11 Resume tips: The perfect CV May 10, 2022 Does your curriculum vitae (CV) pass the six-second test? When they look at applicants’ resumes, recruiters and hiring managers will spend six seconds on average looking at each. If your CV doesn’t set you apart in that brief moment, you are likely out of luck. So how can you craft a resume that aces that [...]
How to cancel ‘cancel culture’ and correct the politically correct May 8, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Dr Chris Kacher examines how a Web3 metaverse can help stabilise the world's unbalanced avenues.
Building an environment for success with a culture of innovation May 3, 2022 The old business saying goes: “look after your employees and they will look after you”. Informed Solutions is clearly a company that looks after its people. It is the bedrock of its business, and the reason for its success. It’s a fact that has actually been proved. Earlier this year the company was certified as [...]
On a mission to make cryptocurrency less scary than traditional banks May 1, 2022 David Dobrovitsky is on a mission to take the scare factor out of cryptocurrency with a sprinkling of Glitter.
Tech Weekly: Digital Minister Chris Philp on London’s global tech status April 29, 2022 In this week’s episode, Charlie Conchie talks to Digital Minister Chris Philp. They ask whether London is still worthy of its role as a tech hub, technology and its part in addressing the cost-of-living squeeze, and free speech and online security amidst the Online Safety Bill. Episode transcript (auto-generated) Host 0:08 Hello and welcome to [...]
Exclusive: Fintech faces a ‘dystopian future’ as software fighting software will cause fatal disruption April 28, 2022 Fintechs are facing a ‘dystopian future’ with software fighting software threatening major disruption later this year. In the software marketplace, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), where software is supplied online to businesses on a subscription basis, has become endemic. Now in 2022 financial criminals are taking this concept to a new level, with Fraud-as-a-Service. Fraud as a Service [...]
How technology is transforming and unlocking real-estate asset classes April 27, 2022 The line between technology and real estate is blurring, bringing new opportunities and asset classes, particularly in residential, office and biotech, says Samantha Kempe, co-founder and chief investment officer of IMMO Capital. The sheer size of the real estate sector – the global figure reached a record $326.5 trillion (about £251.1 trillion) in 2021, according [...]
Letters: Chatbots to the rescue? April 25, 2022 [Re: Chatbot matrixes are an outdated betrayal of our tech capabilities, April 22] Russ Shaw is right to point out that chatbots, once held up as the next big thing for communication, must be under-pinned by excellent technology and good quality data. Only a well-engineered chatbot will provide a delightful customer experience, but when it [...]
HMRC uses unprecedented amounts of data and ‘nudge’ letters in crackdown on foreign tax evaders April 23, 2022 The number of overseas investors confessing to tax evasion in the UK has more than quadrupled to 338 this year from 78 in the previous year, according to new data shared with City A.M. today. Many of these disclosures are from overseas investors in buy-to-let property who are coming clean about unpaid tax on their [...]
Exclusive: Sun European’s managing director on private equity deal-making in the City post-pandemic April 21, 2022 Time for City A.M. to catch up with investment veteran and City insider Mark Corbidge, managing director and a member of Sun European’s Investment Committee.