The UK’s young entrepreneurs have set their sights on big growth for 2017 despite Brexit uncertainty January 25, 2017 Young entrepreneurs expect ambitious growth for their companies this year, despite feeling uncertain about the impact of Brexit. According to Albion Ventures' fourth annual growth report, exploring the factors affecting growth among 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses, two-thirds of entrepreneurs aged under 35 predicted their business will grow over the year. And 18 per cent are feeling [...]
Metro Bank boss: Branchless banking reduces customer choice January 25, 2017 Like Deliveroo and Uber, banks should mix the physical and digital according to Metro Bank chief executive Craig Donaldson. The challenger bank boss said not giving customers the opportunity for face to face interaction is taking away choice. Metro Bank has 48 branches at present, but Donaldson said its target is 250 or maybe 300 [...]
Podcast: New year, new you – how to get a new job in 2017 January 25, 2017 If you don't love Mondays, it's time to get a new job, says James Reed, the chairman of Reed.co.uk, Europe's largest recruiter. How can you give your career the best chance in 2017? When is it time to move on? What are the biggest CV no-nos? Reed gives his tips. You can subscribe to City [...]
Laws against sexist dress codes and discrimination aren’t being properly enforced, warn MPs January 25, 2017 The government needs to crack down on sexist dress codes – which are still widespread in UK workplaces – a group of MPs has warned. Two Commons' committees have called for a review of current equality legislation after gathering evidence of sexist instructions issued to a raft of female employees, but not to their male [...]
These are the absolute worst buzzwords ruining your career January 25, 2017 Are you passionate? Experienced in leadership? It's time to stop telling everyone about it then. These are just some of the 10 most over-used words you're describing your career with, according to LinkedIn, and that's no way to impress the hiring manager. So it's time to banish these 10 buzzwords from your CV, profile, and maybe [...]
LinkedIn has released the ten most over-used work buzzwords in the UK January 25, 2017 This week is one of the busiest in the year for UK professionals updating their LinkedIn profiles. After a Christmas of contemplating a career overhaul, many of us will put our New Year resolutions into practice and revamp our online profiles and CVs in a bid to attract new opportunities. But with many people sharing this [...]
City Moves for 25 January 2017 – who’s switching jobs? January 25, 2017 Today's City Moves cover legal eagles, a digital business aimed transforming financial services firms and specialist lender Aldermore. Seddons Susan Monty is joining law firm Seddons as commercial litigation partner. Susan specialises in the resolution of complex financial and regulatory disputes and joins from Simons Muirhead & Burton, where she headed up the financial crime, civil [...]
Filing your tax return for 2015-16: The questions you want answered January 25, 2017 If you've put off doing your tax return, I don’t blame you. It is hard to find the motivation to forage around for all those documents, only to part with your hard-earned cash. The bad news is that if you haven’t already got the ball rolling on your self-assessment form for the 2015-16 tax year, [...]
Are you too clever for Harvard Business School? January 24, 2017 Fighting it out with one or two other schools at the top of the MBA pyramid are Harvard and Stanford. Both offer two-year degrees costing a quarter of a million bucks plus lost earnings. If you get a place at either, you are most likely in the top 4 per cent intellectually of your peers, [...]
Half the candidates eyeing up management level positions in UK firms lack leadership skills January 24, 2017 Half the candidates eyeing up management level positions in UK firms lack leadership skills, according to a new research. Nearly one in five (18 per cent) management candidates fall short on planning skills, with 15 per cent lacking functional, job-related skills and 14 per cent lacking communication skills, a study of 200 HR directors by recruitment [...]
