City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? February 1, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Knight Frank Knight Frank has posted a new head of London offices to its UK commercial business. Philip Hobley, who has been co-chair of London offices at the property consultancy since 2016, brings over 25 years of experience to the [...]
How can the blockchain help tackle climate change? February 1, 2022 When you think of all the use cases for blockchain technology, solving the existential threat that is climate change is probably not one of them. If anything, crypto has had to play defence in 2021 when it comes to environmental issues, as big questions have been posed about the industry’s energy consumption and sustainability. Well, [...]
Putin’s war mongering in Ukraine must serve as a lesson against complacency February 1, 2022 As Ukraine faces down a mounting threat of a Russian incursion, Nato has reinforced its Eastern borders in Romania and Estonia. There is a chorus of international voices calling on Putin to stand down the 100,000 troops he has stationed on the border, and we are being forced to reckon with our own complacency. But [...]
As London’s tech industry surges ahead we must protect our capital’s competitive edge February 1, 2022 Yesterday new analysis revealed another record year for the London Stock Exchange with firms at the forefront of the UK’s tech revolution going public in 2021. Last year, UK tech represented more than a quarter of London’s new listings. The sector generated some of the most successful IPOs on the stock exchange including homegrown health-tech [...]
Exclusive: Ripple cosies up to UK regulators amid global payments push February 1, 2022 Ripple, the firm behind XRP, the world’s eighth largest crypto asset, aims to befriend UK regulators as it expands its cross-border payment capabilities.
National insurance hike to spike UK firms just as they recover from Plan B and Omicron February 1, 2022 The national insurance hike is set to spike UK businesses just as they have recovered from the Omicron and Plan B-induced economic hit, reveals a fresh survey released today. Firms are deeply concerned that a combination of the national insurance (NI) hike and swelling energy bills will limit their capacity to survive, according to research [...]
UK lags behind Europe on gender boardroom balance February 1, 2022 UK boardroom diversity falls behind Europe with less than a third of seats held by women
Boris Johnson’s survival will be a test of endurance February 1, 2022 Margaret Thatcher is oft quoted on the green benches of the House of Commons. But it is not often that it is a Labour leader taking the words of the architect of many modern ideals of Conservative politics and using them against a Tory prime minister. In the wake of an “update” from Sue Gray’s [...]
The Online Safety Bill’s noble objectives won’t save it from disastrous outcomes February 1, 2022 For months, technology experts and digital rights advocates have voiced concerns about the Online Safety Bill — namely, that the bill in its current form will not be able to curtail harmful content, as the Royal Society recently claimed. The conversation is finally starting to shift in their favour. Last month, the House of Commons [...]
The charge of the activist investors February 1, 2022 Analyst investors have been on the charge in the UK, Charlie Conchie asks why.
