Recruitment guru Paul Farrer warns employers half of ALL Brits are currently looking for a new job June 30, 2022 Sixty per cent of all workers are currently looking for a new job, with as many as just under half of them searching for a new role due to the cost of living crisis. That is the warning from Paul Farrer, the founder and chairman of recruitment giant Aspire. According to research carried out by [...]
Exclusive: Maternity coaching is a win-win for both employer and employee, argues City pundit June 30, 2022 Despite decades of reform, and an even longer period of campaigning, the City and Britain’s wider business community are increasingly recognising that gender inequalities persist in the workplace. While the inequalities might not be as obvious as they were in the past, when blatant discrimination was both legal and, to a degree, expected, things like [...]
City of London elections: Biggs wants to bring the City back to life June 30, 2022 As the City of London prepares for elections, one candidate wants to reinvigorate the Square Mile. Nigel Biggs is one of five hopefuls in the Walbrook Ward for the forthcoming 7 July vote in the City of London, a municipality which has been functioning since at least 1032. With people spending more time working from [...]
Online jobs for less than £4 per hour: ‘Microwork’ is exploiting thousands of Brits June 29, 2022 An emerging form of internet working, dubbed ‘microwork’, is exploiting thousands of UK workers who in many cases are earning less than £4 an hour. ‘Microwork’ is a form of work on digital platforms in which short tasks are assigned to workers who are paid piece wages for completing them. This can consist of coding data to [...]
Scammers make off with £1.3bn amid surge in sophisticated fraud June 29, 2022 Scammers made off with over £1.3bn last year after a surge in sophisticated fraud schemes targeting UK bank customers, new data has revealed. Around £730.4m was taken via unauthorised fraud schemes, in which the holder does not provide authorisation, but authorised push payment (APP) fraud rose significantly to £583.2m losses, a new report by industry [...]
Three in four Brits need to take action to make ends meet as merciless cost of living crisis matures June 29, 2022 Four out of five Brits are concerned about making ends meet as living costs surge and three-quarters need to take action to cope with the financial pressures, a new report has found. Over a third (35 per cent) plan to cut back on non-essential leisure and holiday spending, according to the Scottish Widows data, while [...]
More than two thirds of all British businesses face an acute skills shortage resulting in trading hit or stalled growth June 29, 2022 More than three quarters of UK firms have said they are seeing trading hit or growth stalled amid intensifying skills shortages. The Open University’s annual Business Barometer report, which was conducted in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) this year, found that more than two thirds (68%) of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) [...]
If money was no object: The City is by far Londoners’ most desirable borough June 28, 2022 One in five Londoners would want to live in the City, with the figure rising to 28% among those aged 18-34, according to new research shared exclusively with City A.M. today. The Square Mile is closely followed by Kensington and Chelsea, with 18 per cent of Londoners choosing the leafy and exclusive borough as their [...]
Pensions growth ‘stabilises’ despite fears of a pandemic plunge, DWP finds June 28, 2022 Growth in pension saving has “stabilised” in the past two years despite fears that the pandemic would slash the amount of workers squirrelling away cash for retirement, official figures revealed today.
Outgoing lottery operator Camelot faced with falling ticket sales and Brits ‘tightening their belts’ June 28, 2022 Falling sales of tickets and instant win games amid signs that players had “tightened their belts” in the face of soaring costs are hitting outgoing UK National Lottery operator Camelot hard. Camelot, which recently launched legal action against the Gambling Commission after losing the lottery’s next licence to rival Allwyn, saw sales drop 3 per [...]