City minister John Glen praises frontline financial services staff for coronavirus efforts April 21, 2020 City minister John Glen has thanked frontline financial services staff for their “vital” role during the coronavirus crisis. In a letter published today, Glen said the services provided by bank branch and contact centre workers will be a “lifeline” to many during the pandemic. He praised the “herculean efforts” to help customers in financial difficulty [...]
The 2.6 Challenge: TP ICAP go above and beyond May 2, 2020 At TP ICAP giving back to the communities where we work has always been important and it’s a sad reality that during the coronavirus pandemic many charities are struggling. We wanted to play our part in helping charitable organisations at a time when vulnerable people need them the most. This is why we are proud [...]
Microsoft Teams goes down as people start to work remotely March 16, 2020 Microsoft’s chat and communications tool, Microsoft Teams, went down across Europe as people started to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak. This morning the tool went down for more than two hours. The company said: “We’re investigating messaging-related functionality problems within Microsoft Teams. If you are a system administrator, please refer to TM206544 in [...]
Rare earth miner Pensana inks deal with Chinese firm for Angola project July 20, 2020 Rare earth metals firm Pensana has today announced that it is exploring a partnership with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) to develop its flagship mine in Angola. The project, at Longonjo in the southern African country, is the first new rare earth mine in over a decade. The mine, which is slated to start [...]
B&M maintains strong growth as sales pass £1bn during lockdown July 1, 2020 B&M European Value Retail hailed a “strong” first quarter as sales passed £1bn amid the coronavirus lockdown. The figures In the period between 29 March and 27 June, B&M reported 27.7 per cent growth in group revenue from £904.6m to £1.15bn. B&M UK revenue for the period jumped 33.7 per cent to £987.8m, with like-for-like [...]
Reality is finally catching up with overblown Silicon Valley rhetoric September 26, 2019 Rhetoric, the art of persuasion, was the backbone of a classical education. Today the term is more often pejorative: rhetoric is found wherever reality isn’t. No fantasy, however, can be long sustained. If rhetoric is to deliver its original purpose and persuade, it cannot escape reality for long. So Silicon Valley is discovering. For over [...]
Flexibility key to Blazing Griffin’s soaring success August 5, 2020 Within 24 hours our entire games’ studio was working from home. Inadvertently, we had made the sudden transition slightly easier as have given staff the option to partially work from home for some time now and are used to flexible working. This meant that our work was already entirely cloud based, that we had device [...]
City Moves for 30 March – Who’s switching jobs at Matterport, Allica Bank and Acxiom? March 30, 2020 Today’s City Moves includes Matterport, Allica Bank and Acxiom Matterport Matterport, the spatial data capture firm, has announced the appointment of Robin Daniels as chief marketing officer (CMO). Robin will lead Matterport’s worldwide marketing strategy at a time of rapid growth for the company. He will drive all marketing and communications initiatives globally to bring [...]
WeWork teams up with two investors to buy City of London’s Devonshire Square for around £580m April 16, 2018 Co-working group WeWork has chosen a City of London site as its biggest acquisition yet. The company has bought up Devonshire Square in a deal with two investors, The Times reported today. WeWork joined forces with Danish pension fund PFA Ejendomme and property investment managers TH Real Estate to buy the 13-building estate for £580m [...]
Phonebooth startup Room launches in UK as it dials in to coworking boom September 17, 2019 Room, the US startup specialising in phonebooths for open plan offices, launched in the UK today as it looks to cash in on the rising popularity of coworking spaces. The New-York based firm, which counts Google, Uber, Amazon and Apple among its clients, is also rolling out in six other European countries amid growing demand [...]