Kember Street, London, flat for rent on Rightmove at £737 a month. And it’s tiny June 6, 2014 For the dazzling price of £737 a month, you can pick up this studio flat on Kember Street. First listed just over 12 hours ago, it still seems to be very much on the market. The marketing agency refers to the apartment as “fully self contained with its own en-suite bathroom and kitchenette”. The property [...]
City & Gild: Is baring all bad for your brand? June 6, 2014 Last week I found myself on a short-haul flight to Sweden, and forced to break with my long held belief that travel should be conducted in total silence when the person sat beside me tried to strike up conversation. Now my normal mode on these occasions is to smile politely, shrug my shoulders as though [...]
How to be more creative at work June 5, 2014 Creativity can be elusive, especially in businesses short on time and under pressure to deliver financially. Albert Einstein gave a pessimistic view when he said that “the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” But in an increasingly crowded corporate environment, genuine originality has never been so important. Private equity manager and [...]
Create your grand design inside an Edwardian factory June 5, 2014 PROPERTY brochures are often packed with glossy computer generated images depicting pavement café culture at its peak on a summery afternoon in June. But the promotional material for Loud and Western on the Broughton Road in Fulham is stark and bare. The first four houses went on the market yesterday in what’s known in the [...]
We should always heed the law of unintended consequences June 5, 2014 THERE were two reactions to yesterday’s Queen Speech: critics dismissed it as lightweight in the extreme, a collection of reheated policies seasoned with a little trivia; supporters celebrated a government that understands that passing fewer laws is often better than frenetic legislating. Both sides were wrong. For a start, there are revolutionary pension bills in [...]
Shell finance chief Simon Henry appointed to Lloyds Bank board June 5, 2014 LLOYDS yesterday brought in Shell’s finance chief as a non-executive director on its board. Simon Henry has held the job at the energy giant since 2009, and has worked his way up the group since joining in 1982. His career has included roles across investor relations, and running finance for the exploration and production parts [...]
How SMEs can boost growth with unified communications June 5, 2014 Total communications strategies can unleash productivity and boost collaboration Managing communications technology is no longer a matter of just maintaining and troubleshooting back-office systems. Powered by technological improvements, including the proliferation of laptops, smartphones, tablets and cloud computing, even small businesses today face a sprawling network of communication channels. And unifying these systems is increasingly [...]
How to avoid distractions at work June 4, 2014 Christopher Columbus’s mantra that, “by prevailing over all distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination” may have guided him across the Atlantic (four times), but most of us find the slightest interruptions can quickly derail our productivity. Of course, Columbus had less to contend with – is it any wonder our [...]
Review: Jason Atherton’s City Social at Tower 42 | City A.M. June 4, 2014 I’ve eaten at altitude so many times recently I now have a permanent nosebleed. It’s all over my shirt and my shoes and my food and nobody cares, because the whole of London has the same problem. All anyone in this city does now is eat atop skyscrapers. Like one of Dr Pavlov’s dogs, I [...]
Bitcoin Britain: Could London become the capital of cryptocurrencies? June 4, 2014 Prospects for Bitcoin in the UK have been boosted over the past week after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a new fast-track initiative – Project Innovate. Speaking at the project's launch, FCA chief executive Martin Wheatley said, "positive developments" in financial innovation that improve the lives of consumers should be supported by the country's [...]