Global iPad delay frustrates users as demand surges April 14, 2010 THE global launch of Apple’s iPad slate computer has been delayed by more than a month, with the firm blaming high demand in the US. The iPad was due to be released in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April, but the technology company said yesterday that will now [...]
Sky chief says Ofcom ruling to hurt industry April 14, 2010 SKY chief executive Jeremy Darroch yesterday launched a scathing attack on Ofcom, claiming the watchdog has endangered smaller channels and will hamper creativity. Speaking at the Mip TV conference in Cannes he said Ofcom’s decision to slash the prices Sky can charge for its content will distort the whole pay TV industry and will have [...]
2010 set to see record gold demand April 14, 2010 GOLD is near the final phase of its 10-year bull run, but prices could still climb as high as $1,300 an ounce in 2010 driven by higher investment demand, said Philip Klapwijk, chairman of metals consultancy GFMS. The rise of gold prices is not sustainable because jewellery demand has dropped to less than half of [...]
Jobs boost as City springs back into life April 14, 2010 JOB opportunities in the City’s financial services firms shot up by more than 80 per cent in March compared to the same month last year, according to recruitment experts. The numbers were also up a fifth on February as new life was breathed into the jobs market in the Square Mile. In tandem with the [...]
Vintage year beckons for recruitment market April 14, 2010 WHISPER it quietly or you may be beaten to the chase, but the City is suffering a shortage of candidates for good jobs – a situation not seen since the economic downturn began. Now that those bonuses that have been paid out are safely stashed in the bank, the traditional spring job hunting can begin [...]
Banks support Tories on employment April 14, 2010 MORE than 60 per cent of City professionals think a Conservative election victory would be good for the jobs market, a poll has found. The data from Ambition UK also showed that the number of banking and financial services jobs in the City had soared by 150 per cent since hitting a low in the [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: DO THESE POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS MEAN THE CITY HAS RECOVERED FROM THE RECESSION? April 14, 2010 MARK CAMERON | ASTBURY MARSDEN “The first quarter is traditionally a popular time for City employees looking to change jobs as many annual bonus payments will now be safely in the employees’ bank accounts. With the sharp upsurge in vacancies, caution amongst employees seems to be coming to an end.” TOM GILBERT | AMBITION UK [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 14, 2010 FSSC The Financial Services Skills Council has appointed Trevor Matthews, the chief executive of Friends Provident, as its new chairman. Matthews joins a number of high-profile City bosses on the FSSC board, including Resolution Group chief executive John Tiner, Standard Life managing director John Gill, KPMG vice chairman Brendan Nelson, and Angela Knight, the chief [...]
He’s seen off his own PM, but now the chancellor must beat the Tories April 14, 2010 WHEN all politicians around him are losing their heads, Alistair Darling is intent on keeping his. Having seen off an attempt to replace him with Gordon Brown’s favourite apparatchik Ed Balls – who wanted to use Labour’s final Budget to make vote-winning spending promises – the famously low-key chancellor says the new enemies of prudence [...]
PRIVATE EQUITY FAT CATS COME OUT TO PLAY April 14, 2010 SIR Peter Paul Rubens’ beautiful and ornate painted ceiling gazed down upon the most successful figures in the private equity industry last night, as they gathered in the Banqueting Hall on Whitehall for the Private Equity News Awards for Excellence in Private Equity. Executives from the likes of CVC Capital Partners, Axa Private Equity, Coller [...]