Enterprise nation’s Emma Jones runs through the support available to SMEs May 14, 2014 SMALL businesses have competitive advantage in developing new products and embracing technology at speed. A number of support programmes – delivered by government and large corporates – offer space, connections, funds and advice on how to integrate technologies into the business, or to get your own innovations to market. Growth Vouchers – access up to [...]
Retailers cheer as Easter buyers flock to shops May 12, 2014 SHOPPERS flooded back to high streets and shopping centres this April, with sales surging during the late start to Easter, according to a major trade group. This mornings’s figures on retail sales from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG show a 5.7 per cent jump in spending last month, when compared to the same [...]
City Moves for 12 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 11, 2014 Shepherd and Wedderburn Financial The financial advisory firm has announced the appointment of Sarah Tory as a financial adviser. She joins from Origen Private Client Solutions, where she was a consultant. KPMG The professional services firm has made two appointments. Richard Gostling joins its executive management team as head of sectors. He was most recently [...]
Demand for UK workers sends wages higher May 8, 2014 THE RAPID drop in UK unemployment is exacerbating the UK’s skills shortage, according to a report released today, with staff availability to fill vacancies plummeting at the fastest rate in more than a decade. The latest report on jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG shows that availability for new permanent positions [...]
City Moves for 08 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 7, 2014 PwC The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Will Brown as a director in its enterprise resilience practice. He was most recently at KPMG, where he ran its business continuity team. Simmons & Simmons The law firm has appointed Mahrie Webb to its funds practice. She has over 12 years’ experience advising fund management [...]
City Moves for 07 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 6, 2014 Aviva InvestorsThe asset management business has appointed Katherine Wade to its equity investment team. She has more than 20 years’ experience and joins from Citigroup, where she was an equity sales generalist. Prior to that, Wade held sales and research roles at NatWest Securities and Bankers Trust. Deutsche BankThe bank has announced the appointment of [...]
Clients not class mean success in accountancy May 6, 2014 PARTNERS in the UK’s top accountancy firms are most likely to be state-educated and from working or lower middle class families who did not go to the best universities, according to new research. In contrast to large law firms where partners tend to come from privileged backgrounds, partners from the big four accountancy firms – [...]
BBC parts ways with KPMG… and Paxman April 30, 2014 THE BBC has picked Ernst & Young as its new auditor, ending an 18-year relationship with KPMG. The corporation, which also announced yesterday that Jeremy Paxman was leaving its flagship Newsnight programme, chose EY following a competitive tender.
Damning report into Co-op Bank practices released April 30, 2014 Since the Co-op Bank revealed a significant capital shortfall last June, it's been up to Sir Christopher Kelly to look into failures at the organisation. He began his work last August, and has come back to say that the Bank has suffered from "a flawed culture" and "fundamental weaknesses in the governance and management [...]
Deloitte opens digital office in the capital’s technology district April 28, 2014 DELOITTE has followed KPMG, Tesco and William Hill by moving its digital operations team into the heart of London’s Tech City with a new office in Clerkenwell. The business services firm said it will move 170 staff from its 400-strong UK digital division into the new office on Clerkenwell Green. “If you look at how [...]