Linklaters encourages City businesses to join We Can Be 2025 July 18, 2024 | Sponsored Every year The Lord Mayor’s Appeal invites young people to gain an exclusive glimpse into some of its most prominent businesses. Part of its aim to create A Better City For All, We Can Be is an annual initiative that matches corporates and schools for a day. For the young women, it’s a chance to [...]
New AXA – Global Healthcare report highlights alarming decline in mental health of global workforce July 4, 2024 | Sponsored In the wake of the Great Resignation, the global workforce faces a new challenge: the Great Escape. According to a new report by AXA – Global Healthcare, four in five (81%) non-native employees are contemplating at least one exit strategy from their current roles due to mental health struggles. This alarming statistic underscores a significant [...]
Over 100 Businesses Attend City Giving Day Breakfast June 17, 2024 | Sponsored The Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli joined over 100 City business representatives at Mansion House on 12 June to mark the three-month rundown to City Giving Day at the City Giving Day Engagement Breakfast. Taking place in September, City Giving Day is the City’s chance to showcase their charitable [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Celebrates Storytelling for Social Mobility Awareness Day June 13, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate Social Mobility Awareness Day and the launch of a brand-new ‘Change Starts Together’ video available from today, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Power of Inclusion Programme Manager Imogen Chaillet writes about the power of storytelling to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in the workspace. Research by Paul Zach concluded that “emotionally engaging narratives inspire [...]
The King’s Award June 4, 2024 | Sponsored The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the pinnacle of achievement for British businesses. Unlike some awards, recognition here is based solely on merit, not on participation fees or advertising. Each of the companies named as winner has been through a rigorous screening process before the judging panel awarded the Royal Warrant, which previous winners (to [...]
The rise and further rise of The Adaptavist Group June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Simon Haighton-Williams, CEO of The Adaptavist Group, wonders if his companies’ software is used in Antarctica? It’s a reasonable meditation given that the group has grown so rapidly in recent years that they now have more than 23,000 customers across 166 countries, representing more than half of the Fortune 500. Founded in 2005 as Adaptavist, [...]
365 Finance revving up for greater growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Headquartered in Camden, 365 Finance is revolutionising the SME lending model with its unique technology, Rev&U™. The fluctuating fortunes of their customers’ businesses can now be mirrored in their repayment plans – so when business is slow, repayments are low; when business is booming, they pay a little more. On one side, Rev&U™ removes the [...]
FACT reap due rewards for diligent growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Since their foundation in 1983, FACT have become globally recognised for protecting the intellectual property of the film and TV industry and, more recently, the sports rights sector. It has been said that the best organisations and teams always build from a position of strength and that’s precisely what FACT have done. Their credibility comes [...]
King’s Award heaven for Carmageddon makers June 4, 2024 | Sponsored There’s some irony that the makers of one of the most controversial video games ever conceived has won the UK’s most prestigious accolade for international trade. Stainless Games was founded by Partrick Buckland in 1994, and that game, Carmageddon — described as a title that defined racing games—put them on the map a few years [...]
Another royal award but no complacency at Preqin June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Being awarded one Royal Warrant is a feat, but receiving another two awards in just eight years is exceptional – and that’s what privately held London-based investment data company Preqin has achieved. Many businesses describe themselves as ‘global leaders’ and winning two Queen’s Awards in international trade in 2016 and 2019 and now their first [...]