Apps to improve your work-life balance in 2015 December 31, 2014 A 24/7 business cycle coupled with the smartphone invasion can create a seemingly insurmountable workload making it increasingly impossible to achieve the ideal work-life balance. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and for the tech-savvy there's a myriad of apps to help fight back against the increasingly blurred lines between work and play. Rescue [...]
Cambridge, Guildford and Reading: The UK cities where it’s easiest to get a job December 31, 2014 Cambridge was the easiest place in the UK to get a job in 2014, according to research by job site Adzuna, with just 0.17 jobseekers per vacancy. Surprisingly, the worst place wasn't in the cut-and-thrust of the City – but in Salford, where there were 23.54 jobseekers per role. Guildford, Reading and Winchester also fared [...]
New Year Honours List 2015: James Caan, Brent Hoberman, Julie Deane and the other entrepreneurs receiving recognition December 31, 2014 It's that time of year again: the Queen's New Year Honours list shows which of the UK's finest will don a hat for a trip to Buckingham Palace. And although Esther Rantzen and Sheridan Smith are among the big names on the list, a host of entrepreneurs have been recognised, including some of the UK's [...]
The year at City A.M.: Our most popular stories of 2014 December 31, 2014 With everything that has gone on in the last 12 months you might be forgiven the odd memory lapse. Here's our round-up of the stories that got you clicking in 2014. January It's hard to believe it was less than a year ago that French President Hollande was caught having a moped-based affair with actress [...]
Oil price slides further as China manufacturing contracts December 31, 2014 China's manufacturing sector contracted for the first time during December, new figures published this morning showed. HSBC/Markit's China manufacturing PMI fell to 49.6, below the 50-mark which indicates a fall, and down from 50 in November. However, the figure was revised up from an initial "flash" reading earlier in the month, which was 49.5. Last [...]
The 2015 New Year Honours List revealed: From Fiona Woolf and Dickson Poon to Mary Quant and Adrian Cadbury December 30, 2014
Apple’s App Store and iTunes introduces UK no-questions-asked 14-day refund guarantee December 30, 2014 European users of iTunes, the App Store and iBook who find they've accidentally downloaded a rubbish song or boring movie are now entitled to a no questions asked 14-day money back guarantee. Apple has updated its terms and conditions giving customers 14 days to return purchases excluding gift-cards according to 9to5mac.com. The changes, which apply [...]
United Airlines and Orbitz sue creator of cheap flight website Skiplagged.com December 30, 2014 United Airlines and travel firm Orbitz have sued a website that helps users find cheap flights by picking out ones which stop over at the cities they are travelling to, according to court documents. They argue that the site leads to "unfair competition" and have filed legal action in Illinois, United States, in an attempt [...]
London Air Ambulance called in after man suffers severe injuries from Peter Jones escalator fall December 30, 2014 The London Air Ambulance was called into central London today after a man in his 20s suffered severe injuries after falling from an escalator in the Peter Jones department store. The incident that occurred at the Sloane Square store, owned by John Lewis Partnership at around 1pm on December 30, with police saying they will [...]
Regulation watchdog confirms savings of £2.2bn as a result of slashing red tape December 30, 2014 The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) verified over £2bn of savings for British business as a result of cuts in red tape. The government's regulation watchdog said over the past six months the savings had been made within the scope of the government's one-in, two-out rule where if one regulation is introduced two are scrapped. Today's [...]