It’s time to get serious about closing London’s disability employment gap October 30, 2018 It is widely acknowledged that the employment opportunities on offer in London are unmatched by any other major city in the UK. Yet for disabled people, this buoyant jobs market is all too often entirely inaccessible. The disability employment gap – the difference in the employment rate between non-disabled people and disabled people of working [...]
City Moves for 30 October – who’s switching jobs at Target Fund Managers, Argentex and White & Case October 30, 2018 Here’s who’s switching jobs today. Target Fund Managers Target Fund Managers, the external manager to Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), the UK-listed specialist investor in purpose-built care homes, is pleased to announce three appointments to support it in its strategy to manage and grow THRL. Maria Gaurino joins as healthcare director and brings over 18 years [...]
Happy birthday, bitcoin: Onwards to a brave new crypto-fulled world October 29, 2018 A decde ago this Wednesday, just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the financial crisis, an anonymous figure published the famous essay – “Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system”. Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has to this day never been unmasked, but his invention has since [...]
Cyclists are swapping their helmets for Hovding airbags – would you do the same? October 29, 2018 Imagine a London where no one wears a cycle helmet – and not because vanity has hit the roof, or because the roads have been made so safe that helmets are redundant (though that would also be nice). It’s because of a new invention: an airbag for cyclists. Created in Sweden in 2005 by Anna [...]
Killing Eve: A cautionary tale on privacy October 29, 2018 Villanelle: “What’s your pin?” Eve Polastri: “1…2…3…4” How many of us could relate to this scene in the popular BBC series Killing Eve? Whether it’s 1,2,3,4, a date of birth, or an easily guessable passphrase – our cavalier attitude to passwords is well-documented. The fact that an MI6 officer (albeit a fictitious one) had such [...]
Insolvencies among millenials soar as housing costs shred ‘cash cushions’ October 29, 2018 The number of insolvencies among millenials has climbed rapidly in the past three years, as rising housing prices leave younger people without a “cash cushion” to fall back on. House price inflation is partially driving the trend, which has seen the number of insolvencies among under 35s rise by nearly a fifth during the past year, [...]
Sir Ken Olisa hires lawyers to sue Institute of Directors October 28, 2018 Sir Ken Olisa has threatened to sue the Institute of Directors (IoD) for defamation following his acrimonious resignation as deputy chairman earlier this year. Olisa, who is the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, intends to take legal action in a bid to clear his name over allegations that he was aware of racist statements made by [...]
Lloyds Banking Group could face £150m pensions hit after court ruling October 26, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group could have to pay out up to £150m after the High Court ruled today that it should equalise payments for male and female members of its pension scheme. Three female members of the pension scheme had complained they were being discriminated against as their pensions increased at a lower rate than that [...]
Market falls: cause for alarm or calm? October 26, 2018 | City Talk Stock markets globally have been falling since the end of September. Economic worries including a potential trade war between the US and China, currency crises in Turkey and Argentina, debt problems in Italy and rising interest rates have seen stocks globally begin to fall from record highs. As the chart shows, since 31 August emerging [...]
Cyber war: Be militant and soldier on October 26, 2018 Last week, the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual review laid bare the UK’s current threat landscape for all to see. But the idea that the government is repelling cyber attacks on a daily basis is not news to me. We know the scale of the threat. The UK has a very clear modus operandi, and [...]
