City Moves for 3 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Asia House, Wizz Air and BNP Paribas Asset Management? September 3, 2018 Today's City Moves cover research, airlines and asset management. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Asia House Ed Ratcliffe has been appointed as head of research and advisory at Asia House. Ed recently moved back to the UK after five years in the Asia region, most recently as country director of the Myanmar [...]
DEBATE: Is Entrepreneurs’ Relief worth the cost to the government? August 31, 2018 Is Entrepreneurs’ Relief worth the cost to the government? Chris Chapple, tax partner at BDO, says YES. Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) is a generous tax relief for business owners – but let’s remember why it was created. Tax law has long offered reliefs to entrepreneurs who sell all or part of their business, of which ER [...]
It’s not rocket science – if we want more maths teachers, we should pay them more August 31, 2018 Britain faces a teaching crisis: half of new maths and physics teachers quit within five years. Just 47 per cent of those teaching these subjects at GCSE level have a relevant degree, and in the most deprived schools, it’s as low as one in five. Thursday’s report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) paints a [...]
City Moves for 31 August 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Reward Gateway, Vannin Capital, Helical and EY? August 31, 2018 Today's City Moves cover HR, legal finance, property and financial services. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Reward Gateway Elli Morii, a leading global finance executive has joined HR technology and employee engagement specialist, Reward Gateway, as its new chief financial officer. Elli, who is based in London, joins Reward Gateway to lead [...]
City Moves for 30 August 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Atrato Capital, Investec Corporate Treasury, Amundi and Colliers International? August 30, 2018 Today's City moves cover real estate investment, money markets, property and asset management. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Atrato Capital Atrato Capital, the UK real estate investment manager, has strengthened its team with the appointment of two property specialists from Lloyds Banking Group. Lara Townsend (pictured) has been appointed as managing director, [...]
City Moves for 29 August 2018 – who’s switching jobs at JLL, City of London Group, The Insolvency Practitioners Association and Mayer Brown? August 29, 2018 Today's City Moves cover workplace strategy, risk, insolvency practitioners and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: JLL JLL has appointed Guzman de Yarza Blache as head of its workplace strategy business practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Guzman joined JLL in 2016 as head of workplace strategy and [...]
Revealed: The skills that will get you jobs with the highest salaries August 28, 2018 Automation isn’t just putting lower-earning jobs at risk; it’s a threat to higher-earning roles too. While AI is putting the likes of customer service agents’ roles are under threat , the technology could replace up to half of banking jobs too, according to Barclays’ former boss Antony Jenkins. Read more: Technology could replace half of [...]
Change is coming. Are you ready to reinvent yourself and your business? August 28, 2018 You can't keep good people down. That’s the takeaway from Usain Bolt’s decision to hang up his running shoes and don his football boots with Australian club the Central Coast Mariners. He used his 32nd birthday last week to practice with the club for the first time and, in so doing, reinvents himself from an [...]
Elon Musk’s tough year is a lesson for entrepreneurs that business isn’t all fun and games August 28, 2018 Poor Elon Musk. It might be difficult to feel sympathy for a billionaire, but entrepreneurs everywhere would have felt a pang of compassion on reading Musk’s emotional interview with the New York Times last week. As he recounted the stresses and strains of his last 12 months as head of Tesla – which he calls the [...]
City Moves for 28 August 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Johnson Service Group, Glenny and Buro Four? August 27, 2018 Today's City Moves cover textile rental, property and project management. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Johnson Service Group Johnson Service Group has appointed Christopher (Chris) Francis Girling to the board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 29 August. Chris will also assume the role of audit committee chairman with effect [...]