City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 30, 2021 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. KPMG KPMG has posted a new partner to its financial services technology practice, who moves from technology and consulting giant IBM. The former chief technology officer for IBM’s financial services offering, Bharat Bhushan, joins the Big Four [...]
IT consultancy BJSS creates 250 new hybrid working jobs amid UK expansion November 29, 2021 World-Class Business Technology Consultancy (BJSS) has created 250 new jobs as the IT consultancy expands to eight new locations in the UK. The fresh bout of investment across Liverpool, Aberdeen, Swansea, Lincoln, York, Exeter, Reading and Milton Keynes has unlocked a raft of roles from across technology, engineering and consulting. It follows BJSS, which already [...]
Brits’ ski trips re-routed to French entry-points following fresh Swiss restrictions November 29, 2021 Brits may have to skip the slopes this year, as holidays firms begin to re-route or cancel Christmas trips to the Alps amid fresh travel restrictions. The uncertainty has bloomed as a result of a new Covid-19 variant known as Omicron, which has prompted Switzerland to force Brits entering the country to quarantine for 10 [...]
Nuclear pact: UK to work ‘flat out’ to prevent Iran’s nuclear plans, says Truss November 29, 2021 Negotiations between global powers in Vienna today mark the “last opportunity” to breathe life back into the 2015 nuclear pact, the foreign secretary has warned. Speaking at a press briefing earlier today, foreign secretary Liz Truss said that the UK will “work flat out to prevent the Iranian regime from gaining nuclear weapons” – with [...]
Marshall Motors shares fly more than 43 per cent after Webuyanycar takeover bid November 29, 2021 Car retailer Marshall Motors’ shares have surged more than 43 per cent this morning after receiving a takeover bid from its largest shareholder. The offer of 400p per share – or around £201m – comes from Constellation Automotive which owns a 64.4 per cent stake in the London-listed company. Constellation, which also owns Cinch and [...]
Sturgeon advises work from home after Scotland identifies six Omicron cases November 29, 2021 Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has advised Scots to work from home where possible, as concern over the new Covid-19 variant Omicron grows. The move follows six cases of the new strain being found in Scotland yesterday, which prompted the Scottish leader to urge Scots to “increase compliance” with emergency pandemic rules. Speaking at a [...]
Omicron: How Europe is reacting November 29, 2021 With news of a new, potentially worse strain of Covid-19 – known as Omicron – countries in Europe have been quick to shutter restrictions in a bid to limit its spread. The UK has told incoming travellers that they must take a PCR test on the second day of arrival and must quarantine until they [...]
London life expectancy: Knightsbridge and Belgravia crowned top spots November 29, 2021 London’s Knightsbridge and Belgravia have been crowned as the top spots in the capital for the longest life expectancy for men, with the average length of life being 92 years. The two central districts host some of London’s most prime real estate, with the wealth that makes a home in these areas a reality lending [...]
Motorway snags unicorn status as it lines c-suite with Amazon and John Lewis leads November 29, 2021 Used car marketplace Motoway has snagged unicorn status today, after a fresh $190m funding round has it gearing up for expansion. High profile investors including Index Ventures, which backed Deliveroo, Etsy and Dropbox, as well as BMW i Ventures, Latitude and ICONIQ Growth piled into the Series C. “We’re now completing over 8,000 car sales [...]
FTSE 100 firms lag in biodiversity efforts as net zero clutches full focus November 29, 2021 Just 25 FTSE 100 firms have undergone biodiversity audits, with the majority of London largest listed firms distracted by net zero, according to a new report shared exclusively with City A.M. While just 12 of these businesses assessed their biodiversity commitments across their supply chain. More than one in three companies on the index make [...]