Government needs to bring in lighter regulatory regime to fill City’s specialist insurance market gap January 3, 2024 The UK insurance industry has urged the Government to adopt a lighter regulatory regime for captive insurance companies to fill the gap in London’s specialist insurance market.
If you actually care about the pay gap, stop gender-washing boards with non-executives December 20, 2023 Most employers genuinely care about gender pay disparity, but putting women on boards is not enough to bridge the gap, writes Jess Tomkinson
Political pressure builds on banks to close gap between savings and mortgage rates June 12, 2023 Banks have been shortchanging customers for nearly a year with the average mortgage rates exceeding savings rates by over three per cent since last July. According to data from Moneyfacts, at the end of last week the average rate on offer for a two year mortgage was 5.87. The average rate on a savings account [...]
Labour pledges to close £36bn tax gap via non-dom crackdown and bolstering HMRC April 8, 2024 Labour has pledged to close the £36bn tax gap via cracking down on the non-dom tax status loophole and bolstering HMRC’s compliance squads, if elected.
Premier League: Manchester City close gap to Arsenal at the summit January 5, 2023 Manchester City closed the gap to Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table to five points with a 1-0 win over a sorry looking Chelsea. Riyad Mahrez netted for the away side as they toppled the Stamford Bridge club on Thursday night. Man City’s win ensured that they stayed second in the Premier [...]
Nobel economics prize goes to US professor Claudia Goldin for gender pay gap work October 9, 2023 The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labour market.
Tax advisors want AI to perform manual tasks despite ‘trust gap’ on privacy July 17, 2023 More than half of UK tax professionals want to use artificial intelligence tools to help with their daily tasks, new survey data has revealed. The study, conducted by Thomson Reuters, found that 12 per cent of UK tax professionals surveyed were either using or planning to integrate ChatGPT or other forms of generative AI into [...]
McLaren close gap on Aston Martin as champion Verstappen wins 14th race October 8, 2023 Max Verstappen won his first race since being crowned a three-time world champion on Saturday as McLaren inflicted a huge team standing points shift on rivals Aston Martin in Qatar. Dutchman Verstappen won in the Middle East having been confirmed as world champion after Saturday’s sprint race. McLaren duo Oscar Piastri – who finished second [...]
Equality and eye health: Is the gender gap closing? September 8, 2022 Historically, females have experienced their fair share of inequality. Campaigning, research and awareness have meant times are changing, but when it comes to eye health, a male in rural South Asia is 46% more likely to receive cataract surgery than a female. Women make up a staggering 64.5% of the world’s visually impaired and according [...]
Bridging the gap between crypto and mainstream finance September 5, 2022 Lisa Quest of Oliver Wyman explains how the UK’s regulators are currently underequipped to supervise against new crypto regulations.