High achievers look beyond red bricks August 17, 2010 TOMORROW is a date that thousands of families across England and Wales will have indelibly committed to memory. Far from being merely another summer’s day, Thursday 19 August 2010 is A-Level “results day”, a make-or-break day for the career and life plans of thousands of 17 and 18-year-olds. For many, results day will simply confirm [...]
Little value in employee law May 23, 2010 MANY employment laws have little value and should be repealed or amended, a report out today claims. As the new government reviews flexible working rules, the report by business advisers KPMG and human resources group CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) claims that one in four companies offer no more than the legal minimum [...]
High street sales leap in bumper easter April 13, 2010 RETAIL sales growth surged last month after a booming Easter for high street trade. The total value of sales rose by 6.6 per cent in March – the biggest upturn since April 2006 – according to the data from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. The figures follow positive results from john Lewis and Marks [...]
To be young, gifted and green June 24, 2010 He’s just about to set up his fourth environmental fund and he’s not yet 30, but Ben Goldsmith has emerged as a leading force in environmental investing since he set up the UK’s first clean technology venture capital fund in 2004. This is all through Wheb (soon to be Wheb Partners). There are now two [...]
To be young, gifted and green June 24, 2010 He’s just about to set up his fourth environmental fund and he’s not yet 30, but Ben Goldsmith has emerged as a leading force in environmental investing since he set up the UK’s first clean technology venture capital fund in 2004. This is all through Wheb (soon to be Wheb Partners). There are now two [...]
Jobs market shows signs of strong improvements April 7, 2010 The recruitment market is continuing to show clear signs of improvement, with the fastest rise in permanent job placements in over 12 years, according to a report published yesterday. In the Report on Jobs, recruitment trade body the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and accountants KPMG indicated stronger increases in permanent, temporary and contract staff [...]
Sunny skies help retail sales in May June 7, 2010 SUNNY weather and preparations for the World Cup helped retail sales rise on a like-for-like basis in May, but nervous consumers are still holding off on purchases of big-ticket items, the latest survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reveals today. On a like-for-like basis, retail sales values rose 0.8 per cent in May on [...]
Reed: Demand for new staff fell in March April 6, 2010 DEMAND for new staff dropped off in March, according to the latest Reed Job Index, leading to new fears of increased unemployment before the general election. The index fell three per cent on February’s reading of 105, signalling an end to the rise in job opportunities since the start of the year. Demand for engineering [...]
JP Morgan Caz is City’s top adviser May 31, 2010 JP MORGAN Cazenove continues to lead the City’s broker adviser tables, according to the latest quarterly rankings from Hemscott. The company has 244 clients, a gain of three since the last quarter and more than double its nearest rival. Second-placed Numis Securities gained five new clients to bring the total to 118, closing the gap [...]
AIM advisers continue to lose business May 3, 2010 ADVISERS have continued to lose AIM-listed clients for the second straight quarter, according to the latest report by Hemscott published today. The AIM Advisers Rankings Guide for quarter two of 2010 shows London’s financial services sectors experiencing further client shrinkage. Analysts said they were not surprised by the figures, following the turmoil the small cap [...]