UK footfall recovers in September but high streets lose out to retail parks October 19, 2015 Retailers enjoyed more visitors through their doors in September, boosted by the onset of the colder autumn weather and the August bank holiday falling into last month’s survey period. Footfall was almost flat on September last year, down by just 0.2 per cent, figures released today by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and retail analysts Springboard [...]
Aim’s biggest champs flock to Old Billingsgate for PwC awards night October 9, 2014 It was the heroes of the junior market’s turn for a night on the tiles last night, as the annual PwC Aim awards descended on Old Billingsgate. Team Shore Capital were there in force as sponsors of the transaction of the year award. The excitement of the gongs aside, it had been quite the day [...]
PwC revenues boosted as UK optimism rises September 14, 2014 REVENUES at PwC rose five per cent to £2.81bn in the last year, as the professional services firm highlighted a big increase in client confidence across the UK in a further sign of strengthening economic recovery. PwC revealed it had seen solid performance and growth across the board of its UK business, with regional areas [...]
A-levels alone don’t cut the mustard with employers seeking practical skills August 9, 2015 On Thursday, thousands of students will open their A-level results envelopes and learn their fate. A few letters will determine whether they get a university place or an apprenticeship, or climb onto that first rung of the employment ladder. Schools in London have undergone a dramatic transformation in the last decade, with the growth of [...]
City Moves for 21 July 2015 | Who’s switching jobs July 20, 2015 Legal & General Property Richard Poyser has been appointed leasing manager at Legal & General Investment Management’s real assets division, and will be responsible for its Bracknell Town Centre development. He joins from Argent and has also worked at Hammerson. The Channel Managing Agency The Lloyd’s managing agency responsible for running The Channel Syndicate has [...]
Unemployment has risen – but we need to look at the bigger labour market picture August 13, 2015 THE headlines this week were about a rise in UK unemployment –up 25,000 in the past three months. The main weakness was in part-time employment, which fell by nearly 100,000. Full-time employment rose, albeit more slowly than in previous quarters. The number of full-time employees is more than 400,000 (2.2 per cent) up on a [...]
Why the government should take outsourcing a radical step further August 17, 2015 Government raids on the methodology of business are commonplace. Some are more successful than others. But as the challenge of George Osborne’s edict to contemplate departmental cuts of as much as 40 per cent sinks in, the search will intensify. As I sat recently in the splendidly refurbished BT Tower – a guest of [...]
PwC: Customers don’t switch banks because they don’t care October 1, 2014 Most current account holders distrust their bank – but just 11 per cent have moved to a different lender since the seven-day switching scheme came in, a PwC report showed today. Half of customers are aware that bank regulations have changed since the crash, but 57 per cent believe it will make no difference, adding [...]
City Moves for 20 July 2015 | Who’s switching jobs July 19, 2015 Valad Europe The real estate investment management firm has appointed Claire Treacy as chief financial officer. She was previously head of tax and risk at Valad. Before joining, Treacy was a senior tax manager in KPMG’s real estate group, specialising in European fund structuring. PwC Stephen Soper has been appointed senior pensions adviser in the [...]
FCA seeks record £75m fine from Keydata boss Stewart Ford over misselling claims, Ford to hit back with £650m high court claim May 26, 2015 The FCA is seeking record fines against three former managers of Keydata Investment Services, claiming the company missold complex products to consumers. The watchdog has fined former chief executive Stewart Ford £75m, former sales director Mark Owen £4m and former compliance officer Peter Johnson £200,000, and wants to ban them from working in regulated [...]