A grassroots crypto campaign just forced its way into the House of Lords. Now it wants to reshape British banking
These are the 18 highest-paying jobs in London’s finance sector May 13, 2016 If you're thinking of moving into the finance sector, chances are the salary is going to be one of your main reasons. But which roles offer the megabucks? Salary benchmarking site Emolument.com has crunched the numbers – and found that with an average salary of £178,000 and a bonus almost as high, at £148,000, bankers in [...]
Dragon boats and running a firm: What business can learn from this unusual sport May 13, 2016 A dragon boat team has to work in the same direction. If the paddles don’t hit the water at the same time, they knock each other, creating inefficiency. If you don’t reach far enough with the paddles, they don’t deliver enough power and the boat goes slower. If not deep enough, then you are wasting [...]
Do we really need Google’s working women emojis? May 12, 2016 What has the world come to? This week Google announced it’s pushing for more emojis of professional women, having submitted 13 new ideas that highlight the diversity of women’s careers to the Unicode Consortium. Frankly, the part that most caught my attention was not the emojis but the existence of a Unicode Consortium. That’s real [...]
Five signs it’s time to start seriously investing in digital skills May 12, 2016 As a manager or business owner, when should I take steps to improve the digital know how in my organisation? It’s a crucial question that has crossed the mind of nearly every business leader as they struggle to keep up with new technology, security concerns and employees’ desire to keep learning. What are the clues or [...]
Five ways to inspire your inner entrepreneur May 12, 2016 Entrepreneurship is often associated with taking a leap into the unknown. Quitting your job is a daunting prospect for many, and can often involve sacrificing financial security. But there are some simple ways to assess whether you should become a founder, and what you should work on. At Entrepreneur First, we see more and more [...]
Quality, not quantity: Here’s why women make better traders May 11, 2016 In a field where females represent just 15 per cent of the workforce, you can perhaps be forgiven for assuming men are naturally better traders than women. But recent research by Alexander Mann Solutions and Trading Hub, a global financial information services company, indicates quite the opposite. The study tested 350 entry-level graduates over four [...]
How Benjamin Franklin and Martin McGuinness demonstrate why you should make love to your workplace enemies (not literally, of course) May 10, 2016 In the world of work, we often have an enemy. It could be our boss who hates us and gives us more work than the laws of physics allow. It could be that colleague who blocks everything we do or even think of doing. It could be the finance director who slashes our budget out of [...]
Shareholder group not sold on Foxtons exec pay, advising a vote against at the AGM next Wednesday May 9, 2016 The shareholder spring set its sights on a new target today, with an influential shareholder advisory group recommending a vote against the remuneration report. The Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has taken issue with chief executive Nic Budden's paypacket, which included a 19 per cent increase in salary and a 20 per cent increase to potential bonus. [...]
All that food Instagraming means millennials face higher inflation than anyone else May 9, 2016 It looks like their obsession with Instagram-friendly "experiences" is coming back to bite Millennials – after new research suggested they're facing the highest level of inflation of any generation around today. The research, by Fidelity International, suggested Millennials (which the research defines as those under 30) were faced with the price rises of 0.9 per cent in the year to March, thanks to [...]
The blockchain payments app: How Circle plans to change the way we spend – and think about money May 9, 2016 You don't pay to send someone an email – to send information from one place to another. And merchants typically pick up the cost of actually making the transaction when you buy something online. And the founders of Circle – the free, blockchain-enabled payments app – don’t think you should pay to send money, either. [...]