A new, simplified visa system could attract the fresh talent our tech sector badly needs August 30, 2022 People are the most important input for a successful tech startup. But there are more jobs that require data literate people than there are workers to fill them; two thirds of businesses say they struggle to fill their tech roles. Solving this problem is one of the most important actions our new prime minister can [...]
Letters: Innovation for the City August 30, 2022 [Re: Nadhim Zahawi: The next PM will have ready-made options for the energy crisis, August 25] Zahawi’s acceptance of a raft of improvements to modernise the UK financial services sector is a welcomed and much-needed move. The UK Secondary Capital Raising Review recommendations, including the digitisation of share certificates, will strengthen the capital raising processes [...]
Let’s be honest, spending three years at university is a waste of time for too many August 29, 2022 As hundreds of thousands of students prepare for their first day at university, they should know: most of them are wasting their time.
A global food crisis could spell a bigger catastrophe than Vladimir Putin’s war August 26, 2022 You always knew you had reached an intellectual dead end when foreign policy grandees sat around a table and recommended sanctions as an all-purpose answer to any problem. While such an initiative almost never practically worked in terms of changing the policy of the offending country, it made political sense in a Washington sort of [...]
Giving up on net zero could cost the Tories an election August 26, 2022 Energy prices are rising to record levels, and households are understandably worried about how they’re going to pay their energy bills. Some opponents of the net zero target have used this as an opportunity to blame green policies for an increase in global energy prices, despite it being clear that high gas prices are the [...]
Letters: Scale-up our scale-up visas August 26, 2022 [Re: From crypto to talent, smarter rules for the City will help an economic recovery, yesterday] There has been a lot of discussion about scale-ups laying off staff due to market turbulence and over-hype over the last couple of years. Whilst this is the case for some, for many of us, we have significant growth [...]
Nadhim Zahawi: The next PM will have ready-made options for the energy crisis August 26, 2022 The next Prime Minister will be able to hit the ground running to help people as the cost of living crisis worsens.
Explainer-in-brief: The problems with freezing the energy price cap August 25, 2022 In the UK, the energy price cap – decided by Ofgem – sets the maximum price you can be charged for kilowatt hour. In short, it doesn’t put a cap on how high your total bill can get, but it regulates how it is calculated. The cap is reviewed every three months. In response to [...]
We should be encouraging more savings for retirement, but instead we’re capping them August 25, 2022 You may not have heard of them yet, but pension dashboards promise to be the next big thing for retirement savers. Just like your mobile banking app, they will allow savers to access all of their pension schemes in one place. They are another example of technology making personal finance more efficient. What’s more, their [...]
Brace yourself, Gen Z and their ‘quiet quitting’ trends are ready for the workforce August 25, 2022 The end of August is back-to-school season. But September is significant for a different type of new beginning. Soon, thousands of businesses will be welcoming Generation Z graduates into the office. So who are Gen Z, and what advice is helpful for the incoming workforce and their new employers? Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen [...]