City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? October 7, 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. Collidr London-based digital asset management group Collidr has posted a former Aberdeen Asset Management Director to its board. Joining as a Non-Executive Director of UK entities, Heather Manners brings some 35 years experience in fund management to [...]
Boris Johnson is gambling on the war-on-woke to keep rioting Tories at bay over taxes October 7, 2021 Boris Johnson is a man not used to picking up the tab. During his tenure at the Spectator, he infamously never repaid the interns who bought him coffees and in Downing Street he has tried to palm off the bill for everything from his curtains to Daylesford Organic ready meals. Before the pandemic, while crucial [...]
Universities have sown their own demise with blended learning and short courses October 7, 2021 The start of autumn has seen the start of the university term for students since time immemorial. This time round of course, the ritual of hauling luggage round the country to the halls of residence has not quite been on the same scale as usual. Some universities, including members of the prestigious Russell Group, are [...]
Covid pandemic accounts for around 15 per cent drop in retail footfall October 7, 2021 Retail footfall continued to strengthen in September, with analysts estimating that the Covid pandemic had caused around a 15 per cent drop in footfall. In September, footfall was down 17.4 per cent on 2019 levels, compared to being down 18.6 per cent in August, according to fresh data from Springboard. Footfall declined from 2019 by [...]
A revitalised gig economy free from controversy is in all of our best interests October 7, 2021 Back in 2009, the gig economy promised to revolutionise the relationship between companies and the people working for them. The main attraction of the gig economy is that it offers freedom; freedom to set your own rules and have the flexibility to work when it suits. This was the future of employment, but fast-forward a [...]
What’s the story? Sairah Ashman on why brand matters more than ever October 7, 2021 This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Branding, for both your business and personal profile, has gained in importance over the past two years. Sairah Ashman, Global CEO of creative consultancy Wolff Olins, tells Lysanne Currie why the brand matters more than ever in a post-pandemic, values-led world When Sairah Ashman was little, her mum [...]
Rolls-Royce to take centre stage in UK’s Global Investment Summit October 7, 2021 Rolls-Royce and 11 other British businesses will be at the forefront of the UK’s Global Investment Summit this month, which is to be hosted by the Royal Family. The summit, which is being run by international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and her department, is a part of the government’s drive to increase foreign direct investment [...]
Exclusive: London bearing the brunt of skills shortages, say city bosses October 7, 2021 The skilled labour shortage gripping the UK is being felt most acutely by London businesses, with seven in 10 executives saying their company has been affected. Despite promises of emergency visas and skills training from the Government, 22 per cent of London business leaders think the problem will be the biggest hurdle their company will [...]
Putin on the pressure: Gas prices up and down on volatile day October 6, 2021 NATURAL gas prices hit record highs early yesterday before plummeting after Vladimir Putin said he would ramp up gas supplies to Europe. November natural gas futures contracts scaled to a record high of 404p per therm, the first time they have ever breached the £4 mark. In the last year alone, prices have risen by [...]
Editorial: Boris the boxer owns the ring – but the real fight is yet to come October 6, 2021 In the city that gave us Tyson Fury – the heavyweight champion of the world – Boris Johnson proved yesterday that he owns the ring of British politics. Manchester saw a bravura performance – the ability to land the well-placed jab at Labour, the crowd-pleasing hook on enemies both real and imagined, and the footwork [...]
