Legal giant Ashurst: One in three of our new recruits will have ethnic minority background September 22, 2021 International law firm Ashurst has announced wide-ranging diversity targets for both its global and UK offices to reach in the next five years. The new targets expand the company’s focus areas to include more LGBTI+ representation, gender equality and ethnicity targets in the UK. In its UK offices, Ashurst aims for 35 per cent of [...]
London’s first charter ‘much needed’ as data is increasingly a corporate asset, says specialist September 22, 2021 Yesterday it was announced that London First will be launching the London Data Charter, which sets out the guiding principles for private and public sector data collaborations. The initiative aims to create commitment from signatories to be a part of London’s data ecosystem, by opening and sharing their data to define the collaboration and data-sharing [...]
Mishcon de Reya announces new merger ahead of IPO September 21, 2021 Law firm Mishcon de Reya has agreed a merger with life sciences specialist Taylor Vinters after recently confirming its plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The deal will result in a new legal and consultancy business, named MDR Taylor Vinters, which will be led by Taylor Vinters’ management team. Mishcon said [...]
Prime Ministerial endorsement: Cognizant zooms in on UK with 2,500 new hires September 20, 2021 The Prime Minister has today announced that global consultancy Cognizant will expand its digital UK workforce by 35 per cent over three years. The announcement comes as Boris Johnson hailed the UK’s “tech revolution” in “creating jobs, driving growth and boosting investment across the country,” and at the start of London Tech Week. The move [...]
City minister pledges ‘competitive tax rates’ for UK financial services sector ahead of Budget September 20, 2021 John Glen has promised that the UK’s financial services sector will benefit from “competitive tax rates,” ahead of the next Budget on 27 October, according to reports. “To be competitive, we have to have competitive tax rates and that’s what’s on the chancellor’s mind at the moment,” the City minister told the Financial Times, which first reported the [...]
City should brace itself for €900bn Brexit hit if Brussels plays clearing politics September 17, 2021 The City and several financial services groups in Brussels are lobbying for an extension to clearing house access beyond June of next year. Yesterday, a trio of major lobby groups for Europe’s finserv sector called on Brussels to extend the EU’s access to London clearing houses amid warnings of financial instability. The groups wrote to [...]
Prince Andrew can request unsealing of 2009 deal that protects him from sexual assault lawsuit September 17, 2021 Prince Andrew is permitted to request the unsealing of a 2009 settlement agreement that his lawyer claims protects him from a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago, a US judge has said. Manhattan Judge Loretta Preska said in a written order that Andrew can seek the information to support arguments that [...]
London’s Keystone Law boss eyes ‘busy market’ and post-pandemic recruitment September 16, 2021 London-headquartered Keystone Law has declared an interim dividend this morning, following six months of revenue growth and zero debt. The challenger law firm posted a revenue of £33.7m for the six months to 31 July, up more than 37 per cent in comparison to the first half of last year. As a result, Keystone has [...]
PwC: 80 per cent of Big Four’s staff hail from higher socio-economic class September 15, 2021 Less than 15 per cent of the Big Four’s workforce come from a lower socio-economic background, according to data published by the accountant for the first time today. Staff from a higher socio-economic background, on the other hand, make up over four-fifths of the workforce at PwC UK, which was named the top employer for [...]
BDO hires record number of new trainees to its audit team September 15, 2021 Accounting firm BDO has announced that it has hired over 450 new trainees into its audit team this year, as the so-called ‘challenger’ firm bolsters its auditing arm. BDO said it had brought on more than 600 new trainees across departments since the start of 2021 – more than it has ever done before. Most [...]