How to conduct a meeting out of the office December 6, 2018 | Sponsored The dreaded conference call… Remember heading to the meeting room and crowding around the speakerphone in the middle of the table? The robotic automated voice telling you that someone is about to join the call? There was nothing quite like the embarrassment of forgetting to press “mute” before saying something about the boss, or suddenly [...]
Best of Dropbox: here are the standout features of Dropbox Business Suite December 6, 2018 | Sponsored Here are the standout features of Dropbox Business Suite. Access With Dropbox you can access your docs anytime, anywhere. Spend less time tracking down and updating files, and more time doing the work you actually want to do. Team Spaces keeps all your work in one location so you won’t have to email the latest [...]
Dropbox keeps teams flowing December 6, 2018 | Sponsored In order to create articles for our "Work in Flow" series which explores better ways of working, City A.M. used Dropbox Paper to revolutionise an established approach by using this tool to introduce a new kind of collaboration during the creative process between editors, writers and designers, some of whom were not present in the London office. [...]
Brexit may shake up the jobs market, so get your CV in shape now December 6, 2018 We are less than four months away from when the UK is officially meant to leave the EU, but there’s still confusion and much negotiation to be done before we find out exactly what impact Brexit will have on the City. Jobs are already crossing the Channel – JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds and more [...]
Relaunch your career in financial services December 6, 2018 | City Talk This webinar will provide advice on how to return to the financial services industry after a career break or relaunch a career in a new direction within the industry. Our presenters will offer advice based on a combined 35-plus years of experience working in various roles in the financial services sector. This is the archived [...]
City Moves for 6 December – who’s switching jobs at Econic Technologies, Pinsent Masons and BNP Paribas? December 6, 2018 Who’s switching jobs today? Econic Technologies UK-based pioneering cleantech company, Econic Technologies, has announced the appointment of Dr. Just Jansz as the new non-executive chair to the board of directors to take it into the next phase of business scale up. Having worked in the chemical industry for well over 30 years, and holding a PhD [...]
Let’s give knife crime a knockout punch December 5, 2018 Last year was the worst year of my life. Seven people I knew were murdered. There have been an estimated 127 murders in London this year, and police statistics show that knife crime is up 12 per cent. Clearly, we have a knife crime epidemic in London. Everyone is responsible and has a part to [...]
How co-working spaces will transform the office environment December 5, 2018 Four years ago, the right to request flexible working became UK law. Since then, flexible working has become more prevalent, to the point that half of the UK workforce is predicted to work remotely by 2020. At the same time a growing number of businesses are embracing the gig economy and turning to freelance workers [...]
City Moves for 4 December – who’s switching jobs at Spire Healthcare, Sage Group and Mizuho International? December 4, 2018 Who’s swapping jobs today? Spire Healthcare Spire Healthcare has promoted Alison Dickinson to the newly-created role of group clinical director with a remit of overseeing quality of care across the company’s 39 hospitals and 11 clinics. Alison joins the executive leadership team of the UK’s leading independent hospital group having previously served as the company’s [...]
Waiting isn’t working for people seeking asylum in the UK December 4, 2018 It’s a Tuesday morning, and for many of us that familiar post-weekend dread remains, as we think about leaving our cosy beds for the glaring office lights. But mornings aside, working can offer so much more than a pay cheque – work can offer us a sense of purpose, inspiration, and the chance to connect with [...]