HS2 announces CH2M’s European boss Mark Thurston as new chief executive January 26, 2017 HS2 has appointed CH2M's Mark Thurston as its new chief executive. His appointment comes after a five-month hunt, which considered 20 potential candidates working on projects across the globe. Thurston is currently the regional managing director overseeing CH2M's European operations and will take up his new role in the spring (after handing over leadership duties [...]
Major rebuilding works are going on at London Waterloo station this August as passengers are told to stay away January 26, 2017 Not the best day to have this news announced what with the Tube strike causing trouble on the Central and Waterloo & City Lines… But Network Rail and South West Trains have announced details on major upgrades going on at London Waterloo this August – and thousands of passengers will want to avoid it. From [...]
London commuters have taken today’s #TubeStrike in their stride… January 26, 2017 In case you hadn't heard, a Tube strike is causing problems on the Central Line (no service east of Leytonstone) and the Waterloo & City Line (good service until around 10am). Of course, Londoners have taken to such disruption with the usual approaches, spanning grumpiness to sarcasm… Read more: How to get from Waterloo to Bank [...]
There’s going to be a Tube strike all of today: Here’s what you need to know January 26, 2017 It hasn't even been a month since the year started with a bang thanks a Tube strike which shut down most Zone 1 stations and caused commuter chaos. But we're already facing another one, which will affect the Central and Waterloo & City Lines. So, here's what you need to know to make any journeys as pain-free as possible… [...]
Unilever braced for tough market conditions to continue in 2017 as it reveals subdued sales January 26, 2017 Unilever is keen to remind everyone it is – and has been for a while now – battling challenging market conditions. The food manufacturing giant has reported lower than expected sales in the fourth quarter and is braced for these "tough market conditions" to continue, at least for the start of 2017. Brazil's economic slowdown [...]
Back to life, back to virtual reality: Xiaomi’s international boss Hugo Barra joins Facebook’s VR unit Oculus January 26, 2017 Hugo Barra announced he was leaving Xiaomi to make a Silicon Valley return a few days ago and now we know where he was headed: Facebook. The ex-Google executive who led international expansion at Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has left the company to take up a role as vice president of virtual reality at Facebook's VR [...]
Professionals with working class backgrounds are being hit by a class earnings penalty, warns government’s social mobility tsar January 26, 2017 Professionals from working class backgrounds are being punished by a "class pay gap", according to new research from the government's Social Mobility Commission. They are paid an average of 17 per cent less (£6,800) each year, than colleagues from more affluent backgrounds. The report, compiled by academics from the LSE and UCL using data from the [...]
Government to consult on ways to make sure new mothers have “sufficient protection” from redundancy January 26, 2017 The government has pledged to protect working mothers from redundancy in its response to a report on maternity discrimination. A report carried out by the Women and Equalities Select Committee last year, found the number of new mothers forced to leave their jobs had almost doubled to 54,000 since 2005. It recommended protections similar to [...]
Boeing beats expectations and plans to ramp up commercial aircraft deliveries for 2017 January 25, 2017 Boeing announced stronger than expecting earnings for its fourth quarter and has said it will top the 748 commercial aircrafts delivered last year. It did though, provide a softer sales outlook for the coming year. Read more: Airbus warns on future investment over Brexit free movement The figures The aerospace giant announced full-year revenue of $94.6bn and fourth [...]
Mayor wants London employers to make childcare more accessible January 25, 2017 London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged employers to help parents "locked out of the workplace" due to rising childcare costs. He said more should follow the example of the Greater London Authority, which has just introduced a new childcare deposit loan across all organisations within it. All parents in the GLA group, spanning TfL, the [...]
