Business confidence soars to seven-year high amid vaccine rollout success June 7, 2021 Business confidence in May hit its highest point since June 2014, driven by the rollout of the vaccine programme and further easing of lockdown restrictions. The BDO Optimism Index, which quizzes businesses to calculate optimism, jumped from 99.85 in April to 109.71 the following month, above the long-term average of 100. May’s optimism marked the [...]
Normalising ‘speaking up’ and learning how to ‘listen up’ June 7, 2021 Catriona Paisey reports on the key findings from her Speak Up? Listen Up? Whistleblow? research funded by ICAS. ICAS’s business ethics initiative, The Power of One, emphasises that the importance of trust in business must not be understated. Trust is the key to the long-term sustainability of organisations. To ensure trust, there is a need for [...]
Waterloo & City line re-opens ahead of schedule as tube use rises June 7, 2021 Waterloo & City line re-opens ahead of schedule as tube use rises
Avoiding the great resignation will require some creative thinking June 7, 2021 They’re calling it “The Great Resignation” – the fear of a tsunami of departures from City firms as battalions of workers change jobs post-pandemic. One survey suggested that as many as 40 per cent of employees are considering moving on in the next six to twelve months. Some say they just can’t stomach the anxiety [...]
Empiric Student Property sees rentals rise even with lockdown learning June 7, 2021 Empiric Student Property, which owns and operates student accommodation, has seen rentals rise despite the impacts of the pandemic on students, while applications from Chinese students have spiked. Applications for the upcoming academic year show encouraging growth, the company said this morning, as Chinese applications grew by 21 per cent, despite the ongoing tension between [...]
Dating apps team up with government to help boost vaccine uptake June 7, 2021 A host of dating apps like Tinder and Hinge will team up with the government in a bid to boost vaccine uptake among under-30s. Users of these platforms will be given special upgrades and “vaccination badges and stickers” if they can prove they have been jabbed. Dating apps involved in the “every vaccination gives us [...]
Dennis Publishing ‘puts up for sale flagship title The Week’ June 6, 2021 Dennis Publishing has hired Liontree Advisors to oversee an auction of The Week, the publisher’s flagship news and current affairs magazine. The sale process only relates to The Week and does not include any other Dennis Publishing titles, which include AutoExpress, Minecraft World and Money Week among others, Sky News first reported. Analysts have reportedly [...]
Donald Trump hints at fresh run for White House in 90-minute speech June 6, 2021 Donald Trump has hinted he will run again for President in 2024 during a vintage 90-minute speech at a Republican rally. Trump used the speech at a North Carolina Republican campaign event to attack infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, peddle false claims that he really won the 2020 Presidential election and denounce China. Trump falsely [...]
Priti Patel blames Facebook and TikTok for increase in migrant Channel crossings June 6, 2021 Priti Patel has demanded that social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok remove posts that “glamourise” illegal migrant Channel crossings. The home secretary has written to a swathe of online giants to demand they “put an end to the exploitation of your platforms by criminals involved in organised immigration crime”. Her letters came after it emerged [...]
City bankers would rather quit than move to European capitals following Brexit June 6, 2021 Bankers in the City of London are prepared to quit their jobs rather than move to other European cities following Brexit. A banker at JP Morgan told the Daily Mail that people were not willing to relocate abroad. “There have been problems – people don’t, and won’t, go to Frankfurt or Paris,” they said. “It’s [...]
