These are the UK’s 13 best MBAs January 31, 2017 Two UK business schools are among those world's 10 best MBAs, according to a new ranking. The Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking put University of Cambridge Judge's MBA in fifth place overall, while London Business School reached number six. However, while Cambridge Judge climbed four places, from ninth place last year, London Business School fell from [...]
UK’s first accredited digital skills academy celebrates first anniversary and plugging the software skills gap January 31, 2017 | City Talk CodeClan, the UK’s first accredited digital skills academy has just celebrated its first anniversary. Based in Codebase, the largest technology incubator in the UK and one of the fastest growing in Europe, right at the heart of Edinburgh’s tech scene, they produce a steady stream of work ready junior developers after each 16-week intensive and immersive coding [...]
City Moves for 31 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 31, 2017 Today's City Moves cover home finance, digital media and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Legal & General Steve Ellis has been appointed as managing director at Legal & General home finance. He previously held the position of chief operating officer within the business. Steve has been fundamental to the successful [...]
FTSE 100 firms’ agility secrets – and how you can easily replicate them January 31, 2017 Thanks to new technologies, changing customer demands, demographic shifts and globalisation, the world of work has changed significantly. How can businesses respond effectively to this new reality and remain competitive? As the context of business becomes more complex, traditional models of work will come under strain. New, more flexible models will be needed as “agility” [...]
City Moves for 30 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 30, 2017 Today's City Moves cover accounting and business advisory, technology and the world of fine-art financing. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Moore Stephens Damian Ryan has joined top 10 accounting and business advisory group Moore Stephens as a corporate finance partner. Damian has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance in the digital [...]
Do your homework! Should you let your staff work from home? January 30, 2017 There are around 4m homeworkers in the UK, amounting to just over 13 per cent of our current workforce. In the last decade we’ve seen a 2 per cent growth in homeworking which, although not too dramatic, is substantial when taking into account both the benefits and the burdens it can bring for employers. The [...]
How to take the headache out of paying your small business tax bill January 30, 2017 The self-assessment tax deadline is tomorrow, and it isn’t just individual taxpayers feeling the heat. Many small businesses, particularly those structured as limited liability partnerships, will also need to file their tax returns and make payments to HMRC. Tax – whether corporation tax, business rates or VAT – can be a tricky issue for SMEs. We [...]
Helena Morrissey joins Legal & General Investment Management as head of personal investing January 30, 2017 Star City fund manager Helena Morrissey is set to join Legal & General Investment Management as its head of personal investing for its UK business. Morrissey was chief executive of Newton Investment Management for 15 years, before stepping down last August. She is also chair of the Investment Association and founded the 30% Club that [...]
City Moves for 27 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 27, 2017 Today's City Moves covers the real estate, finance and legal sectors. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Colliers International Apara Guha has been appointed as director in Colliers International’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) corporate solutions team. Apara brings more than 20 years’ experience of first generation outsourcing and emerging markets, business [...]
Your CV has a bigger problem than over-use of buzzwords January 27, 2017 When list of common LinkedIn buzzwords was published on these pages on Wednesday, it prompted me to read through the profiles of my extended network. After an uninspiring two hours, many of my conclusions matched those of LinkedIn. The use of the word “leadership”, for example. People work for “leading companies” and study at “leading [...]