How the founder of Push Doctor hopes to take the stress away from the NHS June 4, 2018 Nowadays, it’s rare to hear any mention of the NHS without the word “crisis” trailing closely behind. Increasing patient numbers and the worst winter period on record have left the NHS bowing under the pressure. A recent report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation said taxes would have to increase by [...]
The future of Saudi Arabia – Commonwealth Trade May 30, 2018 | City Talk Coinciding with Crown Prince HRH Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the United Kingdom, the CWEIC hosted a roundtable on ‘The future of Saudi Arabia – Commonwealth Trade’ in the Livery Hall, Guildhall. Attended by senior business leaders and senior representatives of the Saudi delegation including His Excellency Ibrahim Al Omar, Governor of SAGIA, Mr Yousef [...]
Calls for positive discrimination are patriarchal and patronising May 29, 2018 Social justice warriors are starting to eat themselves. White accusations of cultural appropriation on behalf of cultures more flattered than offended; white gay men excluded from having NUS reps; women’s initiatives criticised for lack of racial diversity; Germaine Greer no-platformed by feminists – and more. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so bewildering in [...]
Bankrupt to £100m: Confessions of AirX CEO, John Matthews – the least popular man in private jet chartering March 26, 2018 OUR QUIET table at Dover Street’s Arts Club is becoming a de facto confession box. A gin and tonic replacing the grill between priest and penitent, John Matthews peers through his glass – for he hath sinned. The chief executive of AirX, who admits to being the least popular man in private aircraft chartering, has [...]
Sometimes, the CEO must fall on their sword March 20, 2018 ON MONDAY, CHANNEL 4 News broadcast hidden camera footage of Cambridge Analytica. The company is a political consulting firm based in London that boasts of being able to provide data and insights to ‘drive your voters to the polls and win your campaign.’. It says it has played a ‘pivotal role’ in winning US [...]
Darktrace’s bright future: The CEO behind the company tipped to be the UK’s next tech unicorn March 12, 2018 In the heart of London, in the middle of the Strand, the office of Darktrace sits almost like a fortress; a sea of calm in the chaos and uncertainty that reigns in every global city. From here, maths whizzes and former intelligence officers have helped build a product sought after by multi-billion pound companies keen [...]
The UK’s happiest workers are male, over 55 and have jobs in the marketing industry February 27, 2018 Feeling happy at work today? New research has revealed the UK's happiest workers, and the results don't come as much of a surprise. Male workers aged over 55 who work in marketing, communications or advertising roles at small businesses are the happiest at work, according to research by workplace rewards provider One4all Rewards. While there [...]
Sorry HR, but the only way to ‘engage’ at work is to like your job February 21, 2018 Employee engagement is taking itself very seriously these days. It has its theorists and practitioners, its own Wikipedia page and an annoyingly persistent PR machine. According to this discipline's teachings, there exist fail-proof methodologies that can transform your average office worker – the one who browses Facebook and Mail Online when no one is watching [...]
Oaknorth’s founder is banking on challenging incumbent lenders February 14, 2018 Entrepreneurs are often as grateful for the opportunities that don’t come to fruition as those that do. Take Rishi Khosla: he started his first business with so little capital (he and his business partner, Joel Perlman, had just £40k to invest between them), that frugality became part of its DNA. For three years, he and [...]
These are the best-paying industries for freelancers to work in February 2, 2018 The best paying contracting jobs are mostly in the finance, change and IT sectors, according to new research from Emolument.com. The best-paid role for a contractor is in the finance sector, with risk modelling/quant jobs coming with an average daily rate of £760. And despite the headlines about technology 'wonderkids' being offered eye-watering pay packages, [...]