Day in the Life: Ironman world champion Ruth Purbrook on juggling training with a job in the City July 10, 2019 I first got into triathlon in 2013 when I was doing a graduate placement in Lloyds’s charity team. At the time I was training for the Berlin Marathon and was slightly bored of just running, so I jumped at the opportunity of a charity place in the London Triathlon. It all spiralled from there. I [...]
Fulham FC owner Shahid Khan poised to complete £800m deal for Wembley Stadium April 26, 2018 Fulham’s billionaire American owner Shahid Khan is understood to be ready to complete an audacious purchase of Wembley Stadium without delay if English football chiefs accept a deal valued at £800m. The Football Association (FA) is weighing up the offer, which was presented to the governing body’s board on Thursday and comprises a sum up [...]
James Brokenshire has no time to waste in fixing the capital’s housing crisis May 2, 2018 As James Brokenshire takes up his new role as housing secretary, his top priority must be to fix the capital’s broken housing market. It is no exaggeration to say that London is in the midst of a housing crisis. Demand far outstrips supply; while we have built 200,000 new homes over the last decade, London’s [...]
Stop overlooking small businesses – they can be a massive force for good March 18, 2019 Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) make up 99 per cent of companies, and employ 60 per cent of private sector workers in the UK. And yet, they are often overlooked when we talk about responsible business. When SMEs take action on responsible business, they make a huge difference to London’s communities, to our environment, to [...]
Rough sleeping in the Square Mile nearly doubled last autumn January 31, 2019 The number of rough sleepers in the Square Mile rose to 67 during autumn last year, up 86 per cent on the year before. A new government report found the City of London to have the ninth-highest number of people sleeping in the open air of any local authority in England. Local councillor Tijs Broeke [...]
TfL pays men a fifth more than women March 19, 2018 Male employees at Transport for London (TfL) are paid a fifth more than their female colleagues, according to gender pay gap data released by the the Greater London Authority (GLA) today. Sadiq Khan said there was still a “significant” pay gap between men and women employed at City Hall, Transport for London (TfL) and the [...]
Cybersecurity: why you’re right to be cautious May 13, 2019 By Ian Hall (City AM, for the CFA Institute) The threat of cybersecurity and data-privacy attacks is under-estimated and growing, and organisations and individuals should proceed with extreme care in respect of digital information security, according to a Switzerland-based expert. David Basin, Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, used a seminar at the 72nd [...]
Outdated recruitment attitudes are blocking the best young digital talent from getting jobs April 19, 2018 The digital skills gap in the UK is well documented, with employers struggling to fill 43 per cent of STEM vacancies, according to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, and the Federation of Small Businesses reporting that 22 per cent of business owners think a lack of digital skills is holding them back. But [...]
Why we’re at a tipping point for clean energy July 29, 2019 Alternative energy sources to fossil fuels have been around for many years. Wind, solar and tidal power have all been harnessed to a greater or lesser extent by numerous countries around the world. But we think that the transition to renewable energy is set to pick up speed rapidly and there are three reasons why. [...]
London house prices: Sadiq Khan under pressure as figures show construction has started on just 428 affordable homes January 22, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan’s affordable housing programme is under pressure after figures showed he has started building just 428 homes in the first six months of 2017-18. In the 2016 Autumn Statement, Khan secured £3.15bn in funding from central government to build 90,000 affordable homes. Read more: London Assembly warns on £2.2bn funding black hole [...]