City firms must prove their responsible business credentials to attract top talent November 4, 2019 Brexit has been top of the agenda for many City firms, but there is so much more that they should be thinking about. When I speak to young City workers at the start of their careers, they want to know that their employers are standing up and making a positive difference. They want to work [...]
City Moves for 4 November – Who’s switching jobs at Corlytics, Target and Anglo Pacific? November 4, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Corlytics, Target and Anglo Pacific Corlytics Corlytics, the global leader in regulatory risk rating, has appointed Stacey English to its executive team as chief digital officer. Stacey will lead Corlytics’ digital content, distribution and marketing strategy, and will also manage key customer and partnership relationships. As the former head of regulatory [...]
Personal assistants can become the office game-changer November 4, 2019 In today’s business world, you very rarely luck into things. The rise of the gig economy and multiple careers means that personal assistants (PAs) need to leverage emotional intelligence, actively seek out opportunities for personal growth, and think big in terms of next career steps. When you make a conscious decision to become that game-changer [...]
UK economy to hit decade-low even with Brexit deal, report warns November 4, 2019 Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will fail to boost the slowing UK economy in 2020, a new report has warned, with weak global growth and continued uncertainty about Britain’s trading relationships set to outweigh any benefits from the agreement. Read more: Nigel Farage: Brexit party will run in every seat if Boris Johnson rejects olive branch [...]
UK public spending set to hit 1970s levels after election, think tank says November 4, 2019 Government spending is set to surge back to 1970s levels whoever wins the upcoming General Election, research from the Resolution Foundation think tank has shown today. Read more: Hey, big spender: IFS boss Paul Johnson on the end of economic orthodoxy The Conservatives and Labour have discarded the economic orthodoxy of the last decade that [...]
Revealed: The towns that pay the most income tax are nearly all in the South East November 4, 2019 Commuter towns in an area just outside of London known as the Stockbroker Belt are paying the highest levels of income tax in the country, according to research. Nine out of the top 10 towns for average income tax are located in the region, a report by accountant UHY Hacker Young has found. Read more: [...]
Mothercare ‘finalising plans’ to put UK business into administration November 3, 2019 Mothercare is said to be finalising a restructuring plan that could involve putting its British operations into administration this week, in what would be the latest blow to the UK’s struggling retail sector. The company, which now leans heavily on its franchising business abroad, has readied administrators to take over the unit in the coming [...]
Labour mulls climate change finance crackdown as election looms November 3, 2019 The Labour party is considering measures to crack down on firms which invest in fossil fuels which include making the Bank of England (BoE) change its policy operations to avoid carbon bias. In an announcement which has raised concerns about “skewing” the BoE’s focus, Labour said it was also considering forcing banks to publish the [...]
Kier Group lenders ‘trying to offload outsourcer’s debt’ November 3, 2019 The lenders of construction outsourcer Kier Group are said to be trying to offload its debt to hedge funds, in a sign they think the risk of another corporate collapse in the embattled sector is increasing. HSBC and other lenders to the troubled FTSE 250 company are reportedly marketing the debt for as little as [...]
‘Dirty business’: Rail firms will still be dumping raw sewage on the line next year November 3, 2019 Rail operators have been forced to backtrack on a promise to stop the “dirty business” of dumping excrement on tracks by the end of the year. Network Rail and a number of train companies have admitted the 2017 promise – to stop using carriages whose toilets flush sewage directly onto the track by the end [...]