The one hire which has secured Lego’s business legacy June 22, 2016 What does it take for a company to be resilient? Not merely able to endure a setback, but bounce back stronger? Having suffered a severe shock to its global reputation through the emissions rigging scandal, VW reported its market share is at a five-year low. Investors will be assessing whether the damage is permanent, and looking [...]
Half of workers think better tech skills could land them a better job June 22, 2016 The majority of UK workers think that they could boost their job prospects simply by learning some IT skills, research out today has found. However, while the study by Monster discovered that 54 per cent of UK employees thought they could land a better job if they were better with tech, just 15 per cent [...]
Recruitment plans could be thrown into turmoil if UK votes for Brexit on Thursday, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation warns June 22, 2016 A Brexit vote on Thursday could spell turmoil for employers already squeezed to capacity, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has today warned. Commenting on REC's most recent JobsOutlook survey, REC chief executive Kevin Green said: "A vote to remain in the EU could release pent up demand, with a mini hiring boom over the second half of [...]
Do you work for one of the UK’s 25 most attractive employers? June 21, 2016 It's causing fevered debate in offices. Politicians are clashing over it. The cats of social media are up in arms about it. Yep, LinkedIn's list of the UK's top 25 most sought-after employers is out – and the good news is that City institutions are faring pretty well. The list, based on analysis of the site's 20m members, [...]
Robot rubbish: Most workers don’t fear automation June 21, 2016 The robots are coming, or so say experts, pundits and commentators. The World Economic Forum predicted that expanded automation and artificial intelligence (AI) would mark the fourth industrial revolution, which could lead to the biggest upheaval in the labour market in a century. Meanwhile, the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane has hypothesised that up to [...]
TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding has donated her bonus to charity after it was hacked June 20, 2016 Dido Harding, the chief executive of telecoms giant TalkTalk, has donated this year's bonus to charity, the company said today. In an annual report published this morning, it said Harding had decided to give her £220,000 bonus away to charitable causes. Although to be fair, it looked like she was going to do ok without it – [...]
What the doctor ordered: London Doctors Clinic’s Seth Rankin talks Papua New Guinea, crowdfunding and bringing choice to patients June 20, 2016 If you’ve ever needed to pop to the doctors that same day, and you didn’t have the time or inclination to go to a walk-in centre, you may well have found yourself going to a London Doctors Clinic. If you’re based in central London, there’s one within ten minutes of where you work. At £55 for 15 [...]
Tech beats FTSE for female bosses (but there’s still work to do) June 20, 2016 Technology businesses are beating the FTSE when it comes to the number of female bosses, as the startup sector sets an example to the rest of the business world for gender equality. A fifth of tech firms in the UK are run by women, compared to just five per cent of FTSE 100 companies and only four per [...]
If you’ve been appointed whistleblowing champion at work, there’s no need to panic June 20, 2016 The strength of public and political concern regarding misconduct scandals in banking and financial services means the regulators are determined to ensure that there’s a stronger whistleblowing culture within the sector. One requirement on firms is the appointment of a senior manager as “whistleblowing champion”. Read more: Banks will need to appoint a whistleblowing champion The [...]
PwC promotes record 61 equity partners, boosting female partnerships to 174 June 20, 2016 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has broken its own record by promoting 61 employees to equity partner status. This is the third year in a row that the accountancy firm has increased its investment in staff. Almost one third (28 per cent) of the new partners are female, bringing the firm’s total number of female partners to 174 – more [...]