Price conscious, sceptical and socially responsible: Wealth managers face millennial challenge June 7, 2016 Wealth managers should target the growing number of millennial investors, a new report has advised. Millennials, defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, currently account for 10 per cent of global private wealth, according to the Boston Consulting Group. This proportion is forecast to increase to 16 per cent by 2020. Read more: The City’s philanthropic heritage [...]
Stop faking it: Four tips for giving a memorable public speech June 7, 2016 As we stand up to speak in public, and our audience prepares to listen, authority is conferred upon us, as well as a responsibility to engage our listeners. It is this pressure to keep the audience interested or entertained which is at the root of many Britons’ glossophobia. Indeed, a 2014 survey by YouGov found [...]
How Iglu.com founder Richard Downs is taking on the world in the growing market for cruise holidays June 7, 2016 The internet has turned the travel industry on its head, giving ordinary people unprecedented opportunities to create bespoke holidays that were once the preserve of the rich. But it’s not just online travel warehouses like Airbnb and Expedia that have pushed the traditional agent off our high streets. The internet has enabled specialist providers to thrive [...]
Disabled people punished twice as harshly for long-term unemployment June 7, 2016 Disabled people who have had more than a year out from the workforce are treated twice as harshly as their non-disabled counterparts, a report out today warns. According to the research by the Resolution Foundation, the chances of a disabled person being able to re-enter the workforce during any particular quarter drop to just 2.4 per [...]
World’s most powerful women: Angela Merkel comes top for the second year in a row June 6, 2016 German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named the most powerful woman in the world for the second time in a row – while the Queen has moved up the list. Forbes' 2016 ranking of the world's most powerful women put US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton second for the second consecutive year, while Federal Reserve chair [...]
Employers are not sharing the caring, with only a third having policies in place to support working carers June 6, 2016 More and more people are taking on caring responsibilities, but you wouldn't know it if you walked into most offices, research out today has warned. According to a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Westfield Health, just a third (34 per cent) of employers have some sort of policy, whether verbal [...]
The City’s philanthropic heritage is a powerful draw for values-led millennials June 6, 2016 The City of London has a proud tradition of philanthropy dating back to the Middle Ages, and philanthropy is the reason that our Square Mile – the world’s pre-eminent global financial centre – exists as we know it. From schools to sanitation, and from hospitals to housing for vulnerable people, many of my forebears as [...]
The post-crash entrepreneurial revolution has changed Britain: I want MPs to spur it on further June 6, 2016 Today we are launching the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Entrepreneurship in the House of Commons. This cross-party group of MPs will act as a bridge between entrepreneurs and policy-makers, “making sure the voice of entrepreneurs is heard loud and clear in Parliament,” as business secretary Sajid Javid MP will say at the launch event [...]
David Spencer-Percival explains how he approaches employing over 300 millennials June 6, 2016 If you're having difficulty attracting younger employees, you’re certainly not alone. Many businesses struggle with hiring and retaining millennials, and many millennials, in turn, struggle to adapt to the corporate workplace. I should know: my company employs more than 300 of them. A recent experiment by Virgin illustrates this quite handily. The company held a “corporate [...]
A family affair: How Ben and Ollie Black built their childcare empire June 6, 2016 Two minutes with the Black brothers and Laurel and Hardy come up. “You know, ‘another fine mess you’ve got me into’,” says Oliver Black, describing how he initially conceived of working with his brother. “I spent Christmas trying to convince Ollie that I knew about buying a company,” says Ben Black. The pair bought failing childcare [...]