Flyer girl outside Liverpool Street station becomes LinkedIn sensation September 17, 2021 An intern handing out flyers outside Liverpool Street station in the City has gone viral on social media after posting a picture of herself online. Anya Jackson, who is currently doing a work placement for dating app Thursday, wrote on LinkedIn: “I did say in my CV that I am prepared to go out of [...]
All new London buses to be zero-emission Mayor says September 17, 2021 Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has announced that new Transport for London (TfL) buses will be carbon neutral, as the UK prepares to host COP26. TfL said in a statement that by the end of next year, ten per cent of London’s bus network will be zero-emission as the network has committed to only [...]
BT to hire 1,000 staff outside of London as part of ‘levelling up agenda’ September 16, 2021 BT is set to hire around 1,000 new staff to fill the broadband giant’s flagship Birmingham office, its first major site outside of London. There are currently some 225 positions available, which will grow over the coming months and years, BT said in a statement. The FTSE 100 has been slowly introducing its workforce back [...]
City hiring spree: Financial services sector’s recruitment plans to break records this autumn September 16, 2021 Employers in London have ambitious plans to increase their headcount as they enter the fourth quarter, according to new research shared with City A.M. this morning. Even though London’ outlook was the lowest of all regions in the fourth quarter of last year, at minus 13 per cent, businesses in the capital now have one [...]
Reshuffle: Grading fiasco brought down gaffe-prone ‘Private Pike’ Gavin Williamson September 15, 2021 Gavin Williamson came under repeated pressure to resign over his handling of disruption to schools during the pandemic and the fiasco around grading of GCSE and A-level students amid cancelled exams. After more than two years in the job, his time as Education Secretary has finally come to an end as he declared he was [...]
Reshuffle: Dominic Raab pays the price for ‘beach is closed’ holiday in Crete September 15, 2021 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been removed as Foreign Secretary, moving to the Justice Department whilst also being formally appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. His demotion from foreign secretary follows widespread criticism of his handling of the Afghanistan crisis. He was on holiday in Crete as the Taliban swept across the country and was seen [...]
Reshuffle Live: Truss becomes Foreign Secretary after Raab is moved and Williamson sacked September 15, 2021 Boris Johnson’s reshuffle is continuing this afternoon with Liz Truss being appointed Foreign Secretary after incumbent Dominic Raab was moved. Raab has been moved to the justice department, whilst also being formally appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. Other reshuffle casualties include embattled Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Party chairman Amanda Milling [...]
Scotland Yard hunting for sexual predator following three attacks near Dollis Hill tube station September 15, 2021 Police are appealing for information following a series of sexual assaults near a north-west London Tube station. The assaults took place on three consecutive weekends near Dollis Hill station, Scotland Yard said, and officers are treating the attacks as linked. A 30-year-old woman was followed by a male at about 11.25pm on August 28 and [...]
Central London least vaccinated place in England September 15, 2021 A new report has revealed that the vaccination rate in Central London is lagging behind the rest of the UK despite fears of a fourth coronavirus wave despite rising hospitalisation. It was first reported earlier this week in Metro that all 11 areas with the lowest vaccine coverage in the UK are clustered in the [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? September 15, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Falcon posts City veteran Joe Nally to board Falcon Oil & Gas has posted Cenkos co-founder Joe Nally as a new non-executive chairman to the board of the company with immediate effect. Nally, a City veteran, [...]