IPPR: Investing in the North of England could lead to Victorian-style growth – but without it, it will be “condemned to mediocrity” September 3, 2015 The economy of the North of England could grow at a scale "not seen since the Victorian era of municipal development", a new report has suggested – but without the investment it needs, the region will be "condemned to mediocrity". The report, by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) North, showed the "massive potential" [...]
City Moves for 01 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 31, 2015 KPMG Stan Chaudhry has been appointed director in the professional services firm’s UK investment management team. He joins from Brook Bay Capital, where he was chief operating officer. Chaudhry has also held senior operational and finance roles at Thames River Capital. Penna Consulting The human resources consulting firm has appointed Penny de Valk as an [...]
Butchery firm moves its prime cuts up in executive promotions August 27, 2015 CRAWSHAW Group yesterday announced Alan Richardson will be appointed chief financial officer, taking the reins from Lynda Sherratt on the 1st October 2015. Richardson joins Crawshaws from the 7 September following five years at Morrisons where he worked in a range of senior finance roles. After qualifying as an accountant with KPMG in 2001, he [...]
Does loyalty still count in the City? August 21, 2015 Most professionals reach a point in their career when they need to make a decision: are they better off staying with their current employer, or should they find out whether the grass is greener on the other side? Employees of the Big Four accountancy firms are often highly prized and invariably have many [...]
UK house prices: The number of new houses being built has actually fallen August 20, 2015 Given we're in the midst of a housing crisis, and the government has made all manner of promises to increase the number of homes being built, this is hardly encouraging: new figures have shown the number of new housing starts actually fell to 33,280 in the second quarter, six per cent lower than the same [...]
City Moves for 19 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 18, 2015 KPMG Rob Clayton has been appointed partner in the professional services firm’s UK insurance tax team. He was most recently group tax director at Friends Life. Clayton has been leading tax teams in the insurance sector since 2006, and worked at KPMG between 1998 and 2001. Ropes & Gray The law firm has announced two [...]
UK tech sector growth falls to two-year low, dragged by election jitters and Eurozone woes August 18, 2015 The UK’s tech sector growth fell to a two-year low, with activity slowing in the second quarter dragged by election jitters and Eurozone woes. Tech has been booming lately, and the latest figures mark three years of sustained business activity growth in the sector. But expansion is at its weakest pace since early 2013, according [...]
Ignoring A-Level results is not the best way to build a truly diverse workforce August 12, 2015 Today's A-Level results are a welcome release of tension for students, as many begin to contemplate university and their career paths. But are first-rate grades and university degrees still top of the wish list for businesses? A recent poll by KPMG revealed that 80 per cent of UK adults believe that success is driven by [...]
Grocers’ price wars weigh on July retail sales August 11, 2015 RETAIL sales slowed in July from the previous month’s two-year high as the fierce supermarket price wars continued to weigh on the sector. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG this morning show that like-for-like UK retail sales were up 1.2 per cent in July compared with the same month last year, when [...]
KPMG: Barcelona can reach €1bn turnover by 2021 August 7, 2015 Ahead of his successful re-election last month, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed his ambitious plans to make the European champions the first football club to generate €1bn in turnover by the 2021 season. Read more: Barcelona forecast €600m income from treble-winning season Yet according to KPMG's football advisory arm, such a statement wasn't just an [...]