New year, new job? These are the top cities in which to find a new role in 2017 January 9, 2017 If you're one of the many who feels spurred to make big changes at the beginning of a new year, it's likely a new job features highly on your to do list. Helpfully, data from job website CV-Library has revealed that those seeking to shake up their careers in 2017 should be focusing on Liverpool for the [...]
Laurence King, founder of the eponymous publisher, talks adult colouring books, soviets, Ezra Pound and anti-digital January 9, 2017 "We caused a shortage of felt pens in Brazil,” says Laurence King, founder of Laurence King Publishing, the creator of the original adult colouring book that sparked the recent craze. In 2013, the firm published the Secret Garden, illustrated by Johanna Basford. In the first two years, it sold 250,000 copies. “It was then we became [...]
City Moves for 9 January 2017 | Who’s switching jobs January 9, 2017 Scottish Friendly Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s biggest financial mutual, has appointed Neil Lovatt to its board as commercial director. Neil was previously Scottish Friendly’s sales and marketing director, a position he held for a decade, after 14 years of marketing experience at Scottish Life and Royal London. As commercial director, Neil will play a key role in the [...]
Atif Sheikh of Business 3.0 offers seven new year’s resolutions for all chief executives January 9, 2017 Last year was tough on chief executives, who were forced to dodge arrows from every direction. Among the hubbub of unexpected events, it was easy to lose track of the fundamental principles of just running your business. But in the spirit of 2017, here are seven New Year’s Resolutions that UK chief executives should adopt [...]
This is the City employer students most want to work for January 6, 2017 Goldman Sachs has knocked Google off the top-spot as the place students most want to work. The firms have switched places in a survey compiled by salary benchmarking site Emolument that looked into the career aspirations of 600 soon-to-be graduates. Google was the only business in the top 10 that was not a consultancy firm or [...]
Losing control for a better career: The lesson pilots teach the rest of us January 6, 2017 Did you know that a pilot may spend as much as 95 per cent of a flight off the charted course? Weather, wind, and a variety of other factors shift a plane off its intended flight plan, so it is the pilot’s job to keep re-evaluating their position and make corrections to ensure that it [...]
City Moves for 6 January 2017 | Who’s switching jobs January 6, 2017 Hilco Capital Hilco Capital has appointed Paul McGowan, the founder and chief executive for the last 17 years, to the new role of executive chairman, as a result of the continued international expansion of its business and its investment portfolio. Henry Foster (pictured), who has been an investment director at Hilco Capital since 2007, will assume the role [...]
There’s only one way to ensure your children are as well off as you are January 5, 2017 If your sole aspiration is to ensure your little darlings are better-off than you, there's a simple way, according to a new study: just make sure you are rich. The report, by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, found most of the people with the highest incomes over their lifetimes were likely to have received an [...]
City Moves for 5 January 2017 | Who’s switching jobs January 5, 2017 Colliers International Global real estate advisor, Colliers International, has recruitedKaty Rogers to its EMEA corporate solutions team. Katy, the newly appointed senior portfolio manager, will be responsible for managing client relationships, maintaining real estate strategies and coordinate day-to-day management of real estate transactions. Katy joins Colliers with five years of account and property management experience [...]
Is your business ready to cheat Stephen Hawking’s AI prediction? January 5, 2017 Scientist Stephen Hawking: Artificial intelligence research crucial to the human race. Maybe so, but not this year. We are, however, going to witness another step change in the way we do business. Artificial intelligence (AI), big data and the internet of things will move along the hype curve and become everyday life. Game-changing bots will [...]