City Moves for 17 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 16, 2015 KPMG The professional services firm appoints Ken Hall as partner and Curtis Baron as director to its UK security and business resilience practices. Hall joins from Wipro, and has over 25 years of IT experience. Baron joins from RBS, where he was group head of Resilience. Linklaters Matt Peers has been appointed as the law [...]
Alvisio Ville and Seedling to put it up to Douvan March 9, 2015 PUNTERS up and down the land will be waking up this morning and deciding which of the short-priced Willie Mullins horses to put into multiples. The most likely scenario is that the majority will put in all four together: Douvan, Un De Sceaux, Faugheen and Annie Power. But this is Cheltenham, the place where hotpots [...]
2015 World Economic Forum: A collapse in trust is jeopardising the recovery – Davos can help put that right January 20, 2015 In business, and in all walks of life, it is often said that trust is hard won but easily lost. As I head to this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which starts today, trust between government, business and the public is in short supply. Since the financial crisis, business has lacked confidence in governments [...]
Silicon Roundabout costs are on the rise: East end property tech bubble pricing out small businesses March 4, 2015 The property tech bubble in London’s east end is pricing small businesses out of the market. Shoreditch, Clerkenwell, Aldgate and Whitechapel: over the last decade these places have become the breeding ground for media and tech start-ups, as well as larger blue-chip companies looking to grow their digital operations. However, East London’s success at [...]
London companies gear up to take advantage of technology November 9, 2014 LONDON firms are planning to take on more workers over the next five years in order to exploit advances in technology. Three quarters of London businesses plan to increase their headcount over the next five years, with half saying they will add at least 10 per cent to current staff numbers, according to research commissioned [...]
Black Friday to kick off £42bn Christmas spree November 23, 2014 Britons are expected to splurge £42.4bn in the run-up to Christmas – £1.5bn more than last year – as retailers brace themselves for an American-style Black Friday shopping frenzy set to take over their websites and stores this week. Sales are forecast to rise by four per cent year-on-year in the period starting from today [...]
City Moves for 30 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 29, 2015 Standard Chartered Aaron Russell-Davison has been appointed head of debt capital markets at the bank. He joined Standard Chartered in 2009, and has worked as head of Asian bond syndicate, global head, bond syndicate, and most recently as head of capital markets, ASEAN. UBS Global Asset Management Rachel Hill has been appointed UK business development [...]
UK consumers’ confidence at a three-year high October 20, 2014 A HEALTHY jobs market has pushed consumer confidence to a three-year high, according to figures released this morning by the accountancy firm Deloitte. The Deloitte consumer tracker shows the net balance (the percentage of people saying “yes” minus those saying “no”) of respondents whose confidence had increased over the last three months rising to minus [...]
City Moves for 23 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 22, 2015 Weightmans The law firm has appointed Stuart Kempson and Andrew Glynn-Williams to its marine practice. They both join from Hill Dickinson. Kempson has previously worked as an in-house lawyer at Charles Taylor and Co. Before qualifying in 2006, Glynn-Williams spent 10 years at sea with Stena Line. Zeus Capital The investment bank has announced three [...]
City Moves for 21 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 20, 2015 IAG UK Fund Administration The fund administration services provider has appointed Alan Ross as commercial director. He joins from BNP Paribas, where he was senior sales manager for securities services. Ross has also held roles at BNY Mellon, Arjent Alternative Investments, FSL Services, and RBS. London & Capital Guy McGlashan has been appointed chief operating [...]