Moaning millennials? Generation Y just want a job they can enjoy February 17, 2016 Moaning millennials? Old geezers down the pub used to tell the younger generation: “You’ve never had it so good”. Nowadays I’d expect most millennials would spit their pint out laughing, assuming they can afford to pay £5 for a pint. So a report today, which suggested generation Y (those born after 1980) are the "whiniest workers", [...]
London house prices: Chelsea garage sells at auction for £360,000 – the price of a three-bedroom flat in Camberwell February 17, 2016 It's cosy and well-located – but doesn't come with a lot of natural light. Still, such is the madness for property in London that a 146 sq ft garage in Chelsea has just sold at auction for £360,000 – just shy of the price of a three-bedroom flat in Camberwell. The garage, just off Brompton Road, [...]
Generation Y-ney? It’s official – millennials are the moaniest workers, while Generation X have the strongest work ethic February 17, 2016 Been hearing a lot of complaints from the youngest members of your team recently? Not surprising, apparently: new research has suggested that millennials – those born between 1980 and 2004 – are likely to be your workplace's whiniest workers. The research, by Workfront, found 41 per cent of workers think their millennial colleagues are the [...]
Employment rises to highest since 1971 – but UK wage growth continued to be subdued in December February 17, 2016 Some 74.1 per cent of the UK population were in employment between October and December 2015 – the highest since records began, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The figures, published this morning, showed there were 31.42m people in work during the period, over half a million more than the same time in 2014. But [...]
Auto Trader share price hits the gas as it hikes profit expectations February 17, 2016 It's been a bumpy ride in recent weeks on the test track that is the UK markets – but recently-listed Auto Trader isn't showing any signs of oversteer. In a trading update this morning, the company said it had performed well in the past four months, with a stronger-than-expected increase in average revenue per retailer forecourt. Because [...]
Further delays to EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is a symptom of bad policy February 17, 2016 Well, it is getting on for the end of meteorological winter and we seem to have made it through, or near as damn it, without any major supply-related blackouts. That is despite warnings (again) last summer that the UK was heading for a winter in which we could be plunged into medieval-style darkness at any [...]
Forget Uber, take a flying water taxi home on Friday nights instead – as French inventor Alain Thebault shows off his SeaBubble February 16, 2016 Forget the ongoing battles between London’s traditional black cabs and Uber – if a French inventor has his way, flying water taxis could soon be hovering over the Thames. Boris Johnson is apparently among a group which has contacted the inventor, Alain Thebault, to ask about his new lightweight “SeaBubble” vehicle. The SeaBubble, described as “a bubble with [...]
Apple launches $12bn bond deal to fund share buybacks February 16, 2016 Apple has announced plans to return to sell debt across up to 10 tranches of corporate bonds, worth between $10bn (£7bn) and $12bn. The tech giant’s multi-billion dollar bond deal, which includes bonds with both fixed and floating interest rates, will help fund its share buyback scheme. The company said the proceeds will be used “for [...]
Why you should stop trying to make your team like you February 16, 2016 You have just been appointed as a new manager, and you are determined to be the best of managers, one who is liked by everyone who works for them – just as you liked some of the managers you worked under. It's a mistake. Not becoming the best manager, that is, but the idea you need to [...]
These three charts will show you exactly when you are at your most productive February 16, 2016 Everyone's a morning person these days. That's according to figures from breakfast brand Moma, anyway, which suggest more than 40 per cent of Britons see themselves as being at their most productive between 9am and 12pm. The figures, seen exclusively by City A.M., show people tend to become more productive as they head towards middle age – so while [...]
