If we keep building new offices from the ground up, we will miss our climate goals November 27, 2023 Due to the emissions caused by new builds, the City Corporation is now moving towards a “retrofit first” approach, where reuse and refurbishment of existing buildings, structure and materials must be given serious consideration.
Inside the techno-optimist cult influencing OpenAI’s Sam Altman November 24, 2023 If the Control Altman Delete and Undo saga demonstrated anything it was the tussle between AI development evangelists and prudent pro-regulation developers.
From Big Four contracts and partner bonuses, why everyone hates consultants November 24, 2023 Consultants have become the traffic wardens of the UK economy - disliked, unhelpful, and ever present. Nick Parminter says that's (mostly) unfair.
Gen Z will quit if they don’t get enough praise, but they’re worth the hard yards November 24, 2023 Generation Z is entering the workforce in ever-larger numbers. As an employer, it’s fair to say Gen Z looks at the world – and the world of work – in a way that often surprises their older colleagues. Born between 1997 and 2012, this generation has been surrounded by technology in a vastly different way to millennials – the elder of which [...]
Worst corporate jargon of the week: COP November 23, 2023 Offender: (Can you get that to me by) COP? What does it mean? Close of play. What that means is another matter entirely. Used in an email: Can you get that to me by COP? Who uses it? The origins of this linguistic blip can be traced back to the gilet-wearing squadron who live and [...]
Will Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back to work’ make a difference? November 23, 2023 Jeremy Hunt ramped up the rhetoric, but there was just a morsel of carrot in the carrot and stick approach.
Want to slim down the size of the state? Tax wealth not work and end fiscal drag November 23, 2023 The rhetoric in Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement concentrated on the importance of rewarding hard work, shrinking the size of the state and lowering the tax burden.
Autumn Statement: Pay attention, the good stuff’s in the small print November 23, 2023 Is it churlish to criticise a politician for a political intervention? One wouldn’t groan at Harry Kane for a well struck penalty or a ballet dancer for a well-executed plié, so maybe it’s harsh to look at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement in any other context than whether it worked on its own terms. In that [...]
Piazza power! London needs to embrace the European public square November 23, 2023 The European public square is a thing of glory and a bastion of politics and philosophy. London's town squares... suck. This must change.
Hunt is taking a gamble on inflation even as Britain teeters on the edge November 23, 2023 The Autumn Statement made clear that the Tories aren't in control of their own destiny in our increasingly fragile economy