Afdhel Aziz: Accountants should help businesses realise good is the new cool September 6, 2021 | City Talk This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Afdhel Aziz left a successful career in marketing to found his purpose consultancy, Conspiracy of Love. He tells Laurence Eastham why accountants must help businesses redirect their energies from ‘cool’ to ‘good’ There’s no denying that Afdhel Aziz is cool. He joins the interview with CA magazine from [...]
More than half UK SMEs delay adopting IR35 tax reforms September 6, 2021 More than half of the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not put in formal processes to adhere to changes to the IR35 rules, according to a new survey. A survey from advisory firm BDO found 55 per cent of SMEs using contract workers say they will worry about IR35 reforms when businesses return [...]
Three amazing jobs to apply for this week September 3, 2021 As summer draws to a close (sad times), we’ll all start noticing changes. The weather, the kids back to school and so on. These changes may inspire you to make some changes of your own – where your job is concerned of course. September is notoriously a popular month for people looking for new jobs, [...]
Ready for retirement? Top tips for boosting your pension pot today September 2, 2021 | Sponsored Giving your pension savings a boost and assessing where you stand can give you some peace of mind that you are on track for a comfortable retirement. After all, the sooner you act to sort out your pension, the more you could benefit over the long term. From increasing your contributions to checking your underlying [...]
IoD appoints former Labour MP Kitty Ussher as new chief economist September 2, 2021 The Institute of Directors has named former Labour MP Kitty Ussher as its new chief economist, the organisation announced today. Ussher has vast experience in providing macroeconomic and public policy advice, serving as the chief economic adviser to the cross-party think tank, Demos, and economic secretary to the Treasury during the financial crisis. Kitty Ussher [...]
KPMG UK audit chair to join board of BHP September 2, 2021 KPMG’s UK chair of audit, Michelle Hinchliffe, will join the board of BHP as a non-executive director next year, the mining company has announced today. Hinchliffe will retire from KPMG UK in February after 30 years in the accounting giant’s financial services division. She will also become a member of BHP’s risk and audit committee [...]
Global hiring spree: Amazon looking to recruit 55,000 people worldwide September 2, 2021 Amazon confirmed this afternoon it is planning another hiring spree, saying it looks to recruit 55,000 people around the world. The positions range from tech jobs to corporate roles to warehouse work packing and shipping orders for the online shopping giant. While other companies have laid off workers during the pandemic, Amazon’s workforce has ballooned [...]
Databricks racks up $38bn valuation after catching fresh investor eyes September 1, 2021 Data and artificial intelligence firm Databricks has racked up an eyewatering $38bn valuation after a fresh bout of investors piled into its latest fundraiser. Databricks, which offers data platforms that business heavyweights like Shell, HSBC, T-Mobile, Rolls-Royce, Gousto, and Autotrader rely on, has been channelling its recent efforts into ‘data architecture’ or massive-scale data engineering. [...]
Huw Pill succeeds Andy Haldane as Bank of England’s chief economist September 1, 2021 The Bank of England has appointed Huw Pill as its new chief economist, ending a prolonged search for Andy Haldane’s successor, it announced today. Pill joins the Bank of England from Harvard Business School, where he has been a senior lecturer since 2018. Prior to teaching, he was Goldman Sachs’ chief European economist and has [...]
Former HSBC boss John Flint lands UK Infrastructure Bank chief executive job September 1, 2021 John Flint, the former CEO of HSBC, has been appointed as the first chief executive officer of the new government-backed UK Infrastructure Bank. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has tasked Flint with leading the Bank’s mandate to identify and finance infrastructure projects as part of the government’s “levelling up” agenda. The UKIB was first announced at the [...]
