Ambassador Jean Kimani: Championing Sustainable Urbanisation and Ethical Finance at UN World Cities Day December 3, 2023 Ambassador Jean Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN Human Settlements Programme, brings a wealth of experience to sustainable urban development. Her insights at the UN World Cities Day, in alignment with Ethos Ventures, brings together perfectly their ethos of ethical and sustainable finance. In this interview Ambassador Kimani highlighted the need for innovative financing [...]
History is pointing to the dawn of a new age with Bitcoin May 4, 2021 Bitcoin is facilitating a transformation of wealth as uptrends in the price of stocks, commodities, and real estate fuel the gap between rich and poor.
Social impact 101 With Clearwater International: Supporting Disadvantaged Young People With Financial Education March 27, 2024 Welcome to the Social Impact 101 series by EVERFI from Blackbaud, where businesses and their leaders across the UK – and overseas – talk about how their social impact programmes are supporting overall business objectives and making a positive difference to the lives of young people all over the UK, and beyond… Each edition of [...]
Lack of UK female bosses leads to £47bn profit gap July 27, 2020 Companies in the FTSE 350 with more diverse executive leadership teams perform considerably better and have higher profit margins, a new report said today. Analysis by gender diversity business the Pipeline showed more diverse companies — which have executive committees with female memberships of more than 33 per cent — have a net profit margin [...]
Stokes, Broad, Ennis-Hill VC fund buys into ticketing platform Seat Unique April 8, 2024 The Players Fund have invested into premium ticketing platform Seat Unique as the athlete-led venture capital firm’s portfolio grows. The Players Fund includes star sporting names such as Jessica Ennis-Hill and Eni Aluko, United States sprinter Allyson Felix, Ben Stokes Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer. In August last year it was reportedly backed to the [...]
City of London Corporation calls on Square Mile to offer ‘supported internships’ December 8, 2023 The City of London Corporation is urging businesses in the Square Mile to offer supported internships for people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Some 70 businesses from the financial district came together yesterday at Mansion House to discuss what could be done to advance the careers of young individuals. Supported internships usually last [...]
Letter to the editor: Digital skills are vital for growth March 5, 2024 [RE: Spring Budget 2024: Six things to look out for, 1 March] While the steps taken in the Autumn Statement, like permanent full expensing, were beneficial, they barely scratched the surface of the deeper issue impacting our economy – the ongoing digital skills crisis.We’ve seen first-hand that there is a tangible link between digital skills [...]
Europe’s Crypto funding gap May 5, 2020 The European blockchain ecosystem is increasingly critically undercapitalised if it is to maintain the hard fought global leadership role established over the last decade. Despite London, Switzerland and Berlin when combined being home to roughly a third of the worlds blockchain startups, it has just 22% of the investment compared with the US and China [...]
Letter to the editor: The Spring Budget should give employers licence to skill March 4, 2024 To make meaningful change to skills policy at this year’s Budget, the Chancellor must set aside funds to create a dedicated, sustainable and long-term skills system
Foreign takeovers tumble as rising rates and wild prices scupper London bargain hunt September 5, 2023 The number of foreign buyers swooping on UK firms tumbled sharply in the second quarter as a predicted deals raid sputtered out amid rising interest rates and volatile markets, official figures show.