City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? April 14, 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. Brunswick Advisory group Brunswick has bolstered its cybersecurity and data privacy practice with a new partner in London. Nicola Hudson was most recently the director of policy and communications at the UK National Cyber Security Centre. The [...]
‘Piecemeal’ reforms leave UK rental sector littered with discrimination and health risks April 13, 2022 The UK’s rental sector is littered with unlawful discrimination and health and safety risks after “piecemeal” reforms, according to a report from a committee of MPs today. More than one in eight privately rented homes in Britain pose a serious threat to people’s health and safety, while around one in four landlords are unwilling to [...]
London developer Argyll pumps £27m into wooing workers with new office amenities April 13, 2022 The office is not dead, London developer Argyll has signalled with a new £27m refurbishment investment across eight buildings. The buildings, which collectively cover more than 275,000 square feet of central London, are dotted across St James’ Square, Cornhill and Mayfair. Argyll, working with architect and interior designer Damion Burrows, are splashing the offices with [...]
UK space insurance industry grows by a quarter despite pandemic contraction April 13, 2022 The UK’s space insurance industry grew by quarter in the year the pandemic hit, drawing in some £20m into the more than £16bn sector, according to fresh analysis. Linklaters associate Nicholas Puschman told City A.M. that the growth was “not surprising given that London has a well-established history in underwriting space risks and responding to [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? April 13, 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. LHV UK Fintech and crypto banking services provider LHV UK has bolstered its board with an independent non-executive director. Stepping onto the board at the beginning of May, Keith Butcher joins the City based firm with a raft [...]
Knight Frank: UK house price growth will peak as cost-of-living climbs April 13, 2022 UK house price growth is thought to have peaked and will begin its descent away from record figures as the cost-of-living crisis in the country swells, researchers at Knight Frank forecast. With runaway inflation and rising energy bills, the list of obstacles in front of house buyers has continued to grow exponentially since the pandemic. [...]
Retaliation not on the cards, say analysts, after western cyberattack on Roscosmos April 12, 2022 Russia’s space agency has reportedly been on the receiving end of a cyber-attack, with ransomware born out of its own country. As claims swirled last month, Roscosmos boss and Putin ally Dmitry Rogozin diffused statements made by the group of hackers, calling them “scammers and petty swindlers”. “All our space activity control centers are operating [...]
LVMH continues to ride cash-splurging wave for luxury goods as revenue jumps a third April 12, 2022 LVMH has continued to ride the pandemic-era wave of consumers splurging extra cash on luxury goods, as opposed to jetting away overseas. Revenue jumped nearly a third to €18bn (£15bn) in the first quarter of this year, in comparison with €13.9bn in 2021 – with fashion and leather products leading the way. Such goods hit [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? April 12, 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. Rathbone Greenbank Investments Rathbone Greenbank Investments has hired a former investment analyst into a new role in the firm’s London office. Joining as impact manager, Marian Woodward will be responsible for identifying further impact investment opportunities for [...]
150-year-old Hackney church to be turned into workspaces April 11, 2022 The 150-year-old St Michael & All Angels Church in Hackney is to be turned into workspaces, as London’s offices fall further away from tradition post-pandemic. Boutique developer Aitch Group and property investor VFund have entered a joint venture to restore and develop the Grade I listed building, which is one of just six left [...]
