Consumers lose confidence as job worries persist July 25, 2010 CONSUMER confidence has dipped for the first time in more than a year, according to an official survey. The quarterly poll for the British Retail Consortium (BRC) asked consumers how they felt about their job prospects and personal finances. It showed the confidence index fell two points to 78 in the last three months – [...]
The riddle of Lord Rothschild and Bill Winters February 28, 2011 BILL Winters, the former co-chief executive of JP Morgan Investment Bank, seems to have fallen on his feet with his recent tie-up with Lord Rothschild’s listed investment vehicle RIT. Winters, who also sits on the government’s Independent Banking Commission, is setting up a new investment vehicle called Renshaw Bay in which RIT is taking a [...]
City views: Would you use a tablet PC at work? January 12, 2011 DAVID HARPER | LEISURE PROPERTY SERVICES “I don’t own an iPad – I don’t know what they offer me that improves on a laptop at the moment. They are still seen as something of a toy, and quite an expensive one at that. JAMES INGRAM | FIDESSA GROUP “I don’t have a tablet, although the [...]
NEWS | IN BRIEF July 6, 2010 Investment banking group Collins Stewart said yesterday it had taken on another non-executive director in the form of Nicholas Page, a former director of Hambros Bank and senior adviser to private equity firm Star Capital Partners. Page held a number of roles at Hambros, including as joint deputy chairman of Hambro Group Investments and managing [...]
Philosophers and the fine art of business March 16, 2011 DO BUSINESSES that are trusted make more money? Is it ever morally acceptable to lie? Is a corporation a moral agent? If so, who does that mean is responsible if it does bad things? Not the most obvious questions that you might expect to face on an MBA course, perhaps, but these sorts of quandaries [...]
Around one fifth of senior finance roles are held by women: it is still far too few March 15, 2011 HEAD OF ACCA UK LAST Tuesday was International Women’s Day, the hundredth International Women’s Day, to be precise. Did you notice? Did it matter? There are, after all, multiple “days” recognised throughout the year. I hope you’ve all got World Post Day (9 October) and World TV Day (21 November) in your diaries too. Both [...]
Around one fifth of senior finance roles are held by women: it is still far too few March 15, 2011 HEAD OF ACCA UK LAST Tuesday was International Women’s Day, the hundredth International Women’s Day, to be precise. Did you notice? Did it matter? There are, after all, multiple “days” recognised throughout the year. I hope you’ve all got World Post Day (9 October) and World TV Day (21 November) in your diaries too. Both [...]
Fault Lines at the heart of UK politics February 28, 2011 THERE is a new, fascinating argument in British politics, one which will frame the debate for a long time to come. If Ed Miliband is to be believed, the demand for cheap credit prior to the crash was “because wages weren’t keeping up with the pressures on families: too many were forced to borrow to [...]
Lawyers are bad at business? Think again February 8, 2011 THIS paper recently ran an article warning that for lawyers “doom is nigh” and that they should shape up or ship out. The context was the Legal Services Act and its welcome shake up of the way in which legal services can be delivered. The article had many solid, good messages: in summary, cutting overheads [...]
Lawyers are bad at business? Think again February 8, 2011 THIS paper recently ran an article warning that for lawyers “doom is nigh” and that they should shape up or ship out. The context was the Legal Services Act and its welcome shake up of the way in which legal services can be delivered. The article had many solid, good messages: in summary, cutting overheads [...]