UK economic outlook: Moving from shaky ground to stability and growth April 18, 2023 | Sponsored Few would argue that UK businesses have had an easy time the last few years. Between the pandemic, cost-of-living crisis, and rising inflation, many had predicted an upcoming recession for the UK economy. Whilst we may have avoided a sharp economic downturn, there is no denying that businesses in the UK are still very much on rocky [...]
As The Perkcession Bites, What Workplace Benefits Are Important Now? April 17, 2023 | Sponsored With layoffs at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of New York Mellon racking up thousands of job cuts, those working in the financial services sector are understandably worried about contagion, and whether their own jobs will be safe. The collapse of Credit Suisse in March, and its subsequent rescue by rival UBS, as well [...]
As Pension Ages Rise, What Does This Mean For Your Career? April 10, 2023 | Sponsored Pensions have been at the top of the news cycle recently. In January, French president Emanuel Macron announced a plan to raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64. The move has sparked outrage, leading to mass protests, hundreds of arrests, and piles of rubbish littering streets as refuse workers walked out over [...]
Stuck in a meeting? The one thing about hybrid work and working from home that is driving some employees crazy April 5, 2023 Only half of workers believe employers are doing enough to make hybrid working or working from home seamless, research shared by Slack reveals. Even though 87 per cent of IT managers said they were investing to reduce the friction involved in employees working from home (wf) and in the office, large numbers of workers report [...]
The New Reason People Don’t Want To Come Back To The Office April 3, 2023 | Sponsored More than a third of UK workers would quit their current role if their employer demanded they return to the office full time. That’s according to recent data which found that 32% would move to a different industry, 19% would take a pay cut, and 30% would adopt a new career in order to continue [...]
Patriarchy, privilege and perspective: Male identity and the future of work March 27, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Patriarchy, privilege and perspective: Male identity and the future of work In this episode, host Julia Streets is joined by David Goldenkranz, Educator, DEI Facilitator, Coach and Consultant and Simeon Greaves, Wealth Manager at Coutts. Together they talk about leadership and where the power lies. In parallel, they discuss intersectionality through the [...]
5 Key Warning Signs That You Need To Update Your CV Now March 27, 2023 | Sponsored The outlook for top tech companies across the UK is, at the moment, very uncertain. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear reports of projects being stalled, hiring freezes being put into place, or worse still another employee posting on LinkedIn that they have been laid off and are #opentowork. While talk of [...]
Job Hunting? Three In-Demand Jobs In London This Week March 20, 2023 | Sponsored The London labour market is starting to cool, although we’re not quite facing the big freeze that many analysts had predicted––at least not yet. According to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures, vacancies across the UK dropped in the three months to December 2022 (the sixth consecutive fall), but remained elevated at 1.16 [...]
What The Best Companies in The City of London are Doing to Save Money March 20, 2023 | Sponsored In the competitive business market of London, companies are looking for any advantage they can find to save money and stay ahead. One of the most popular options for companies wanting an office in London is to utilise non-traditional commercial real estate, such as serviced offices. Traditional office space is a huge investment Traditional office [...]
Recession off the cards, getting over 50s ‘back to work’, strikes and banks take stock – the five best read stories on City A.M. this week March 17, 2023 It was the week UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt laid out his first Spring Budget, but as pension savers and taxpayers looked on, fears of a recession appeared to fade, although the sagas of banks Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse and on-going strikes raged on; here are the stories readers were flocking to on City A.M. [...]