The UK is great at supporting startups – so why can’t we do the same with scale-ups? November 6, 2015 The last five years have seen an unprecedented growth in the number of new, registered companies and we have now surpassed the rate at which even the United States produces startups. This is terrific progress, but when these businesses grow and try to move to the next stage – be that taking on more employees, [...]
UK inflation falls back to zero in August September 16, 2015 The UK slipped back into the land of "noflation" last month, amid falling petrol prices and a smaller seasonal increase in clothing prices than last year, according to data released today by the Office for National Statistics. Britain's consumer price index fell to zero in the year to August, from 0.1 per cent a month earlier, [...]
City Moves for 16 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 15, 2015 BARCLAYS Ian Gilmartin has been appointed head of retail and wholesale for Barclays’s corporate bank. He has over 20 years’ experience and has spent the past five years as part of the leadership in Barclays’ retail and wholesale team. Gilmartin has also held roles at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Allied Irish Banks. DELOITTE The business [...]
Robo-advisers backed to fill financial gap August 2, 2015 GOVERNMENT officials and regulators are today launching a new review aimed at improving consumers’ access to financial advice. However, experts say that the answer to the so-called “advice gap” is likely to be found in new financial technologies such as automated online portfolio managers known as “robo-advisers”. Robo-advisers are most common in the US, where [...]
Back to work: Pause before doing away with your annual appraisals September 4, 2015 As the new term kicks off one rather large organisation, Accenture, won’t be carrying out any more annual appraisals. Managers and junior employees alike must have extra springs in their steps as they, gleefully, head through the revolving doors and into work. The case against is strong. The annual appraisal system is time-consuming, regimented (often [...]
Tax and ad-spend October 18, 2015 William Railton explores what the OECD’s BEPS proposals mean for marketers THE OECD has released its last pieces of guidance to governments on tackling corporate tax avoidance, and intellectual property is in the firing line. The final Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) report calls for multinationals to provide more information about their “intangible” assets, [...]
Arsenal exit transfer window with lowest spend for 11 years September 2, 2015 Arsenal have recorded their lowest summer spend for 12 seasons after failing to add to the signing of Petr Cech before the transfer window closed this evening. Read more: Wenger at odds with Mourinho over spending Fans hoping for new players were left disappointed after a quiet deadline day for the Gunners ended without Arsene [...]
The pros and cons of younger managers: Millennials are inspiring and dynamic but lack experience October 21, 2015 Disloyal, inexperienced, lacking in expertise – the reasons for not promoting younger managers are various. But a survey published earlier this month by leadership development consultancy Zenger/Folkman suggests that leaders aged 30 or below are actually more effective than those aged 40 or above. When ranked for overall leadership effectiveness, 44 per cent of the [...]
City Moves for 3 July 2015 | Who’s switching jobs July 2, 2015 Deloitte Real Estate The real estate firm has appointed Claire O’Shaughnessy as a director in real estate consulting, focusing on the public sector. She previously led the development of the footprint strategy in the strategic business partner team for the Ministry of Defence. Allianz Global Investors Iain Cowell has been appointed head of solutions for [...]
The City remain top dog for charitable activity December 17, 2015 Lord Mountevans, Lord Mayor of the City of London, on the City’s charitable highlights The year is drawing to a close and for the City, it has been a fantastic year for charitable outreach. In addition to promoting the City as a global centre for financial and professional services, I will be picking up the baton from my [...]