Progress Together Hub June 21, 2024 Shaping Our Future Progress Together is a not-for-profit membership organisation working to improve socio-economic diversity at senior levels in UK financial services. People from working-class families are not being given opportunities for promotion within financial services. Progress Together’s 2023 report, ‘Shaping our Economy’, revealed that socio-economic background has a severe impact on career progression in [...]
Disney helps propel Excel London to year of record-breaking success June 19, 2024 Excel London, the UK's largest exhibition centre, has had a record-breaking year as a surge in visitors boosts its revenue to its highest level ever.
London Excel heads back to court over dispute with insurance giants June 17, 2024 London International Exhibition Centre (Excel) is back in court tomorrow as Allianz and other insurance giants look to overturn a High Court ruling in favour of the venue.
Aviva’s growth continues thanks to higher prices and workplace pension flows May 23, 2024 Aviva has continued to see strong growth and high demand for its key products.
Hourglass in City highlights ‘painfully’ slow progress closing gender investment gap May 14, 2024 Female Invest has launched a new campaign to start the conversation about equality in the square mile.
AI washing: How companies are using AI hype to bump up their share prices May 14, 2024 Overplaying claims about artificial intelligence in the hope of creating a 'halo effect' around their company and boosting their stock price is a new fad, spanning across a variety of sectors.
LTAFs: What are they? May 9, 2024 Long-term asset funds, or LTAFs, are sweeping the asset management world, despite very few people knowing what they are.
Direct Line hikes prices as it tries to reassure investors it’s on track May 8, 2024 Insurer Direct Line has grown its written premium across its three main divisions as the firm looks to bolster investor confidence in its new turnaround strategy.
Champions Cup: Leinster vs Toulouse is the final we deserve, and want May 6, 2024 So there we have it; seven weekends of Investec Champions Cup action has delivered the final many wanted, and expected. When the final concludes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 25 May, it’ll either see French giants Toulouse extend their record of European trophies from five to six, or see Irish stalwarts Leinster move level [...]
Lloyd’s of London leans on its unique qualities to ignite growth April 29, 2024 Since the first agreements between merchants and shipowners were inked in Edward Lloyd’s coffee house in 1698, the market has relied on paper-heavy face-to-face trading.