Queen’s Speech: Planning reforms are badly needed but must also deliver for London’s hopeful homeowners May 11, 2021 The Queen’s Speech will include the biggest overhaul of England’s planning system in seventy years. The country will be split into “growth” and “protection” zones – with a potential third “regeneration” designation. Growth areas will have limited restrictions on development while building in protection areas will be restricted. The zones are to be designated by [...]
SoftBank subsidiary takes $2.33bn stake in The Hut Group May 10, 2021 SB Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group, has partnered with The Hut Group, in a deal that will see it take a stake worth a total $2.33bn in the online retailer. The deal will see SBM will take a 19.9 per cent stake in THG’s Ingenuity business, a subsidiary business and tech [...]
Junior bankers at UBS in line for $40,000 bonus May 10, 2021 UBS will pay young bankers a $40,000 bonus when they are promoted as it looks to reward its junior employees after a gruelling year of dealmaking. The Swiss bank is set to pay the one-time bonus to global banking analysts promoted to associates on top of any regular salary increases, Bloomberg reported. It is reportedly [...]
Scotland election: Boris Johnson must face down the threat of independence with the spirit of Northern Conservatives May 10, 2021 Two things were confirmed by last week’s election result in Scotland: the country is split down the middle on the question of independence and Scots want to keep the prospect of a second independence referendum on the horizon, but no closer than that. More than two and half million voters took part in the election, [...]
BrewDog: Best in show May 10, 2021 BrewDog is reinventing what it means to be a modern British business. CFO Niall McCallum CA tells Laurence Eastham why purpose drives the Ellon-based beer maker’s success. This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. BrewDog is a great Scottish success story. The brewery and bar chain, founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin [...]
Sadiq Khan wins 2021 London mayor election over Shaun Bailey May 8, 2021 Sadiq Khan has swept to victory in the 2021 mayor of London election, comfortably beating out Tory challenger Shaun Bailey. After two rounds of voting, Khan won with 1,206,034 total votes to Bailey’s 977,601 votes. The incumbent mayor won the election in a closer race than most pundits expected, with Bailey getting the most votes [...]
Rosé-all-day : Why it’s time to get serious about this fun wine May 7, 2021 Spring is in the air, terraces have opened up and despite what the rain gods may think, rosé season is upon us! But what is a rosé? And why are red and white wines defined by grape or region like Cabernet Sauvignons or Chablis, yet we lump all rosés together under that one umbrella term? [...]
The Queen’s Award May 7, 2021 The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the blue ribbon of UK business awards. Presented for outstanding achievement in the categories of, innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility. Here, we take a look at some of this year’s winning organisations.
Concilium search Queen’s Award 2021 for international trade May 7, 2021 Given the global events of the last year, being recognised with a prestigious enterprise award for international trade is nothing short of remarkable – especially so if the recipient was only established six years ago. Yet Concilium Search have done just that. Winning a 2021 Queen’s Award is testament not only to unwavering ambition, but [...]
Mel Young, Homeless World Cup, gets creative about social mobility May 7, 2021 Mel Young, founder of the Homeless World Cup and social entrepreneur discusses the negative impact on creativity a lack of social mobility has.