Final stop: Go-Ahead CEO David Brown to leave after ten years in charge May 26, 2021 Transport group Go-Ahead today announced that CEO David Brown will leave after leading the company for more than ten years. Brown, who will depart at the end of this year, has spent nearly 40 years working in the transport industry. He worked as CEO of London Buses for Go-Ahead and managing director at Transport for [...]
Cummings Confessional: Your bingo card ahead of former No.10 aide’s Westminster tell-all May 26, 2021 PM Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings is set to give evidence to a joint session of Parliament’s Health and Science Committees on Wednesday. The aide who shot to global stardom (eds: please check) with a now infamous trip to the ruins of Barnard Castle in Northumberland during the height of ‘Lockdown One’ is expected [...]
Vaccines opened up for all over-30s as Government eyes end of social distancing May 26, 2021 Britain is on track for a “big” fortnight of vaccinations as the Government opens up appointments to 30 and 31 year olds today, raising hopes social distancing restrictions are on track to end next month. Nearly three-quarters of adults in the UK have already had one dose and more than two-fifths have had two. The [...]
Mitie: Covid and hybrid work prompted a makeover for cleaning tech – a mop and bucket won’t cut it May 26, 2021 The pandemic has given society the breathing space to redesign what a workplace should offer and in the age of the invisible virus, the humble mop and bucket won’t cut it. After a socially starved year, offices will likely become more collaborative and social in the future, adopting measures like ‘hot desking’. But these [...]
Switzerland heads for Brexit-like EU clash with €227bn at stake from today May 26, 2021 From today, Swiss medical-technology companies will no longer be allowed to export duty-free to the European Union as Bern and Brussels failed to agree to a long-anticipated political treaty that would cover trade between the two countries. The goods-trading relationship at risk is worth $278bn, with medical-technology companies being the latest casualty of a deteriorating [...]
Lack of workplace flexibility will prompt a third of workers to leave, survey shows May 26, 2021 A third of UK employees would look for a new job if their company did not allow flexible working, according to a new survey. Findings from UK consultancy Barnett Waddingham, which surveyed more than 2,000 workers, showed that hybrid working has become imperative for employee retention. Of the 33 per cent who would seek a [...]
Businesses face a fresh tipping point of staff shortages and wage hikes May 26, 2021 For years, inflation has not been an issue. Since the late 1990s, annual inflation in the UK has averaged 2 per cent, with a peak of just over 4 per cent. In the US, there was a similar story, with even less variability. This is in stark contrast to the 1970s and 1980s, when the [...]
Contentsquare secures $2.8bn price tag after Softbank-led funding round May 26, 2021 Data analytics platform Contentsquare has secured a valuation of $2.8bn (£1.9bn) following a funding round led by Japanese investment giant Softbank. The digital experience firm, which helps companies understand how people interact on their website or app, nabbed the price tag after raising $500m in a Series E round. The cash injection was led by [...]
Sub-postmaster saga batters Post Office recruitment chances May 26, 2021 On April 23, judges quashed the convictions of 39 Post Office workers who were wrongfully convicted of stealing money thanks to a flaw in the Horizon IT system. Described as “the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of carriage”, the long-running saga put an ordinarily uncontroversial institution at the centre of a media firestorm. The business has [...]
Using The Power of One to build public trust May 26, 2021 Bill MacLeod CA, member of the ICAS Ethics Board, talks about putting ICAS’ The Power of One into practice and why it’s important for chartered accountants (CAs) to put ethics at the heart of their professional responsibilities. Bill was the Ethics Partner and Partner Responsible for Independence at PwC until his retirement in 2020. Since his retirement he has become a [...]
