CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 13, 2011 Maxifier The online ad campaign performance specialist has appointed Helen-Clifford Jones as head of UK and vice president of sales in EMEA. She will be responsible for leading the expansion of the UK and the move into EMEA. Jones has ten-years of experience in the digital media, publishing and advertising industries. Prior to joining Maxifier, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 13, 2011 Maxifier The online ad campaign performance specialist has appointed Helen-Clifford Jones as head of UK and vice president of sales in EMEA. She will be responsible for leading the expansion of the UK and the move into EMEA. Jones has ten-years of experience in the digital media, publishing and advertising industries. Prior to joining Maxifier, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 9, 2011 Virgin Money The banking division of the Virgin Group has appointed Sir David Clementi to the Virgin Money board as chairman to succeed the late Sir Brian Pitman. Clementi was chairman of Prudential from 2002 to 2008 and deputy governor and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England from 1997 [...]
Six million to get tax rebate as HMRC overhauls its IT systems October 20, 2011 SIX MILLION UK workers will see a total £2.5m of their tax money repaid by the government as a new IT system corrects overpayments dating back to 2003, HMRC said yesterday. The repayments will be on average about £300 per person with any interest generated on top of that, and will be returned automatically any [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 20, 2011 Sovereign Capital The UK private equity buy and build specialist has appointed Rob King as investment manager to execute its buy and build growth strategy. Prior to joining Sovereign, King spent four years in the investment banking division of Rothschild, working on private equity-backed and plc mid-market deals across sectors including business services and healthcare. [...]
CBI says 8,000 City jobs will be lost by the end of 2011 as costs are cut October 2, 2011 THOUSANDS of jobs are expected to go in UK financial services as the sector looks to cut costs, according to a report out today from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC. Investment managers, insurers, banks and traders are all expected to cut jobs, the survey found, with the employment outlook only improving in [...]
CBI says 8,000 City jobs will be lost by the end of 2011 as costs are cut October 2, 2011 THOUSANDS of jobs are expected to go in UK financial services as the sector looks to cut costs, according to a report out today from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC. Investment managers, insurers, banks and traders are all expected to cut jobs, the survey found, with the employment outlook only improving in [...]
Olympus dives after firing boss October 17, 2011 SHARES in Japanese camera-maker Olympus plunged by a quarter yesterday as the fallout from the ousting of its chief executive sent investors running for cover, and threatened to escalate into a legal battle. Michael Woodford was sacked just two weeks after the company promoted the Briton from his role as president with glowing reports on [...]
BUSINESS HONOURS FOR INDIAN TYCOONS October 20, 2011 THERE was a reason Boris Johnson couldn’t attend the launch of Sonia Purnell’s Just Boris biography on Tuesday night. The London mayor was otherwise engaged presenting KP Singh, the chairman of India’s largest real estate developer DLF, with the entrepreneur of the year award at the Asian Awards. Singh, the Forbes billionaire who has made [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 4, 2011 PwC Andrew Sentance has been appointed as a senior economic adviser at PwC, following his retirement as a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, effective from 7 November. Prior to serving on the MPC from October 2006 to May 2011, Sentance’s roles included director of economic affairs at the CBI, director of [...]