How to deal with irritations in the office and colleagues’ bad habits: Instead of criticising, think of a mutually beneficial solution October 20, 2015 Pungent food, loud music and talking on speakerphone – the bad habits of our colleagues can be distracting, increase friction within a team, and stifle productivity. On the tube, you can often just move down the carriage, but at work, getting away may be far harder, and open plan office spaces may expose us [...]
Never mind classical music, here’s the CEO July 23, 2015 WHEN you think of top City bosses, you might associate them with the high-brow things in life. Fine wines, theatre and Radio 3. Well, according to a study published by tech site Plos One, that’s all a farce. Establishment bosses love nothing more than moshing out to the Sex Pistols and Guns n’ Roses. Researchers [...]
I let myself be hacked by an ethical hacker and this is what I learned about cybersecurity November 4, 2015 Let me tell you this: it’s quite a disconcerting feeling to sign a form agreeing to let a hacker break into all your personal data. Even when it’s an ethical one. I’d agreed to let cybersecurity expert Ollie Whitehouse do his worst, and access as much of my information online as possible. But waiting to [...]
Is a specialist MBA a sensible option? Funding may be easier to secure but you’ll end up tied down August 27, 2015 From aviation and shipping to CSR and music, MBA students are no longer limited to choosing unspecialised programmes which lack technical depth and insight. Long favoured in countries like India, where booming industries like healthcare had to recruit capable managers quickly, specialist MBAs have grown in popularity in recent years. So are they the [...]
Unleash the entrepreneurs to tackle London’s school shortage September 6, 2015 London’s booming population is creating a massive demand for new schools. The capital requires 113,000 new school places over the next five years alone – equal to 10 per cent of existing school places. Part of this demand can be met by expanding existing schools. But hundreds of brand new schools will also be [...]
Vivendi rejects call for sale of Universal Music March 23, 2015 FRENCH media group Vivendi said it had rejected a US hedge fund’s call for the sale of its Universal Music unit, adding yesterday that most shareholders backed its strategy. P Schoenfeld Asset Management (PSAM) is weighing a challenge to the group’s strategy and dividend policy, as piloted by chairman Vincent Bollore, at the annual shareholder [...]
French media group Vivendi to purchase broadcaster Canal Plus May 12, 2015 FRENCH media giant Vivendi said it will offer a €495m (£354m) buyout for a controlling stake in Canal Plus. Vivendi already owns around 48.5 per cent of the company, and yesterday said its supervisory board had approved a public tender offer of €7.60 per share. The group said it intended to grow its stake in [...]
BBC charter review panel: Meet the eight people deciding the broadcaster’s future July 12, 2015 The government has selected a panel of independent advisors to lead a review of the BBC's royal charter, which will shape the future of the public broadcaster. An eight-person team of media professionals and experts, with backgrounds in broadcasting, production, technology and media regulation, have been chosen by the culture secretary John Whittingdale to conduct [...]
Syed Kamall on Brussels, Brexit and Boris’ job – is he ready to be London’s next mayor? June 14, 2015 More than 300 Tory voters packed a lecture hall at BPP University in Waterloo last Thursday night to hear London MEP Syed Kamall speak about Britain’s relationship with the European Union. Kamall – a Conservative MEP who has represented the capital in Brussels since 2005 and led the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, the multi-country [...]
Ocean London: An ocean of possibilities for the city’s event scene June 24, 2015 It seems there is such a thing as too much choice. Even deciding where to see a film on a roof is a headache when you live in a city as large and diverse as London. This predicament has given rise to a number of event planning apps that aim to make your leisure time, [...]