London’s firms look to tech for future growth June 18, 2014 Technology and creative industries, along with professional and financial services, coming out of Canary Wharf, the Royal Docks and Stratford will drive London’s growth over the next five years, according to the latest survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Nearly 70 per cent of London’s businesses believe that the technology and creative industries [...]
City Moves for 19 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 18, 2014 KPMGThe professional services firm has appointed Steve Labrum as financial services transfer pricing partner. He was previously global head of transfer pricing at Alvarez and Marsal, and has also held senior positions at EY, Deloitte and PwC. JP Morgan Private BankEdward Novis has been appointed as an executive director and senior investor for the private [...]
Wonk Wars round two: How much are wages really growing? June 18, 2014 The Bank of England may have inadvertently set off a dormant friction between the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other private forecasters, which began about six months ago, with this simple line in the latest minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) growth had slowed unexpectedly in March. There [...]
City Moves for 17 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 16, 2014 Baker Tilly David Gwilliam has been appointed UK chief operating officer by the professional services firm. Gwilliam has been a partner with Baker Tilly for 17 years, and regional managing partner for the London region for the last four. His international services career spans over 20 years. JP Morgan Asset Management John Bilton has been [...]
Gerald Walker’s bikini makes a splash at Women in Banking and Finance Awards June 16, 2014 The bad luck associated with Friday 13th steered clear of The Dorchester for the recent Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) annual awards – with winners Marion Leslie, a managing director of Thomson Reuters, Helen Cooper, senior manager at KPMG and Citi’s microfinance director Safiye Ozuygun all receiving accolades. Less lucky perhaps was ING’s UK [...]
FinnCap chief exec Sam Smith nabs a First Women gong June 12, 2014 “It’s a refreshing change to look out at a room full of women,” Katja Hall, deputy director- general of the CBI, told the crowd at the Lloyds-sponsored First Women Awards last night. “Most of the events I go to are full of white, middle-aged, slightly balding men.” Her boss at the CBI, John Cridland, took [...]
Tax advisor turns hero in dramatic Thames rescue June 12, 2014 He spends most of his days helping people out with their tax arrangements but on Monday, KPMG tax advisor Paul Sopher helped someone with a little bit more than that – by saving them from the Thames. Sopher was winding down after work, having a drink with his girlfriend at a river boat bar [...]
Supermarket price wars trigger slowdown in retail sales in May June 9, 2014 PRICE cuts by Britain’s big four supermarkets hit retail sales in May despite clothing retailers reporting their strongest growth in more than two years. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG this morning show that like-for-like UK retail sales were up 0.5 per cent in May compared with the same month last year, [...]
City Moves for 09 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 9, 2014 Allen & Overy The law firm has hired Maria Darby-Walker as global head of communications. For the past nine years, Darby-Walker has acted as an independent communications consultant, and was most recently interim head of internal and external relations at the Financial Conduct Authority. KPMG The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Julie [...]
Plunge in staff availability as UK jobs surge June 5, 2014 THE RAPID recovery in the UK’s labour market still shows no signs of slowing down, according to a new report, with the availability of permanent employees dropping at the fastest rate in 17 years. The latest research on jobs conducted by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG indicates the fastest drop in availability [...]