Facebook Marketplace a hotbed for scams warns Natwest November 25, 2021 People doing their Christmas shopping online should beware of scammers on social media sites according to new Natwest data.
IMServ hires former British Gas CEO Ian Peters as chairman November 25, 2021 IMServ has appointed former British Gas CEO Ian Peters as chairman to drive the data collection specialist's growth plans.
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 25, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Deloitte Deloitte’s Financial Advisory practice has hired a new partner in its Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Corporate Finance M&A Group, to help offer advisory services to banking clients. Joining from investment bank Alantra after beginning his career at Lloyds [...]
It starts with a chat: FinnCap CEO Sam Smith on the female IPO deficit November 24, 2021 Sam Smith has led FinnCap through a particularly busy six months, as a flurry of activity in the M&A and IPO markets helped the City broker achieve record half year results last week. Earnings jumped 55 per cent to a record £32m, pre-tax profit was up around three-quarters to £6.3m, and the firm enjoyed a [...]
Mauricio Preciado-Awad CA: Making a big impact with small change November 22, 2021 This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. UK social investment has grown sixfold in a decade, thanks in part to Big Society Capital using money from dormant bank accounts. Investment Director Mauricio Preciado-Awad CA tells Kitty Finstad about the big impact of small change If you were living in the UK around the time of [...]
London markets boosted by rallying bank stocks as rate hike bets lift sentiment toward sector November 22, 2021 A rally among banks boosted London markets this morning as sentiment toward the sector improved on strengthening prospects of the Bank of England hiking rates. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index climbed 0.49 per cent 7,258.91 points, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 added 0.30 per cent to 23,561.92 points. The likes of Barclays, NatWest and [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? November 19, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. C. Hoare & Co. Private bank C. Hoare & Co. has posted a former JP Morgan executive to its board as a non-executive director. India Gary-Martin brings some 25 years of experience to the role, from across [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? November 17, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. MCF Corporate Finance Corporate finance advisory firm MCF Corporate Finance has hired a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) veteran as a new partner. Joining the firm’s technology practice in London, Atul Monga brings 13 years’ worth of experience from across Big Four firm Deloitte [...]
Revolution Bars cuts losses as young people revive bar chain after Covid-19 revenue drop November 16, 2021 Revolution Bars Group’s (Revolution) revenues are being revived by the return of its young customer base, as it looks to recover from a brutal drop in sales. Sales plummeted by nearly two-thirds this year, falling from £110.1m in the previous year to £39.4m. The premium bar chain suffered restrictions or closures every day during its [...]
Starling Bank CEO: Barclays ‘firmly in our sights’ as we’ll be bigger within five years November 15, 2021 Barclays is firmly on the radar of Starling Bank’s senior management, as the company said it is working to overtake the Canary Wharf-based banking giant in the business banking market within the next five years. The bold predictions come as the digital lending disruptor is getting ready for a stock market float. Starling’s founder and [...]