UK business students have sixth highest salary expectations in Europe, behind Switzerland in first place December 13, 2016 British business students have the sixth highest salary expectations in Europe, and the 10th highest in the world, according to new research. Students in the UK were looking forward to an average salary of around £29,300 in their first job after graduating university, according to data from branding research company Universum – £3,000 more than [...]
City Moves for 13 December 2016 | Who’s switching jobs December 13, 2016 COLLINSON GROUP Collinson Group has appointed Rebecca White as head of proposition for accident & health (A&H), a core element of its fast-growing insurance and assistance division. In her new role, Rebecca will look to create a leading, global partnership proposition across the firm’s A&H product line as well as building innovative products and service [...]
Why entrepreneurs in the developing world need new funding models December 12, 2016 Emerging and frontier markets face significant challenges – access to clean water, food security, financial inclusion, medical delivery. Increasingly, it is innovation-driven entrepreneurs who are providing effective and scalable solutions rather than aid agencies or governments. Traditionally, the focus of entrepreneurship in the developing world has been on creating small- and medium-sized enterprises serving local markets. [...]
Branding a sports star: How Wasserman create social media prodigies December 12, 2016 Sports stars want to be rock stars, and rock stars want to be sports stars,” says Lenah Ueltzen-Gabell, executive vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Wasserman. We’re sitting in its newly refurbished headquarters at Aldwych House, an ultra-modern, open space of reductive design, coated with memorabilia gleaned from years of representing [...]
Blockchain chief executive Peter Smith talks smart contracts, homelessness and starting the world’s largest bitcoin wallet December 12, 2016 When I speak to Peter Smith, he is mid-juggling three events in as many days: a board meeting, moving his entire London team to new offices, and the office Christmas party. “We haven’t even had the office opening yet, but it’s all been fine,” he reflects. The first of these requires a day trip to [...]
City Moves for 12 December 2016 | Who’s switching jobs December 12, 2016 Aldermore Aldermore has appointed Roger Evans as its new head of intermediary distribution. Roger will be responsible for relationships with all residential intermediaries and will represent Aldermore across the wider lending market. He will be responsible for developing and leading both the field and telephone intermediary sales forces. Roger joins Aldermore having led a successful career with [...]
New government tool lets people check what the gender pay gap is like in their industry December 9, 2016 This could spark some interesting chats at the water cooler… The government has created a tool for the public to check out what the gender pay gap – the average earnings between men and women – is in their own profession. Justine Greening, minister for women and equalities, unveiled the online tool created by the government and [...]
Who said millennials don’t want to climb the property ladder? December 9, 2016 In the 1960s and 1970s architects designed a maze of gigantic housing estates stretching from Elephant and Castle to Peckham. When the buildings were complete, you could walk from the Aylesbury Estate near Elephant and Castle to the North Peckham estate via the Elmington Estate in Camberwell using elevated pedestrian walkways without ever touching the [...]
Mark Carney is right; the robots are coming – but that doesn’t mean we should fear them December 9, 2016 On Tuesday governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, warned that up to 15m British jobs could be replaced by robots amid a merciless technological revolution. Unsurprisingly, the announcement sent headline writers into delirium and administrative staff up and down the country into a state of pre-Christmas anxiety rivaled only by that of a [...]
City Moves for 9 December 2016 | Who’s switching jobs December 9, 2016 Microsoft Microsoft has hired Ian Fordham, currently CEO of Edtech UK and a mayor of London tech ambassador, as director of education. He will oversee Microsoft’s work involving schools, colleges, universities and other learning organisations. Ian is chief executive of Edtech UK, Britain’s strategic body for the education and learning technology sector, and is co-founder of [...]