 75 per cent in [...]
Centurion Root powers England rescue mission December 11, 2014 ENGLAND skipper Alastair Cook lauded the performance of Joe Root after his imperious hundred in yesterday’s fifth one-day international (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Pallekele resurrected his side’s chances of claiming an unlikely series win. Root finished unbeaten on 104 as the tourists reached their victory target of 240 with five wickets and five balls [...]
Carillion embroiled in Qatar 2022 World Cup allegations December 9, 2014 Carillion, one of the UK's biggest construction firms, has been implicated in allegations surrounding the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2022. BBC news said it "uncovered worrying testimony about pay, housing conditions and safety standards from foreign workers" including some employed by subcontractors working for Wolverhampton-based [...]
Bank of England: Most mortgage borrowers could cope with an interest rate rise December 8, 2014 The majority of mortgage borrowers could cope if interest rates rose two percentage points, the Bank of England said today. According to the Bank's quarterly bulletin, which looked at the results of the annual NMG Consulting survey of household finances, if interest rates rose from their historic low of 0.5 per cent to 2.5 per [...]
FTSE drops over Draghi’s lack of stimulus news – London Report December 4, 2014 BRITAIN’S top equity index fell yesterday largely due to a drop in commodity stocks and disappointment at a lack of concrete, new economic stimulus measures from the European Central Bank (ECB). The blue chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 0.6 per cent, or 37.26 points, at 6,679.37 points. The ECB slashed its growth and [...]
Results Only Work Environment: How ending nine to five can banish wasted potential November 18, 2014 During the industrial age, it made sense, in terms of productivity and output, for employees to be at work for a set number of hours. The workday often revolved around static machinery and, for companies, broken or inefficient machines were the biggest costs. In today’s knowledge-based economy, for many firms, it is now human [...]
Payment systems are about to get a whole lot more transparent November 13, 2014 Payment systems – the back office stuff that allows you to do everything from withdrawing money from a cash machine or paying a bill to receiving your pension or making interbank payments – are about to become a lot more transparent. The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) comes into force in April 2015, and has [...]