Don’t worry, we’ll be back before you know it April 1, 2020 Since we made the decision to pause our print operation, the City A.M. team has worked incredibly hard to produce a digital edition. From the comfort of their own homes, designers, production managers, editors and reporters have risen to the challenge and put together an online newspaper which has been read by thousands of you [...]
As governments respond, beware Covid-19 power grabs April 1, 2020 In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, Rahm Emanuel, soon-to-be chief of staff for US President-Elect Barack Obama, famously announced that “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” Emanuel was [...]
How technology is helping to maintain positive workplace culture during self-isolation March 31, 2020 Covid-19 has been disruptive to many aspects of our lives – including our work. For most organisations, remote working is quickly becoming the new normal, yet it’s a muscle many are just starting to develop. And while this transition is vital to keep employees safe, it brings with it a wealth of new challenges. Without [...]
Engineering is essential to addressing the coronavirus crisis March 31, 2020 At first it seemed – at least in commentary – that dealing with the Covid-19 crisis was mainly a task for epidemiology, medical and public health experts, and they continue to lead the global effort to combat the outbreak. But the cross-sector scale of the challenge became apparent last week with the UK government’s appeal [...]
Let’s work together to make work experience more rewarding March 31, 2020 Any student who’s ever spent a week getting coffee, photocopying, or doing research that is immediately thrown into the recycling knows that our current work experience system doesn’t work. It’s elitist, nepotistic, and formal work experience programmes tend to only be offered in very “establishment” industries: law, banking, consulting. And yet it’s still a vital [...]
A new leader might give the Labour party a chance March 31, 2020 For anyone holding out for some exciting non-virus news, this week brings a treat: the result of Labour’s leadershipelection. Having suffered a catastrophic drubbing in mid December, the first Saturday in April will see a new leader of the opposition crowned, along with the elected position of deputy leader. Amusingly, the candidates have all been asked to film an [...]
Where do markets go from here? March 31, 2020 One thing’s for sure: as the Prime Minister has already said, the Covid-19 outbreak is going to get worse before it gets better. But with Asia showing that social distancing can work and with recent lockdown measures put in place in the UK, the question becomes: what next? Where’s the floor? For our part, we [...]
Covid-19 will hit emerging economies hard March 31, 2020 Coronavirus has stopped both the medical and economic worlds in their tracks. If last week’s preliminary data flashes are anything to go by, the global economy is en route to a recession that will surpass 2008 both in speed and in magnitude. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) estimated last week that the [...]
How vertical farming can future-proof our food supply chain to withstand crises March 31, 2020 The spread of Covid-19 across the globe has brought to light many new challenges, from insufficiencies in healthcare to the stability of the global economy. Equally as important, but less talked about, is whether our global food supply chain is able to withstand the impact of pandemics — now and in the future. It is [...]
Don’t leave the South East behind as Britain levels up March 31, 2020 The Big Smoke dominates — our economy, our culture and our, well, pretty much everything in the UK. In Westminster, just a small corner of the behemoth that is London, life-changing decisions — for better and worse — are being made that will dramatically impact public services, businesses, and families for years to come. That [...]