Could A Pro/Con List Set You Up For Career Failure? February 6, 2023 What do you do when you have to make a tough decision at work? Do you procrastinate and avoid thinking about it; do you get on with it, throwing yourself into research, or do you go down the popular route and utilise a pro/con list? Tried and tested, the origins of the pro/con list can [...]
Grammys recap: the 3 biggest moments last night, including shock Harry Styles win February 6, 2023 The Grammys took place overnight in Los Angeles, earmarking the biggest night in music, which takes place annually just a few days before the BRIT Awards in London. It was a big night for British talent, with Sam Smith, Harry Styles and breakthrough indie band Wet Leg taking home gongs. If you weren’t sitting up [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on tech stocks, strikes and cheap cars February 6, 2023 | City Talk Falling out of love with Big Tech US technology giants have been reporting their latest financial earnings in recent weeks with a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Until the turn of 2021/22, Big Tech was a firm favourite among investors, scoring impressive share price gains in the years building up to [...]
Energy crisis: Can someone shine a light on the Bulb takeover deal? February 6, 2023 Octopus' takeover deal for Bulb is set to cost the taxpayer much less than originally feared, but the deal remains shrouded in secrecy.
Full Swing: Golf’s Netflix docuseries lays bare rancour between PGA Tour and LIV Golf, but will it do a Drive to Survive? February 6, 2023 When Netflix weighed up what to call its latest behind-the-scenes sport documentary, this time about life on golf’s PGA Tour, it plumped for the beige Full Swing. It might have been better off choosing Making A Wedge, such is the preoccupation with money that runs through the eight-part series, or Taking Out The Pin, given [...]
City jobs surge in year after Brexit as Barclays, JP Morgan and Revolut accelerate recruitment February 6, 2023 Finance firms ramped up efforts to hire workers in the year after Brexit, with big banks Barclays and JP Morgan and fintech Revolut leading the charge, according to exclusive figures shared with City A.M. London banks, accountants and fintechs led the recruitment charge in 2022, offering more one in two of every vacancy in England [...]
Hanging out with tortoises in turquoise cottages on the Caribbean island of St Barts February 5, 2023 The descent into Gustaf III Airport on the Caribbean Island of Saint Barthélemy – otherwise known as St Barts – is not for the faint hearted. We depart nearby Saint Martin strapped into a 12-seater Twin Otter plane and soar over the sea towards a small landmass. We spot yachts and catamarans sailing aquamarine waters [...]
Six The Musical review: Still the best musical in town February 4, 2023 Six the Musical review and star rating: ★★★★★ If you heard about Six when it opened but decided it wasn’t for you, now’s the time to think again. Six the musical is a musical that even those that don’t like the artform must attend. Bold and brave in just about every way, it has a [...]
FTSE close: Blue chip index sets a new record high as recession and inflation fears ease February 3, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 Index ended the week on a high having reached its highest ever score, beating the previous record of 7,903.5 set in May 2018. On Friday, the index had briefly pushed as high as 7,906.58 as global inflation and interest rate fears continued to ease. The index of the UK’s largest publicly-listed firms [...]
Something for the weekend: This week’s five most-read stories on Cityam.com February 3, 2023 A Reddit user called fatmummy, interest rates, vaccines, the ECB and an ignominiouss end to government-funded Tech Nation – here’s what City A.M. readers most wanted to click on this week. One: How a saucepan broke the internet. If lockdown had you baking and prepping then this story would have piqued your interest. Houseproud, or [...]