The Square Mile and Me with Rowland Thomas on the energy of the City and its changes over time July 20, 2023 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, it’s Rowland Thomas, Close Brothers property finance managing director What was your first job? At the local greyhound kennels spreading sawdust on the training runs. I was accidentally paid double rates – £1 instead of 50p per hour – which [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Paragon Bank CEO Nigel Terrington talks paper rounds, The Lamb and office faux pas July 13, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good: this week, Nigel Terrington, chief executive of Paragon Bank, takes a stroll down memory lane. What was your first job? I was a paper boy, aged around 14, in Surrey. I had to get up ridiculously early and the biggest challenge was to [...]
BT boss Jansen bags £1.8m bonus as group plans to slash workforce June 8, 2023 BT has revealed its boss took home a £1.8m bonus last year as the telecoms giant plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade. Philip Jansen, the group’s chief executive, secured the annual bonus despite the firm’s sweeping cost-cutting plans raising the alarm among unions. He bagged the £1.8m in [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Tavier Taylor on Texas, job interviews and Pilates March 9, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good: this week it’s the Chartered Management Institute’s tech chief Tavier Taylor. What was your first job? I grew up in Texas and my very first “real” job – not counting underage babysitting at the age of 11 – was at Popeye’s Chicken on [...]
Another City skyscraper approved ahead of planning brouhaha February 16, 2021 Another skyscraper is coming to the City of London, with a 33-storey building set to be built at 70 Gracechurch Street. Developers Tenacity – who last month received approval for a similar size development at 55 Gracechurch Street – received the thumbs up from the City Corporation Tuesday lunchtime. It is another welcome vote of [...]
Debate: Should AI become a regulated technology? February 15, 2021 It’s set to transform most aspects of our lives, but AI is still barely understood – and barely regulated. Is it time? Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO of Freshworks says YES AI has always been important, but we’re moving from theory and setup to practice as we deliver practical and actionable recommendations – and that’s really exciting. [...]
Debate: Was Asos right to pass over Topshop’s physical stores? February 3, 2021 Digital retailer Asos has picked up Arcadia’s principal brands – but they didn’t bother with the physical premises. A good decision? Mike Colling of the Kite Factory says yes: To bring great brands back to life you often have to cut away dead wood. The news that ASOS has bought Topshop & Miss Selfridge has [...]
Debate: Should Primark open an online store? January 13, 2021 Overnight opening hours, queue-management systems and lashings of promotions – Primark did everything it could to keep its customers happy amid a year of on/off lockdown restrictions. But with parent company Associated British Food’s trading update out this week, is it time for the High Street phenomenon to go digital, too? Kam Phullar, Lead Strategist [...]
The City View: The Summer Statement July 9, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Today Andy Silvester is joined by City A.M.‘s very own Rachel Cunliffe to digest the Chancellor’s summer statement. They touch on whether there might be dissent brewing on Tory backbenches, the scale of the spending plans, and whether it’ll be enough to fire up the UK economy. In association with ETX [...]
The City View: Edwin Brenninkmeyer on private aviation July 8, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Today Andy is joined by Edwin Brenninkmeyer, Chief Executive of Oriens Aviation – a firm based out of London Biggin Hill Airport which operates and sells private jets. Edwin talks about the increased interest in business aviation after the Covid-19 crisis, his views on the future of travel as [...]
