Tech City launches programme to help address UK’s scale-up issue November 12, 2015 There's a new initiative out there to help London's fledgling tech businesses boom. Today, Tech City UK, a publicly funded nonprofit focused on nurturing digital businesses, launched Upscale, a programme that will connect 25 promising scale-ups – companies that have grown beyond the start-up phase – with free expertise and advice to grow their business to [...]
Shocker as British Chambers of Commerce finds school students aren’t ready for the working world November 11, 2015 Though teens can add selfies to their Snapchat stories in record speed, they're still far from ready to enter the work force after secondary school, a research published today has found. The report, by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), found 69 per cent of businesses think that secondary schools aren't equipping their students with the skills they need [...]
Here’s how Goldman Sachs wants to hang on to its millennial workers November 6, 2015 Goldman Sachs isn't known as the doting type – but it seems the investment banking giant has found a new, more maternal streak, after it outlined a series of measures to ensure its millennial workers go elsewhere. The bank has unveiled a range of initiatives to ensure its youngest employees aren't tempted to leave the [...]
Former directors at City Link deny failure to inform of hundreds of job losses in court November 5, 2015 **Waiting on a comment from EY by 5. **Link to Express & Star story: http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2015/11/05/city-link-bosses-failed-to-tell-ministers-of-redundancies/ Short hed: City Link denies criminal charge in trial City Link's three former directors are denying that they failed to inform officials of hundreds of job losses in the first day of a two-day trial. The collapsed parcel delivery company, which [...]
Cain Hoy partners with China’s largest property company Vanke for £750m Shoreditch project November 5, 2015 China's largest property company has made its first foray into the European market after partnering on the £750m redevelopment of a Shoreditch site where Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre once stood. Vanke has taken a 21 per cent stake in The Stage, joining a consortium of investors headed by US private equity firm Cain Hoy and joint venture partners MG Partners, Galliard Homes and Investec Property Finance. The [...]