London mayoral election 2016: Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson urges business not to allow Zac Goldsmith to use City Hall to push the UK out of the EU April 25, 2016 The City and London’s wider business community has been urged by a Labour grandee not to allow Tory mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith to “use City Hall as a vanguard for the Brexit campaign”. In his first intervention in the mayoral election, Lord Peter Mandelson exclusively told City A.M. that he wants to call on the business [...]
EU referendum: British businesses press “pause button” on hiring professional talent amid Brexit concerns April 25, 2016 Demand for professional talent has slowed with recruitment firms now having just one per cent more vacancies on their books than this time last year. According to research by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), permanent vacancies across financial services and marketing have increased 10 per cent and 12 per cent respectively while IT and [...]
Turkey releases Polly Peck fraudster Asil Nadir after extradition from UK April 24, 2016 Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir has been released in Turkey just one night after he was returned there to complete his sentence. Nadir, who was jailed in the UK in 2012 for stealing millions from his own business empire, was convicted of 10 counts of theft £28.6m between 1987 and 1990 from textiles company Polly Peck International [...]
EU referendum: President Barack Obama’s trade comments rubbished by Leave campaigners April 24, 2016 President Barack Obama’s claim that it could take the UK up to a decade to negotiate a trade deal with the US if it votes to leave the EU has come under fire by Leave campaigners. The US’s head of state said that it could "be five years from now, 10 years from now before [...]
EU referendum odds: Call it the Obama effect? Odds have moved against Brexit again April 24, 2016 The odds of Britain voting to leave Europe in the upcoming referendum have changed again, putting the prospect of leaving at one of its lowest points yet, according to one bookie. "The remain odds are shortening by the day. Brexit campaigners have been dealt several blows recently and that's been reflected by punters' cash," said Ladbrokes' Jessica [...]
EU referendum: Hillary Clinton follows Barack Obama’s lead on Brexit April 24, 2016 No sooner than the President of the United States of America has had his say on Brexit, than a Presidential hopeful puts in their two cents in the hotly debated matter. Hillary Clinton has jumped on the Barack Obama bandwagon and said she values a "strong United Kingdom in a strong EU". On a visit [...]
The President of the United States Barack Obama discussed Brexit and inequality with Jeremy Corbyn and congratulated him on becoming Labour leader April 23, 2016 Barack Obama has had a busy morning. After waking up to wall-to-wall coverage of his comments on EU referendum, he hopped up on stage with some of London's finest for a ten minute rendition of Hamlet in an otherwise empty Shakespeare's Globe. Then he held a town hall meeting where British youngsters grilled him on [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton “crooked” and insists he can act like a president April 23, 2016 Donald Trump has been at it again in his latest bombastic media appearance, as he blasted Hillary Clinton for being “crooked” and said she sets a bad example for other women. But don’t worry everybody, the Donald is just playing the fool to get attention – he can become a regular politician anytime he wants, according to [...]
Barack Obama to meet Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, be quizzed by young Londoners and catch some Shakespeare in UK visit April 23, 2016 Barack Obama will meet the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, hold a town hall style meeting with young Britons and visit Shakespeare's Globe in the second full day of his visit to the United Kingdom. The President of the United States caused uproar among Leave campaigners yesterday when he not only issued a passionate plea for Britain to [...]
EU referendum odds: Remain more likely after President Barack Obama’s EU intervention, according to bookies April 22, 2016 President Barack Obama's visit to shore up support for the EU has become incredibly divisive. But aside from whether or not Obama is right to speak up or acting hypocritically, the real question is will he be successful in urging Britons to vote for continued EU membership? Downing Street clearly think he's going to have [...]