Women’s Day: Female leaders speak out as Covid threatens glass ceiling March 8, 2021 As the world comes together to celebrate International Women’s Day, the fight for gender equality enters a defining era. Today is a celebration of empowerment and inspiration, but tomorrow is even more important. The recent news that all-male boards had disappeared from the FTSE 350 was a win for diversity, but the economic challenges posed [...]
Close Brothers to sell asset management arm as motor finance bill looms September 19, 2024 Close Brothers' shares are down by around a third since the Financial Conduct Authority announced in January that it would review whether customers were overcharged via now-banned discretionary commission arrangements on car loans.
Taylor Wimpey: Average selling price hits £350,000 as firm shrugs off mini budget housing chaos January 13, 2023 The average selling price for private completions increased six per cent to more than £350,000 according to one of the UK’s largest construction companies. Taylor Wimpey released its 2022 overview today, saying total completions were a shade under last year’s at 13,154, compared to 14, 302. It said of the completions, more than a fifth [...]
Harbour Energy blames windfall tax for scrubbing out profits as it confirms heavy jobs cuts May 10, 2023 Harbour Energy confirmed it expects to cut hundreds of jobs in the UK ahead of today's AGM, following the effects of the windfall tax.
Lack of UK female bosses leads to £47bn profit gap July 27, 2020 Companies in the FTSE 350 with more diverse executive leadership teams perform considerably better and have higher profit margins, a new report said today. Analysis by gender diversity business the Pipeline showed more diverse companies — which have executive committees with female memberships of more than 33 per cent — have a net profit margin [...]
Investors clamp down on executives’ pension pay packets November 16, 2020 Investors are piling further pressure on companies to scale back executive pension packets to align with the rest of their workforce. In the past it has been common for executives’ pension contributions to be considerably higher than the rest of the workforce. Some progress has been made in bridging the gap but now investors want [...]
ATOME appoints engineer to oversee Paraguayan green project June 13, 2022 London-listed Atome Energy (ATOME) has named AECOM as the owner's engineer for its 60 MW renewable project in Paraguay.
New standards for equal opportunities could pave way for a better working future April 20, 2021 Firms across the world have been attempting to codify their efforts on equal opportunities, and a new set of global standards may do just that. Christiane Bisanzio writes why her firm has signed up. Last week, the World Economic Forum released its eagerly awaited report into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender pay. [...]
More talk, more walk – DiverCity Podcast returns January 20, 2021 DiverCity® Podcast · Reflections on a decade of D&I: Baroness Morrissey reflects on progress & considers the road ahead Now more than ever, businesses like to tell us what they care about. Most company websites have a full section extolling the corporate values they claim sets them apart. Think: a culture of flexibility, low environmental [...]
Why National Grid needs to speed up renewable connections to win over energy investors March 29, 2023 National Grid needs to speed up grid connections for new renewable projects if it wants to win over more investors, argues Octopus.