City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 10, 2021 Deloitte Deloitte has posted a new partner to its financial advisory practice, who is set to head real estate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the sector. Bringing 17 years experience in M&A and principal investments to the position, Abhishek Jaiswal joins the Big Four firm from Bank of America where he was a lead real [...]
Deloitte UK cuts partner profits 20 per cent and freezes salaries in response to coronavirus slowdown April 15, 2020 Deloitte UK will cut partner profits 20 per cent profit this year and staff across the business will have their salaries frozen in response to the coronavirus slowdown, the firm’s senior partner said today. The firm is also delaying the distribution of profits to partners to try and conserve cash. Senior partner and chief executive [...]
Cricket champions Surrey swap Adidas for Andy Murray-backed City boys’ startup January 5, 2023 Surrey County Cricket Club have become the latest team to sign a deal with Castore, the Andy Murray-backed British sportswear startup founded by two former City workers. The reigning men’s County Champions today announced a multi-year agreement for their men’s and women’s teams to swap Adidas kit for apparel made by Castore, starting in the [...]
What are ‘green skills’ and does the UK need to ramp them up? January 20, 2024 The UK needs to ramp up its green skills training or risk falling behind in the green transition, according to fresh research, but there is also caution over so-called ‘green skills washing’. The rallying call was made following new research from Economist Impact and electricity company Iberdrola, which finds that a large proportion of the UK workforce is [...]
Calling the consultants’ bluff: The Big Con author on reining in the power of consulting firms February 20, 2023 Rosie Collington is seeking to call the consulting sector’s bluff. The UCL researcher is on a mission to challenge the notion that “consultancies exist on the scale and scope they do today because they create value in the economy.” Collington — one author of ‘The Big Con: How the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments [...]
Premier League spending down in this summer transfer window as Covid-19 pandemic forces clubs to tighten belts August 24, 2021 The pandemic has forced Premier League clubs to dial down their summer transfer spending, according to new research by Deloitte. With one week of the transfer window remaining, England’s top-flight teams have committed £70m less in gross terms than at the same stage last year. And although Manchester City broke the Premier League transfer record [...]
What politicians can learn from business about representing women June 8, 2024 While businesses have made huge advances in helping women to fulfil their potential, parliament is lagging behind. Time for politicians to apply the same standards they demand from industry to themselves, say Natalie Deacon and Helen Pankhurst Women arguably hold the key to this year’s general election outcome, as they tend to make up their [...]
Who owns West Ham now? How much did Sullivan and Gold pay CB Holding in 2010? January 9, 2024 All you need to know about who owns West Ham United.
Best of 2021: The unstoppable rise of NFTs December 27, 2021 You could scarcely of made it through 2021 without hearing about NFTs, otherwise known as non-fungible tokens.
SMMT: EV bolster January growth but shortages hinder recovery February 4, 2022 The UK automotive sector has recorded a positive start to the year, with 115,087 new cars registered – 27.5 per cent up on 2021 levels. According to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures, January’s growth was driven mainly by electric vehicles (EV), with battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars account for 71.5 [...]