City Moves for 2 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 2, 2016 Avon Rubber Avon Rubber has announced that Chloe Ponsonby has been appointed as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Chloe will chair the remuneration committee and will be a member of the audit and nominations committees. She is a partner at the Lazarus Partnership, an independent research and advisory firm. She has spent the past 10 [...]
How to harness the power of your emotions – and play each of your 34,000 emotional states to your advantage March 2, 2016 Scientists have known for years that emotions impair our decision-making ability. But it is only recently that they have begun to prove that the opposite is also true. Namely that, if we effectively manage our emotions, we make better decisions and can create real competitive advantage. Think about a time when you’ve been under pressure to [...]
London’s Got Talent: London storms ahead of global rivals for attracting top business talent March 2, 2016 London is the most talented city in the world, with a survey showing that there are more highly-skilled people in the UK capital than in any other global rival. It surged ahead of rivals with a 16 per cent rise in high skilled workers in the past three years. London is now "in a league [...]
Tower Hamlets invests in its image and shells out up to £100,000 for a new head of marketing March 2, 2016 Tower Hamlets' new marketing boss will have a lot of work to do. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, a self-described "high performing authority, with numerous awards and national achievements in housing, diversity and innovation", is on the hunt for a new head of marketing and communications, with an annual salary of up to £100,557. [...]
UK house prices: Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says government failure to confront Nimbys is fuelling the housing crisis March 2, 2016 A leading free-market think tank has accused the government of yielding to self-interested local residents at the expense of pressing ahead with major housebuilding projects. In a new report out today, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) argues that the government’s “failure to tackle the housing crisis is due to its unwillingness to confront the [...]
EU referendum: More than 30 City figures make final effort to stop City of London Corporation from endorsing the UK staying in the EU March 2, 2016 Dozens of City figures have made an eleventh-hour attempt to stop the City of London Corporation from campaigning for Britain to remain in the European Union. In a letter seen by City A.M., more than 30 Square Mile grandees, including former chancellor Lord Lamont, CMC Markets founder Peter Cruddas and Risk Capital Partners chairman Luke [...]
EU referendum: London mayor Boris Johnson’s economic adviser Gerard Lyons backs Brexit as CBI president Paul Drechsler praises the EU Single Market March 2, 2016 London can still be “Europe’s world city” even if Britain leaves the European Union, mayor of London Boris Johnson has argued in a major new report from City Hall. “London: The Global Powerhouse”, was first published yesterday and was written by the mayor’s economic adviser, Gerard Lyons, among others. In the report, Lyons wrote that [...]
Benefit cuts to stall decline in poverty rates – Institute for Fiscal Studies March 2, 2016 The incomes of the UK’s poorest households have risen strongly over the last two years, but will be hit hard by future benefit cuts, a think tank has warned today. Poverty has plummeted, with 400,000 fewer children, 300,000 fewer working age adults, and 200,000 fewer pensioners in absolute poverty over the last 12 months than in [...]
UK house prices: More than half of first-time buyers would buy ex-army barracks to get onto property ladder March 2, 2016 Times are tough for first time buyers and more than half would buy just about anything – from a church to a school or ex-army barracks – to get on the property ladder, according to Your Move and Reeds Rains. According to the estate agency’s latest first time-buyer barometer, 57 per cent claimed they were willing [...]
EU referendum: Swiss- or Canadian-style trade deal not as beneficial as EU membership, government report will caution March 2, 2016 The alternatives to EU membership, such as a Swiss-style trading structure, are more damaging to Britain than staying in the union, a government report due to be released this morning will warn. However, critics have been quick to slam the analysis, highlighting that Britain would be drawing itself up a bespoke deal should it leave, [...]