Job hunting on the cards post-Christmas as just over a quarter of finance professionals already looking for a new job December 22, 2015 Those fancying a change of scenery office-wise in 2016 better get polishing off their CV fast, as just over a quarter (27 per cent) of financial services professionals have already started looking. According to figures shown exclusively to City A.M. today by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, almost half (46 per cent) of those working in [...]
How do your gift buying habits match up? Londoners are the laziest (and most Scrooge-like) Christmas shoppers December 22, 2015 Londoners are the laziest Christmas shoppers in the country – and the people spending the least on presents compared with other cities in the UK. Nearly a third of people in the capital will do their Christmas shopping (or browsing) during work hours, while 21 per cent would pay for someone to do their shopping [...]
These are the professions where people are most likely to have to work on Christmas Day December 22, 2015 While most of us head home for Christmas and push work firmly to the back of our minds, that isn't the case for everyone – almost three per cent of Britons will be heading to work as usual. Figures from Trades Union Congress (TUC) reveal that across the nation, 900,000 people will work on Christmas Day [...]
Can money buy happiness? Material possessions make you happy in a different way to experiences, scientists say December 22, 2015 It's the thought that counts when it comes to buying Christmas gifts – and while the old adage might suggest money can't buy you happiness, a new study seems to have contradicted that, finding that splashing the cash on material possessions really can cheer you up. Buying a new coffee maker, portable speakers or even some reindeer leggings, brings [...]
FTSE 100 index opens up as oil prices hold steady December 22, 2015 The FTSE 100 index opened 0.75 per cent up this morning at 6,080 points, after a boost from oil prices, which recovered slightly. As oil prices rose, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group were all embedded at the top of the FTSE 100, while miners continued to make gains as commodities rebounded just in time for Christmas. BP [...]
Travel nightmare before Christmas as Waterloo & City Line goes down December 22, 2015 The Waterloo & City Line has reopened after being brought down just as rush hour was kicking off. The whole line was suspended at around 7:30am this morning. Transport for London cited "a signalling problem in the Waterloo area", but gave no estimate for when the line would be back up and running. https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/679201130941927424 Commuters coming [...]
VW: Will it go from Naughty to Nice in 2016? – CNBC Comment December 22, 2015 Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board has taken bold steps in the final weeks of 2015 to put the diesel cheating scandal to rest. But with three days to go before Christmas, I expect Santa has made his list, is checking it twice, and is sending a sleigh full of coal to the carmaker’s Wolfsburg headquarters. That’s because [...]
UK retailers scramble to rescue Christmas as distress levels rise amid fierce discounting December 22, 2015 High street retailers have suffered a disappointing Christmas so far this year amid fierce competition and the rise of online, Begbies Traynor has warned, with retailers now pinning their hopes on a last-minute sales spree this week. According to the insolvency specialist's latest Red Flag research, which monitors the health of UK companies, the number of retailers now suffering [...]
Don’t expect surprises before year end – eToro Tips & Picks December 21, 2015 The last trading days before Christmas have been a major anti-climax. The Fed rate rise had a minimal immediate effect on the markets: the volatility that many expected failed to occur. The wilder speculation about capital flight from emerging markets has so far been proved wrong. Indices in Indonesia and other emerging markets saw small [...]
Head to upstate New York to beat the crowds this ski season for a skiing hotspot bigger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined December 21, 2015 The Hamptons is the summer escape for sweltering New Yorkers, but when the winter snows lie thick in Central Park, it’s the pine-clad ski slopes of the Catskills and the Adirondacks that beckon these urbanites. Of course, for us, Europe has every kind of ski adventure imaginable; but as the Brits charge off en masse [...]