Entrepreneurs signal the economy is looking up despite warnings over the impact of Brexit June 6, 2016 Economic confidence among entrepreneurs has taken a big step forward over the last year. The number of business owners who feel confident about the direction of the global economy climbed by 18 percentage points to 69 per cent over the last 12 months according to a survey from accountancy giant EY. The UK economic outlook [...]
Jobs are big business: Google just bet on Glassdoor again in $40m funding round June 3, 2016 Google has bet on jobs being big business again – after it invested more in US jobsite Glassdoor.com. The company said it had raised $40m from investors including T Rowe Price Associates, Battery Ventures, Sutter Hill, Tiger Global and Google. The site, which provides details to would-be job hunters including salaries, benefits and even interview questions, said it currently [...]
Mental health: First aid could save your company money June 3, 2016 With knock-on effects like sickness absence, loss of productivity and diminished morale, it is estimated that mental health issues cost the UK economy anywhere between £70bn and £100bn a year. Personal experience of working in a range of occupational health settings has shown me that being at work is actually beneficial for the majority of people [...]
Quiz: Could you pass AQA’s tough “entrepreneurial” new business GCSE? June 2, 2016 After years of complaints from the nation's business owners, AQA has unveiled a new, more "entrepreneurial" business GCSE. Today the exam board said it was "shifting the focus from stock-taking to risk-taking" by adding "enterprise" as a topic, allowing students to study the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and learn how to think commercially and creatively (although you could [...]
Forget the work-life balance, we need to find the right “blend” June 2, 2016 It is time to abandon the idea of the work-life balance. Work and life don’t exist in separate, opposing spheres. In a world of 24 hour connectivity, the distinction between the two is increasingly impossible to make out. According to a survey by Willis Towers Watson, our pursuit of this illusive sense of balance is a [...]
About to graduate? These are the 10 best jobs for Generation Z, based on growth prospects and salary June 1, 2016 Forget millennials – a new generation is graduating this year, and is about to be unleashed onto the workforce. Get ready for Generation Z. Born in 1995, this is the first generation which has been exposed to technology from birth. But what will they do once they graduate? CareerCast thinks it has the answer. According [...]
How one set of bean counters is addressing chief executives’ big fears June 1, 2016 After half of chief executives let slip to them in a recent survey that they were concerned about their readiness to respond to a crisis, PwC has come up with a solution. The professional services giant has today launched a new global crisis centre, which will pool together the most experienced talent the firm has for [...]
Here’s what flexible working has done to businesses’ bottom lines June 1, 2016 If the Monty Python crew had made a film about the modern-day office, they might ask what flexible working has ever done for us – apart from bucking up employer brand, bolstering productivity and boosting businesses' bottom lines, that is. A survey released today by Vodafone discovered that three-quarters of companies around the world have [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Ann Summers founder Jacqueline Gold on how to put sex in the City June 1, 2016 What does it take to turn a chain of seedy stores into the UK's best-known lingerie and erotica retailer? Jacqueline Gold CBE, the founder of Ann Summers, explains how she transformed the business from four shops to more than 140 locations – as well as her setbacks, including the time she received a bullet in the [...]
Modesty is not a virtue: Why Londoners need to blow their own trumpet more June 1, 2016 As Brits, we often shy away from shouting about our professional successes. Perhaps we worry about sounding arrogant, or like we’re overcompensating. But new research released by LinkedIn suggests this modesty could be holding Londoners back in their careers. Our modesty problem The global study shows that 70 per cent of the capital’s professionals know [...]