Self-inflicted sickies and write-off days cost UK economy £73bn February 9, 2017 Workers in the UK forfeit more than a month productivity each year through absence and underperformance caused by illness, according to Vitality. The new analysis of the insurer’s Britain's Healthiest Workplace survey – carried out by researchers from Cambridge University, RAND Europe and Mercer – lays the blame squarely on employees, with half of days off caused by [...]
Here’s how much less millennial men are earning February 9, 2017 Were you born after 1980? Are you a man? You're probably earning less than previous generations were at the same age. Millennial men have earned less than generation X (those born before 1980) every single year of their 20s, new figures reveal. And by the time they reach 30, the cumulative loss in earnings compared to the [...]
GDPR is the biggest ever overhaul of data protection regulations, yet few businesses are remotely prepared for it February 9, 2017 Eclipsed by the rising moons of Trump and Brexit, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is approaching fast. And yet, with just 14 months until enforcement, very few businesses are prepared, let alone aware of what it entails, or its myriad implications. A Veritas study in December found less than half had set in motion [...]
City Moves for 9 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 9, 2017 McGuireWoods McGuireWoods London has added firepower to its debt finance and derivatives practice with the arrival of partner Jennifer Kafcas, who brings 17 years of experience advising lenders and borrowers in complex structured and cross-border transactions in Europe and the US. She has specialist knowledge of the bond, leverage finance and derivatives markets and documentation [...]
Meet Julia Salasky, founder of CrowdJustice – the platform bringing the legal system to everyone February 9, 2017 Debt, equity, rewards and donations – those are the categories of crowdfunding that have emerged over the past decade, creating an industry that has raised over $8bn worldwide. But despite the heady growth, the youth of crowdfunding means we’ve only just seen the start of what each of these categories can do in terms of [...]
Has the PR industry missed the search marketing boat? February 8, 2017 Do you know how the Google search engine ranks websites? When you enter a search term, its “bots” scan billions of web pages and, in milliseconds, follow 200 or so “signals” to decide what to present to you in a SERP (Search Engine Results Page), that list of sites that you see. Google’s chief concern [...]
Podcast: Meet the most powerful woman in advertising February 8, 2017 The Unregulated team welcomes Karen Blackett, chairman of MediaCom UK and the most powerful woman in the UK’s ad industry, to discuss growing up in the sector, how its attitudes to women and ethnic minorities have changed – and why she is a secret lemonade drinker… You can subscribe to City A.M. Unregulated on Audioboom [...]
Exit the beancounter: Here’s the qualities you need to be a successful CFO February 8, 2017 The chief financial officer of today is a far cry from the rigid, number crunching executive of old. No longer a square peg, a great chief financial officer is a rounded leader who can add value beyond the finance function and deliver business results. Ally and equal to the chief executive The ability to influence [...]
City Moves for 8 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 8, 2017 Today's City Moves cover banking and online travel. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Aldermore Specialist lender and savings bank Aldermore has appointed two leading industry figures to its business finance team to drive further growth in its asset finance lending operations. Patrick Jelly joins the Bank as commercial director for asset finance. [...]
LinkedIn’s first job of the week is pretty sweet: A chocolate taster at Cadbury-maker Mondelez February 7, 2017 Feeling hungry for a new challenge? Have a taste for adventure and want to apply for a new job? Well, now's your chance. LinkedIn has unveiled its first job of the week and it is in fact a chocolate taster with the maker of Cadbury and Milka, Mondelez International. You may laugh, but chocolate tasting [...]