British Land says investors will be cautious after the Brexit vote July 18, 2016 FTSE 100-listed commercial property giant British Land said this morning it expects investors and occupiers to take a cautious approach to property in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. The figures Since the EU referendum vote, British Land has secured the sale of Debenhams' Oxford Street store for £400m and the company has made 17 long-term retail leases totaling 58,000 sq ft, for [...]
Making your (Deutsche) mark in the German market November 3, 2016 With uncertainty in European markets after the Brexit vote, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are keen, now more than ever, to break into new worldwide markets,” says Lindsay Whitelaw, founder and chairman of URICA. Ambition, especially in the face of uncertainty, should of course be commended, but it’s worth remembering that, although we’re leaving the [...]
City Moves for 26 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs July 26, 2016 Allfunds Bank Allfunds Bank has appointed Nick Emmins to spearhead its new investment research services to UK wealth managers and other third party fund buyers. Until recently Nick was a director at RBC where he helped develop its Luxembourg-based global fund trading platform. In that role he implemented new product capabilities while establishing a fund manager [...]
London construction activity slows as Brexit uncertainty and planning delays hit growth April 20, 2016 London's construction market suffered a sharp slowdown over the quarter, despite recent government efforts to encourage more housebuilding and deliver more homes across the capital. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' construction market survey found that private housing workloads rose at their slowest pace since fourth quarter of 2012, with only 20 per cent more of those working in the [...]
Britain’s entrepreneurs can look forward with definite optimism to a better world outside the EU July 4, 2016 Peter Thiel, founder of two billion dollar companies (Palantir and Paypal) and early-stage investor in Facebook, argues that two questions determine your approach to life’s challenges. First, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Second, are you definite (a clear plan for the future) or indefinite (hedging your bets)? In sharp contrast to the focus [...]
Let’s make London the tech capital of the world June 20, 2016 Today marks the start of London Technology Week, a fantastic opportunity for thousands of tech experts from all over the world to descend on the capital to learn and share new ideas and shine a light on this hugely important sector of our economy. London is an established global leader in business services and international [...]
The public are far less hostile to high levels of immigration than you think September 15, 2016 During elections, complex issues are radically simplified. Both the campaigns and the media are responsible for it, but this is reasonable – busy people have little time to investigate the merits of complicated policy ideas. As such, the immigration debate that took place during the EU referendum was depicted as a choice between continued large-scale [...]
EU referendum: Brexit risks compromising plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes May 19, 2016 If Britain votes to leave the EU it risks sparking a chronic construction skills deficit, compromising plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes. According to new research, a Leave vote could lead to a cut in the construction workforce, which would in turn jeopardise plans to expand the UK's housing stock that would otherwise ease [...]
From City Hall to wealth management startup: Meet Boris Johnson’s ex-economic adviser, Gerard Lyons September 13, 2016 Not many wealth management firms can boast a chief economic strategist with the CV and public profile of Gerard Lyons. Formerly of Standard Chartered and Swiss Bank, Lyons joined the launch team of Netwealth this summer after a lengthy stint as London mayor Boris Johnson’s chief economic adviser. Bearing in mind Johnson’s high-profile support of [...]
Industry 4.0: How disruptive technology can rescue British manufacturing April 7, 2016 Industry 4.0 is revolutionising the way international manufacturers and construction companies approach business, but the UK has a long way to go if its industry is to keep pace with its European rivals. This new world is based on digitisation, which blurs the line between the virtual and the physical. Connected products and “smart” machines [...]