Augmented reality: How your business card will soon become a presentation in your pocket September 27, 2016 It's not difficult to imagine how Snapchat’s newly-unveiled video-recording glasses – Spectacles – could lead to models featuring full-blown augmented reality (AR) lenses. Indeed, in his book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that will Shape our Future, Wired founder Kevin Kelly paints a picture of the world in 30 years’ time: we’ll be [...]
Over a quarter of senior staff fancy a try at something new September 27, 2016 Some of the country's most senior workers wish they had sought out pastures new, figures out today show. Over a quarter (29 per cent) of senior decision makers surveyed by McDonald's UK would consider changing career in the next five years, while just less than half (43 per cent) of managing directors are pondering a second [...]
The surprising course that produces the highest earning grads September 26, 2016 Business, economics, finance? These are some of the likely subjects from which you'd expect to earn a good salary after graduating, but there's one area of study which trumps them all, it turns out. Geology should be the subject of choice for anyone eyeing up a lucrative career, and specifically studying it at Imperial College will [...]
The founders of Syft explain how they’re saving clients 55 per cent – and why there’s an upper limit to Lionel Richie September 26, 2016 Two Christmases ago, Jack Beaman experienced something of an intervention. “I’d been out of work for six months, and a group of friends sat me down and asked me what I was actually going to do with my life.” Fortunately, he’d spent that time cooking up a business idea. “As a student, like a lot [...]
Meet the Pikes: The brothers who gave up corporate jobs and first-home deposits to launch SuperCarers September 26, 2016 For brothers Adam and Daniel Pike, business is about personal passion as well as profit. Two years ago, they launched SuperCarers, an online solution to placing carers for the elderly in the home. “Our grandma needed care. The quality wasn’t good enough and it was too expensive. So our mum ended up being the primary [...]
STEM subjects hold the key to reducing the gender pay gap September 26, 2016 The gender pay gap has never been under greater scrutiny. The difference in pay between men and women is likely to come into sharp focus when large companies in the UK are mandated to disclose their pay gaps from 2018 under new legislation being introduced next year. However, even though the pay gap is closing, new [...]
Employers vastly underestimate how much time their employees take off work September 26, 2016 Many employers vastly underestimate the amount of time their employees may need to take off work in long-term absences each year, according to figures released today by Legal & General. Although 40 per cent of employers estimate their staff will take an average of four to five days off sick each year, almost a fifth of [...]
There’s been a shake-up at Sports Direct – so who’s who at the top of the discount retailer now? September 23, 2016 Sports Direct's senior management team has been given a serious overhaul, with this morning's announcement that chief executive Dave Forsey has resigned – to be replaced by the group's founder, Mike Ashley. As well as Forsey's departure, which took place with immediate effect, the retailer announced two senior promotions this morning. Karen Byers has been appointed [...]
Should bereaved parents be given statutory paid leave? September 23, 2016 Conservative MP Will Quince has presented a bill in parliament, seeking to introduce a statutory right of two weeks’ paid leave for parents who lose a child. Although it will always be a difficult issue to discuss, it is important for parents in such a tragic situation to have some reassurance that their pay and [...]
Four things women need to succeed in the City September 22, 2016 There are certain skills and initiatives that will help women succeed in the traditionally male-dominated City. At a recent discussion by a panel of high-profile female leaders from the banking and legal industry, these were deemed the top four ways in which women can be helped to reach the top. 1. You don't need to be [...]