City Moves for 28 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 27, 2015 Saffery Champness Liz Hazell has been appointed head of the accountancy firm’s not-for-profit group. She has more than 20 years’ experience working in the sector and, before joining Saffery Champness last year, Hazell was head of charities at PwC. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer The law firm has announced that Jennifer Bethlehem and Piers Prichard Jones have [...]
City of London Distillery launch party: Are Gin Lane days returning to the City? October 27, 2015 As the nights get longer and the evenings colder, it seems that London’s institutions and offices are throwing austerity out of the window in a bid to warm the cockles with artisan food and beverages. The City of London Distillery held a very boozy launch party last night, celebrating its latest product – Christopher Wren gin. The distillery, [...]
Behold: the City finally has a mixologists’ bar September 22, 2015 I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the Square Mile isn’t a great place for cocktails. Sure, you can now get them in most bars (and even some pubs), but most aren’t worth the lemon they’re garnished with. I think it’s a supply and demand thing. Perhaps understandably, the City [...]
London Poppy Day 2015: Thousands of military personnel hitting London’s streets to raise money ahead of Remembrance Sunday October 29, 2015 Seen a few men in uniform on your way into work this morning? That's because thousands of military men and women are taking to London's streets to try and raise more than £1m in one day. Personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, as well as their supporters, are heading to 49 Tube and [...]
UK house prices will rise by 25 per cent in the next five years as demand outstrips supply: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors November 12, 2015 House prices will rise by 25 per cent over the next five years, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has estimated, issuing another warning that supply is failing to keep up with demand. Properties sold at higher prices throughout the UK for the third consecutive month in October, with 49 per cent more chartered surveyors seeing an increase, [...]
Worldpay IPO draws near as price range narrows to 235-250p October 9, 2015 Payments processing company Worldpay’s IPO is drawing near, after the company narrowed its IPO price range to 235-250p in what will be the UK’s biggest float in two years. The company, owned by Advent International and Bain Capital, recently confirmed plans to raise £890m through a float on the London Stock Exchange in October. The news [...]
FTSE 100 index: Banks get some welcome relief from Visa cash – London Report November 3, 2015 The first trading day of November saw the FTSE 100 close flat as the news that Visa Europe is to be bought by US company Visa helped rally banking stocks. The FTSE 100 ended yesterday’s session flat, up just 0.01 per cent at 6,362 points. However, HSBC, which reported a jump in pre-tax profit to [...]
Remembrance Sunday: These are the services taking place at Cenotaph and throughout London on 8 November November 5, 2015 Remembrance Sunday will take place on 8 November this year, with the main service taking place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London. The service to commemorate British and Commonwealth servicemen and women from the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts will start at 11am. The Queen will pay tribute alongside Cabinet members, opposition party leaders – [...]
Donald Trump: UK politicians should be thanking him instead of “pandering to political correctness” December 10, 2015 Donald Trump has hit back at a campaign to have him banned from entering Britain, saying UK politicians "should be thanking" him instead of "pandering to political correctness". More than 400,000 people have signed a petition to ban the controversial real estate developer and US presidential hopeful from entering the UK after he said that he would [...]
London is the beating heart of UK philanthropy: Long may it continue September 3, 2015 As Londoners, we should be proud of our city’s philanthropic heritage. Last year, the UK donated £10.6bn to charity – a total larger than the size of Liverpool’s economy – and London is at the centre of this philanthropy. But what does this mean? Private philanthropy has always played a crucial part in [...]