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 [...]
InfoTrack on track for further growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Those who have bought a property, or are in the process of doing so, are likely to be familiar with the arduous journey in having names placed on deeds. Think of the conveyancer though, who has multiple challenges to overcome and many people to deal with. For the buyer and seller there can be pain [...]
International prize givers become prestigious prize winners June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Jeremy Stern is a different kind of entrepreneur, one who believes in integrity, honesty and simplicity, and these values are at the heart of the company he founded in 2002, PromoVeritas – the global promotional compliance specialists. Following a successful career in marketing, Jeremy saw a gap for a service that could bridge creative marketing [...]
This is Sparta Global. This is tech talent’s future June 4, 2024 | Sponsored There’s a huge shortage of emerging and diverse talent in the UK’s tech sector, yet only 19% of UK tech workers are women, 30% lower than in all other jobs and only 15% are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, despite the sector expanding at three times the speed of the rest of the UK economy. “The [...]
City Companies Celebrate National Volunteers Week June 3, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate National Volunteers Week taking place from 3-9th June, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal asked City Giving Day participants to share their inspiring volunteering stories. Sally Yiallouros, UK Corporate Responsibility Lead at EY “Volunteering is one of the ways we live by our EY purpose of building a better working world, and my role as [...]
This is Me celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week May 13, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week from 13 to 19 May, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s This is Me initiative is recognising this year's theme of Movement.
The indispensable role of project management in business success April 30, 2024 | Sponsored In a new report ‘The Golden Thread’ by the Association for Project Management (APM) and PwC Research, the project management profession is shown to contribute £186bn of gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy in 2024. This represents £30bn growth since 2019. The project profession also employs an estimated 2.32 million full-time equivalent workers [...]
Introducing VibeAtion: Revolutionising Corporate Wellness For Higher Productivity & Wellbeing April 12, 2024 In today’s fast-paced and competitive corporate world, the importance of employee wellness is at the forefront of discussions and strategies for forward-thinking companies. Recognising this need, VibeAtion, a new corporate wellness company, has entered the scene with a commitment to revolutionise workplace wellbeing. The brainchild of Vrinda Guha, VibeAtion offers bespoke programmes that provides comprehensive [...]
What is middle age? The melancholy of life’s middle years April 11, 2024 Upon the realisation he’s probably lived more than half of his life, Steve Dinneen considers what it means to be middle aged