City Moves for 5 October 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Evestment, Nucleus and City AM? October 5, 2018 Today's City Moves covers pharma, investment, IT and City Moves. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Hikma Pharmaceuticals Hikma Pharmaceuticals has appointed Sagar Patel to a newly created London-based role as the European commercial head for its injectables business. Sagar joins Hikma at a time of organisational change to boost the group’s senior [...]
A lesson in language: Apps will not make you a good writer October 4, 2018 In the past year, I have witnessed an unfortunate proliferation of language apps: those that correct your spelling, grammar and style, and claim to make you a better writer. I’ve tested a few, and here is my considered advice: avoid. Apart from their obvious redundancy – Microsoft has been doing this for 20 years – the [...]
Here’s how to capitalise on the freelance revolution October 4, 2018 By 2020, half of the UK’s workforce will be freelance. It’s a staggering shift. Or is it? We shouldn’t actually be that surprised, as we’re at the start of the next work revolution. Employee disenchantment with the corporate lifestyle – marked by long and stressful days, poor work-life balance, and salaries not keeping pace with [...]
Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are becoming increasingly important to businesses October 4, 2018 When was the last time that you voluntarily made a phone call? Some of you may pretend that you prefer the human touch of chatting over the phone, but let’s be honest – phone calls are inconvenient. A ringing phone interrupts your day and train of thought, while waiting for your call to be answered [...]
City Moves for 4 October 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Sage, Thrings and Newgate Communications? October 4, 2018 Today's City Moves cover tech, legal eagles and communications. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Sage Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, today announced the appointment of Amanda Cusdin as chief people officer. Following an interim period, this appointment recognises her contribution to creating a culture that will support Sage’s [...]
Debate: Is the recent rule change for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) fair on tenants? October 3, 2018 Debate: Is the recent rule change for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) fair on tenants? YES – Dan Wilson Craw is the director at Generation Rent. Many people can only afford to rent in a shared house. But some landlords exploit their desperation for a place to sleep by cramming dozens of people into houses [...]
BBC’s The Apprentice is back. What can the show teach us? Don’t be a jerk October 3, 2018 The Apprentice returns today for its fourteenth series, along with Lord Sugar and his pointy finger of boardroom doom. Why do we still love it so much? Well, there’s the stirring Prokofiev Dance of the Knights music, aerial shots of London looking glorious, some hysterical tasks, Karren Brady looking cross, Claude Littner looking exasperated, and [...]
Ryanair’s special status is tarnished – it’s now a question of fight or flight for O’Leary October 3, 2018 Michael O’Leary is not short of ambition. The chief executive of Ryanair has spoken of flying 200m passengers in a year, and of profits of €2bn per annum, adding more than a third to the highest achieved in a year to date. The target date is 2024, but questions are being asked if O’Leary will [...]
City Moves for 3 October 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Healx, WorldRemit and Audere Solutions? October 3, 2018 Today's City Moves cover health, research and FX. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Healx Healx, the Cambridge (UK) technology company developing breakthrough treatments for rare diseases, today announced the appointment of Kate Hilyard as chief operating officer (COO). A senior pharma executive, with extensive drug discovery expertise, Kate’s appointment underlines Healx’s mission [...]
City Moves for 2 October 2018 – who’s switching jobs at KL Communications, Barclays and CBRE? October 2, 2018 Today’s City Moves cover comms, corporate broking and property. Take a look at these movers and shakers: KL Communications KL Communications, the financial PR and communication consultancy, has hired Charles Gorman to lead its listed company practice. Charles, who joins from Neustria Partners, specialises in advising listed investment and specialty financial companies on their strategic [...]