Big three recruitment firms are expected to post solid growth October 5, 2010 THREE of the capital’s largest recruitment firms are due to provide trading updates this week. Robert Walters is due to report third quarter gross profit today. Hays is due to publish first quarter growth figures tomorrow, while Michael Page will announce third quarter figures on the same day. Fund managers Collins Stewart yesterday forecast gross [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS September 26, 2010 Barclays Leigh Clifford, the chairman of Qantas Airways, is to step down from his role as a non-executive on the Barclays board at the end of the month. Clifford joined the bank’s board in October 2004. In addition to his position at Qantas, he is also a director of engineering giant Bechtel Group and a [...]
Be ready to leap when the market turns September 15, 2010 THE popular obsession with City pay has not gone away, as was in evidence recently when the news that Bob Diamond will become CEO of Barclays was accompanied by lurid headlines about the “bonus banker”. City remuneration might be a dog-whistle issue for tabloids, but it’s also a big issue for everybody who works here, [...]
Be ready to leap when the market turns September 15, 2010 THE popular obsession with City pay has not gone away, as was in evidence recently when the news that Bob Diamond will become CEO of Barclays was accompanied by lurid headlines about the “bonus banker”. City remuneration might be a dog-whistle issue for tabloids, but it’s also a big issue for everybody who works here, [...]
Unite: Finance jobs face axe September 14, 2010 OVER 100,000 jobs have been lost in the financial services sector during the last three years with continuing fears by trade union Unite that a “significant” number of jobs are still at risk, despite reports from the UK’s major recruiters that financial services personnel are high in demand. Unite has warned over dangers that a [...]
BOOST FOR CITY AS FIRMS HIRE AGAIN September 5, 2010 MORE than 800 new staff are to be recruited by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as the professional services giant bounced back from recession with a revenue rise. The firm will today announce that it has bounced back from the global financial crisis strongly as it releases its results for the year to the end of June. The [...]
City recruiter says bankers aren’t leaving August 26, 2010 ROBERT WALTERS, the chief executive at one of the City’s largest recruitment agencies, yesterday backtracked on comments he made earlier this year suggesting there would be an exodus of bankers from London. Walters told City A.M. that his recruitment business, Robert Walters, had yet to see the mass exit of bankers from the City that [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS August 19, 2010 CLOSE BROTHERS UBS resumes coverage of Close Brothers with a “neutral” rating and 680p price target. Sees potential upside from the group’s drive to rationalise its businesses and expects the banking division to continue to do well but believes this is already reflected in the share price. However, says the asset management business has potential. [...]
City jobs boom for accountants July 21, 2010 THE JOB market looks rosy for qualified accountants, as recruitment levels recovered to pre-recession levels at several firms in the second quarter of the year. Employers were paying up to £100 more per day for contractors than they were during 2009, according to recruiter Robert Walters, with experienced product controllers commanding between £375 and £475 [...]
City jobs boom for accountants July 21, 2010 THE JOB market looks rosy for qualified accountants, as recruitment levels recovered to pre-recession levels at several firms in the second quarter of the year. Employers were paying up to £100 more per day for contractors than they were during 2009, according to recruiter Robert Walters, with experienced product controllers commanding between £375 and £475 [...]