City Moves for 24 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at RHI Magnesita, Saga and Wiggin? September 24, 2018 Today's City Moves covers industries, insurance and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: RHI Magnesita RHI Magnesita has nominated Ian Botha, currently CFO of Anglo American Platinum, has been nominated, as new CFO and finance director for appointment in the 2019 annual meeting. Ian will join the company on 1 [...]
Labour calls for workers to sit on company boards September 23, 2018 A Labour government would introduce laws requiring businesses to reserve a third of board seats for workforce representatives, party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced. Under the policy, revealed as Labour launched its annual conference in Liverpool over the weekend, employee directors would be elected by the workforce and paid at a level equal to other board [...]
Don’t be afraid to finance your firm’s growth through equity or debt, there are options out there for British businesses September 21, 2018 Having successfully run and invested in many businesses myself, an aversion to seeking finance to fund business growth is difficult for me to understand. But according to research highlighted in the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets report earlier this year, 70 per cent of small and medium sized companies in the UK [...]
Don’t be afraid to finance your firm’s growth through equity or debt, there are options out there for British businesses September 21, 2018 Having successfully run and invested in many businesses myself, an aversion to seeking finance to fund business growth is difficult for me to understand. But according to research highlighted in the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets report earlier this year, 70 per cent of small and medium sized companies in the UK [...]
Artificial Intelligence will take your job, and that’s no bad thing September 21, 2018 Earlier this week, a report from the World Economic Forum predicted that robots, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will create 58m more jobs than it displaces. Good news, perhaps, but still, it could be your job that gets displaced. Without doubt, AI will take over the vast majority of process-driven work within the next 15 [...]
Artificial Intelligence will take your job, and that’s no bad thing September 21, 2018 Earlier this week, a report from the World Economic Forum predicted that robots, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will create 58m more jobs than it displaces. Good news, perhaps, but still, it could be your job that gets displaced. Without doubt, AI will take over the vast majority of process-driven work within the next 15 [...]
City Moves for 21 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Marsh, OFX and Currencycloud? September 21, 2018 Today's City Moves cover insurance broking and payments companies. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Marsh Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions, has appointed Alistair Fraser (pictured) as CEO of its UK corporate division. Alistair succeeds Joe Grogan, who Marsh has named as chairman of Marsh Ireland. [...]
City Moves for 21 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Marsh, OFX and Currencycloud? September 21, 2018 Today's City Moves cover insurance broking and payments companies. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Marsh Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions, has appointed Alistair Fraser (pictured) as CEO of its UK corporate division. Alistair succeeds Joe Grogan, who Marsh has named as chairman of Marsh Ireland. [...]
Fever-Tree’s audacious success has taken the drinks industry by storm, but where do they go from here? September 20, 2018 A few weeks ago, Jake Meyer became only the 10th Briton in history to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2 mountain. How did he celebrate this towering achievement? He cracked open a tiny bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin then poured it into a Fever-Tree branded glass, topped up with its signature Indian tonic water. Apparently, [...]
Fever-Tree’s audacious success has taken the drinks industry by storm, but where do they go from here? September 20, 2018 A few weeks ago, Jake Meyer became only the 10th Briton in history to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2 mountain. How did he celebrate this towering achievement? He cracked open a tiny bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin then poured it into a Fever-Tree branded glass, topped up with its signature Indian tonic water. Apparently, [...]