You just can’t keep the staff these days… November 18, 2019 As we enter the next phase in political campaigning, and Christmas parties are interrupted by the forthcoming election, HR departments might want to brace themselves for the next potential wave of uncertainty. According to 16,000 UK workers recently surveyed by Totaljobs and Universum, over half of employees expect to move jobs in the next 12 [...]
Low growth predicted in second quarter as Brexit uncertainty and rising costs bite July 1, 2019 Two of Britain’s biggest business groups have warned of dismal growth for the second quarter of 2019 as political turmoil and rising costs take a heavy toll on the UK economy. Downbeat forecasts for the health of the country’s private sector have been laid bare by two major business trade bodies, the British Chambers of [...]
Ashtead raises dividend after strong US performance June 18, 2019 Ashtead hiked its dividend today after posting a 20 per cent rise in full-year profits thanks to a strong performance in the US. Read more: Net debt rises at Ashtead The figures Revenue rose 19 per cent year on year to £4.5bn for the year to the end of April, the UK equipment rental company [...]
The Long Read: Sir Martin Sorrell on advertising, coronavirus and the new media landscape May 7, 2020 Sir Martin Sorrell has bestrode the ad world for decades – and in the midst of a global pandemic that has hit the industry hard, he’s understandably got some thinking to do. Christopher Jackson spoke to the ad mogul, and his interview for finitoworld – the organisation’s online magazine – is republished here. Prior to [...]
Foreign candidates losing interest in UK finance over Brexit, says job company June 18, 2019 Foreign talent is turning its back on the UK financial sector, new analysis has revealed, raising the possibility of staffing problems at City firms. Read more: Businesses must ramp up no-deal Brexit plans, IoD warns According to job site Indeed, interest in UK banking jobs from abroad has dropped by 12 per cent since 2015. [...]
Time to clamp down on the work-life double standard February 8, 2019 Ironically, it’s technology that will solve the very predicament it has created This year marks five years since legislation was broadened out to give all employees the right to request flexible working from their employer. What’s developed since then is a highly mobile workforce that has made the most of flexible working freedoms and the [...]
Our Town review: Thornton Wilder’s classic play about everyday life comes to Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre May 24, 2019 Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play Our Town is a kind of time capsule, a snapshot of everyday life in a New Hampshire town during the first years of the 20th century. The fourth-wall breaking narrator says as much, promising to bury the play’s text in a box alongside the US constitution, a bible and a copy [...]
NHS to banish pagers from its hospitals — but is this a good idea? March 20, 2019 By Professor Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School. Remember pagers? Simple devices that were used fairly widely before the advent of mobile phones and SMS messaging. If you had a pager, you could receive simple messages, but you couldn’t reply. One of the few places you will find a pager today [...]
Airbus military drone built for Ministry of Defence ‘crashes’ on test flight in Australia April 11, 2019 An Airbus drone built to carry out surveillance missions for the Ministry of Defence was downed by bad weather on a test flight in Australia last month, it has emerged. Read more: Airbus claims US trade sanctions on its aircraft are excessive The Zephyr solar-powered drone is believed to have crashed on the test flight [...]
Five moments we’ll always cherish from Gavin WIlliamson’s time as defence secretary May 2, 2019 Historians will look back on former defence secretary Gavin Williamson as one of the more colourful figures in Theresa May's Cabinet. Read more: Defence secretary Gavin Williamson ousted from cabinet over Huawei leak Williamson, who was last night sacked over allegations he leaked information from a top secret security meeting, experienced a series of gaffes [...]