Opinion: How can technology make moving house easier? We count the ways November 12, 2018 Moving home is considered to be one of the most stressful life experiences and as a result people rarely bother. The average person only moves once every 17.8 years according to the latest English Housing Survey. But does it need to be this way? Over the next decade, technology will transform the way we buy, [...]
Sam Torrance: Tasty vintage Lee Westwood is playing as well as ever November 12, 2018 Lee Westwood swung as well as I have seen him swing for a long, long time on his way to a magnificent victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City in South Africa on Sunday. The Englishman, 45, hadn’t won for four years but looked oustanding all week and some of the golf produced [...]
With influencer marketing, brands needs to realise that honesty is the best policy November 12, 2018 Influencer marketing – that is, YouTube stars and Instagram heavyweights promoting products to their legions of followers – has been firmly adopted by a wealth of brands. It is a useful tool to help shape the perception of their brand, enhance their digital presence, and drive business outcomes. But the media has recently honed in [...]
How London’s high streets can weather the brewing retail storm November 12, 2018 London rightly bears the distinction of being one of the world’s most attractive places to live and work. But with that label comes risks as well as opportunities – and often, trends that we see across the country play out far more dramatically when it comes to our capital. Take our latest research into the [...]
Embracing digital technology will help the City to shape the future of the UK November 12, 2018 As the 691st lord mayor of the City of London, I follow a long continuum dating back to 1189, before the Magna Carta. My focus over the next 12 months will be on how the City can help shape the UK’s future. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, British innovations such as railways, cotton mills and [...]
DEBATE: Bitcoin volatility has been falling recently – is this a good sign for the crypto craze? November 12, 2018 Bitcoin volatility has been falling recently – is this a good sign for the crypto craze? George Zarya, chief executive at BeQuant, says YES. The cooling of the crypto market is a hugely positive sign and not at all unsurprising. It is common to see immature markets and asset classes experience high levels of volatility at [...]
The Conservatives must not be afraid to stand up for free markets November 12, 2018 Today’s younger voters were born after the Berlin Wall had fallen and the battle of ideas over economics and the role of the state had been won for a generation. Since then, the world has changed. The Labour party has fallen under the control of people who do not believe in markets, free enterprise, or business. [...]
The UK’s financial services profession is surprisingly resilient to Brexit woes November 12, 2018 The looming shadow of Brexit is hard to shake off and financial services, like most UK businesses, doesn’t like uncertainty. But despite the talk of doom and gloom with jobs disappearing in this part of the financial sector, surprisingly perhaps, we are seeing a different picture. The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) is [...]
Next and Anthropologie: a lesson in crisis management November 9, 2018 HIGH STREET BUSINESSES across the UK are fighting to stay afloat, with 14 stores closing every day. It’s a grim picture – but some companies are resorting to dirty tactics to stay afloat. Just today, two large retailers – Next and Anthropologie – have settled claims with smaller businesses over claims of copying – but [...]
Workers in the capital deserve to be paid the London Living Wage November 9, 2018 Few people would disagree that if you get up, go to work every day, and put in the hard graft, then you deserve to earn an income you can live off. And yet, nearly a fifth of all jobs in our city do not pay a subsistence wage, leaving hundreds of thousands of Londoners struggling [...]