Fawcett Society warns of slipping backwards on gender pay gap progress November 10, 2017 Young women are facing an even bigger pay gap than their predecessors, a leading campaign group has warned. Campaign groups are today marking “Equal Pay Day”, which they say is the day women begin to work for free until the end of the year due to the pay gap between men and women. The date [...]
Tech skills timebomb? Half of schools in England don’t offer GCSE computer science as Royal Society warns of generation left behind November 10, 2017 A generation of young people risk being locked out of the technology jobs boom of the future as it was revealed more than half of schools across England don’t offer GCSE computer science. High flying tech entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg took an interest in computer science at an early age, but [...]
Young Lions? Gareth Southgate’s England are younger than nearly every other major nation at the World Cup November 9, 2017 The inclusion of uncapped youngsters Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tammy Abraham and Joe Gomez in Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad is just the latest indication of the manager’s willingness to play raw talent in the national team. In a year in which England’s various youth-level sides have conquered the world, the senior outfit has also said goodbye [...]
Chris Tremlett: England’s bowling attack runs risk of being exposed by injury November 8, 2017 New-ball duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad have masses of international experience between them, and if one or both of those were to incur an injury then England are looking pretty light in the seam department. Warwickshire’s Chris Woakes has played 18 Tests but after that, in the continued absence of vice-captain Ben Stokes, England [...]
Autumn Budget 2017: Liberal Democrats leader Vince Cable reveals great youth giveaway funded by a wealth tax | City A.M. November 8, 2017 The Liberal Democrats are looking into a wealth tax that it would use to fund a grant for all young people to help pay for further education or adult learning. Leader Vince Cable today revealed the party was backing the idea of “a generous and ambitious learning account of, say, £18,000”, available to every young [...]
Impressionists in London at Tate Britain doesn’t have enough impressionists in it November 7, 2017 The year is 1871 and French artists are pouring out of Paris like so much spilled milk, the pail they once called home having been kicked over by the recalcitrant mule that, in this metaphor, is the Franco-Prussian War. Among the thousands who sought refuge in Britain were conscription-dodging Claude Monet and his associated network [...]
Christmas adverts 2017 round-up: Watch offerings from M&S, Aldi, Sky, TalkTalk – and even a teaser from John Lewis November 7, 2017 This year’s Christmas ad season is already shaping up to be a vintage one, with the return of an animated carrot, an over-enthusiastic elf and a shifty pair of eyes. Worried about missing out? Here’s what we’ve seen so far: 1. M&S: Paddington saves Christmas. Kind of. Paddington Bear helps out a would-be robber, thus [...]
The trials and tribulations of tapping new tech November 7, 2017 "Neither Redbox nor Netflix are even on the radar screen in terms of competition.” Those are the words of Jim Keyes, the former chief executive of video rental giant Blockbuster back in 2008. Just five years after Keyes made that statement, Blockbuster went bust, swallowed whole by the mighty online streaming service that is Netflix. [...]
The rise of young Asia: how millennials are transforming a region November 6, 2017 There seems to be a growing view that Asia has a problem with ageing. It is certainly true that maturing populations will soon be putting pressure on workforces in countries like China, Korea and Taiwan. But, this misses the point: there is a huge shift of economic power to a growing and increasingly wealthy Asian [...]
Time for crowdfunding platforms to get serious about transparency November 6, 2017 The patient capital review consultation may have closed in September, but debate around it has not. As November’s Budget fast approaches and Brexit uncertainty worries business, the political emphasis for encouraging Britain’s budding entrepreneurs and high-growth firms becomes more astute. To date, a good deal of the debate has focused on tax. The investment sector [...]