Fresh probe for former Bradford & Bingley exec January 21, 2014 THE ACCOUNTING watchdog has launched an investigation into Chris Willford, the former finance director of bailed-out banking group Bradford & Bingley. The Financial Reporting Council’s probe comes a month after Willford was fined £30,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority for failing to alert the bank’s board to key financial risks ahead of B&B’s attempted rights [...]
London’s got talent: Capital biggest employer of highly-skilled individuals November 11, 2013 The capital beats New York to top global league table as the biggest employer of highly-skilled individuals LONDON is the best city in the world for jobs in the knowledge economy, a report out today shows, confirming the capital’s status as a global talent magnet. The capital employs 1.5m people in highly-skilled sectors such as [...]
London’s got talent: Capital biggest employer of highly-skilled individuals November 11, 2013 The capital beats New York to top global league table as the biggest employer of highly-skilled individuals LONDON is the best city in the world for jobs in the knowledge economy, a report out today shows, confirming the capital’s status as a global talent magnet. The capital employs 1.5m people in highly-skilled sectors such as [...]
City Moves for 27 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 26, 2014 SSE The energy supplier has announced the appointment of Jane Bednall as managing director for domestic energy. She previously held senior positions at the Intercontinental Hotel Group. Lombard Odier Group The private bank has named Hugo Banziger as a managing partner. He is currently chairman of the board of directors at Eurex. He previously worked [...]
London’s most chic postcode? Look no further January 6, 2014 BORIS Johnson has been looking for something. No, not a hairbrush, but London’s most stylish postcode – to celebrate London Collections: Men, the menswear answer to London Fashion Week, which launched yesterday. Well, the mayor can call the sartorial search off now and look no further than the City – the style here is as [...]
Consumers ask to help reshape the high street November 18, 2013 BRITAIN’S embattled high street is in the midst of a revolution and consumers want an active role in shaping its future, according to new research from Deloitte. The business advisory firm’s latest consumer study out today, says that despite the highly publicised concerns regarding its future, residents continue to value the high street and want [...]
Barratts Shoes enters administration (again) November 11, 2013 UK high street shoe store Barratts, which employs 1,035 people in the UK, has gone into for the third time in four years. Duff & Phelps, who have been appointed as administrator, said: At this stage redundancies and/or store closures cannot be ruled out. In view of the financial position of the company and withdrawal [...]
Fastest growing UK tech firms listed in Fast 50 November 13, 2013 LONDON-based real-time advertising exchange Infectious Media has been named the UK’s fastest growing technology company with revenue growth of nearly 10,000 per cent since 2008. The title was awarded yesterday as part of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing UK technology companies. “With the financial crisis in full swing, we [...]
Bitcoin faces latest regulation barrage – this time it’s from Finland January 20, 2014 Today has brought another state-led assault on Bitcoin – Finland, like neighbour Norway, has deemed the virtual currency a commodity, rather than a currency. Finland’s central bank has said that Bitcoin doesn’t even meet the definition of an electronic payment method. Speaking to Bloomberg, Paeivi Heikkinen, head of oversight at the Bank of Finland in [...]
The week in brief February 2, 2014 Jamie Oliver launches ad production business Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is launching a production house that will specialise in the creation of commercials, Campaign reported last week. The business, Fat Lemon Productions, will be led by executive producer Jane Bolton, formerly at Picasso Pictures and Nexus Network, and producer Cabell Hopkins, previously a producer M&C [...]