The 10 jobs where you can expect the biggest pay rise this year January 31, 2017 New year, new job? If you're considering jumping ship for a career refresh in 2017, there are some jobs you might consider more than others and 10 in particular which will land you the biggest pay rise this year. Clearly it's time to get into compliance and up your tech skills… but, if you're already in one of [...]
These are the UK’s 13 best MBAs January 31, 2017 Two UK business schools are among those world's 10 best MBAs, according to a new ranking. The Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking put University of Cambridge Judge's MBA in fifth place overall, while London Business School reached number six. However, while Cambridge Judge climbed four places, from ninth place last year, London Business School fell from [...]
UK’s first accredited digital skills academy celebrates first anniversary and plugging the software skills gap January 31, 2017 | City Talk CodeClan, the UK’s first accredited digital skills academy has just celebrated its first anniversary. Based in Codebase, the largest technology incubator in the UK and one of the fastest growing in Europe, right at the heart of Edinburgh’s tech scene, they produce a steady stream of work ready junior developers after each 16-week intensive and immersive coding [...]
City Moves for 31 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 31, 2017 Today's City Moves cover home finance, digital media and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Legal & General Steve Ellis has been appointed as managing director at Legal & General home finance. He previously held the position of chief operating officer within the business. Steve has been fundamental to the successful [...]
FTSE 100 firms’ agility secrets – and how you can easily replicate them January 31, 2017 Thanks to new technologies, changing customer demands, demographic shifts and globalisation, the world of work has changed significantly. How can businesses respond effectively to this new reality and remain competitive? As the context of business becomes more complex, traditional models of work will come under strain. New, more flexible models will be needed as “agility” [...]
China, Mexico, Japan: Who’s afraid of Trump’s protectionism? January 31, 2017 Anyone hoping that Donald Trump’s campaign promises were just talk can’t have been encouraged by this weekend’s events. Stock markets fell and the dollar was volatile yesterday on the news that the President had signed an executive order banning the entry of people from seven countries. Assumptions that he would row back from his more protectionist [...]
‘Hot iron’ trial by ordeal: a 13th Century lesson for investors January 30, 2017 | City Talk Trial by ordeal was an ancient way of determining someone’s guilt or innocence by making them undergo a painful, often potentially lethal, experience. If they survived unscathed – or at any rate survived – they were deemed to be innocent of whatever charge had been levelled against them and, by the Middle Ages, the [...]
Why could digital tech reach over $2.7 trillion by 2020? January 30, 2017 | City Talk Whether it’s big data, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud storage or cyber security, the effects of digital technology development are all around us. Recognised as the third industrial revolution, we are experiencing one of the most transformative periods in history. Digital – transforming our industrial society In 2001, a group of software developers met at the [...]
City Moves for 30 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 30, 2017 Today's City Moves cover accounting and business advisory, technology and the world of fine-art financing. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Moore Stephens Damian Ryan has joined top 10 accounting and business advisory group Moore Stephens as a corporate finance partner. Damian has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance in the digital [...]
Do your homework! Should you let your staff work from home? January 30, 2017 There are around 4m homeworkers in the UK, amounting to just over 13 per cent of our current workforce. In the last decade we’ve seen a 2 per cent growth in homeworking which, although not too dramatic, is substantial when taking into account both the benefits and the burdens it can bring for employers. The [...]
