How MBA courses are responding to entrepreneurship’s growing appeal October 16, 2013 Whether business school can teach you the skills for startup success is still up for debate CAN you teach entrepreneurship? With a 2013 survey of applicants by QS TopMBA finding that a third of candidates see themselves running their own business in a decade’s time, that’s the question budding entrepreneurs are hoping business schools [...]
£63bn: What finance firms pay in UK tax December 18, 2012 THE FINANCIAL services sector generated £63bn in tax receipts in the year to March, figures out today show. The industry’s companies and staff paid 11.6 per cent of the country’s tax, while making up 3.8 per cent of the workforce. The level of tax is flat on a year ago, though the percentage has fallen [...]
Labour declares war on business September 24, 2013 Miliband hits energy firms with plot for £4.5bn price freeze British Gas owner Centrica threatens to quit UK over plan Policies on tax, energy and construction slammed ED MILIBAND yesterday launched an extraordinary attack on swathes of British business as he returned his party to its left-wing roots by unveiling a range of punitive policies [...]
Boy racers in the Square Mile gear up for motoring challenge January 30, 2013 FORMER managing director of private banking at RBS Nigel Jackson has taken on a charity role chairing the organising committee of The Circuit, a motor racing event to raise money for the NSPCC. Jackson, currently director of boutique business consulting company Abstract UK told The Capitalist that “we’ve already got some keen racers signed up [...]
Experian boss defends his drive for expansion November 10, 2013 Don Robert has steered the credit checking firm into fast-growing new businesses AS THE boss of a company best known for its credit checks, Don Robert is at home talking about hazardous spending decisions. “Arguably if every investment we made was brilliant we’d have to ask ourselves the question: are we taking the right amount [...]
Vodafone in £84bn selloff September 1, 2013 VODAFONE and Verizon are set to strike one of the biggest deals in corporate history today, once the telecoms giants’ boards vote on a $130bn (£84bn) plan to sell off Vodafone’s stake in Verizon Wireless. Verizon’s board will meet in the States today to approve the terms of the deal, following a meeting of Vodafone’s [...]
Arts and the City are bound together in the interests of our wider society January 27, 2013 THROUGHOUT its history the Square Mile has always been about far more than just business. It is also part of London, part of wider society, and contributes to the life of the broader community in creating an environment conducive to serving and supporting business. Key to this is the City of London’s role as a [...]
Corporate Tube sponsorship could take the pressure off overburdened commuters August 15, 2013 THIS week’s inflation figures all but confirm that Londoners will face a rise in Tube and bus fares of over 4 per cent in January. This may look small compared to projected increases of up to 9 per cent on some of the busiest rail routes into London, but it is still regrettable. It doesn’t [...]
Practical steps towards improving Britain’s economic relationship with India February 17, 2013 WHEN it comes to bilateral relations with the BRICs, one country where the UK should have an edge on its rivals is India. Not only do we both share a love for cricket – unlike the US and the vast majority of the EU – but Britain is also home to a vibrant Indian community [...]
Lehman crisis should have changed the world more than it did September 15, 2013 FIVE years ago, like every Sunday night, I was in the City A.M. newsroom, supervising the production of the newspaper. Traditionally, Sundays are a quieter day for business news: while there’s always lots to write about, there are few on-diary corporate announcements. Not that Sunday. It was the most manic day any business journalist can [...]