EY staff to work two days a week from home post pandemic May 24, 2021 EY has today confirmed that the majority of its staff will work from home for two days a week for good, the latest big business to eschew a return to the traditional office life. The Big Four firm’s 17,500 staff will spend three days a week in the office or at client sites, with the [...]
Financial services optimism rebounds at fastest rate in eight years April 15, 2021 Optimism within the financial services sector has increased at the fastest rate in eight years as the economy begins to reopen from months of lockdown, a new survey has shown. Sentiment among finance firms rose 52 per cent in the three months to March, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC’s latest [...]
Web3 metaverse growth is exponential November 17, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher explains how the community around a platform can co-create enabling the platform ecosystem to grow even stronger.
Web3 will co-exist with centralised aggregators like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube et al September 8, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher explains how he believes Web3 will allow property to smoothly transition across centralised platforms.
World’s largest law firm Dentons to offer permanent home working March 31, 2021 Dentons in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East will allow people to permanently work from home when Covid restrictions ease. As part of a new agile working policy, people working at Dentons will be able to choose when to work from home or in the office. All 750 of Dentons’ London-based staff will be [...]
Allen & Overy joins magic circle firms offering ‘thank you’ bonus March 31, 2021 Allen & Overy has become the latest magic circle law firm to offer non-partners a ‘thank you’ bonus for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. Allen & Overy will give staff a one-off fee bonus in April, equal to five per cent of their annual salary. The Covid-19-related bonus will be in addition to the [...]
Banning proof-of-work is the biggest threat facing Bitcoin April 21, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher suggests the game is rigged, and the world needs to push back against the proof-of-work naysayers.
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? April 28, 2021 City A.M.‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Cazoo bolsters board after $7bn NYSE listing After its $7bn New York Stock Exchange listing through its AJAX merger, UK online car retailer Cazoo has confirmed that a new non-executive director [...]
BDO becomes latest auditor to tell staff to work where they like May 17, 2021 BDO has told staff to decide where they would like to work post-pandemic, in a move that adopts a more flexible model than some of its rivals. The challenger audit firm will ask staff to work wherever is most productive, depending upon the task they are doing. For most people this will likely mean a [...]
UK manufacturers’ costs rise at fastest pace in a decade September 15, 2021 UK manufacturers’ costs rose at their fastest pace in a decade last month, adding to concerns price rises in the British economy may be much stickier than expected after separate data published today shows consumer price inflation jumped at its fastest rate on record. Input prices – typically materials used in the day-to-day running of [...]