David Cameron has revealed his first job since resigning as prime minister and an MP October 12, 2016 It's now been three and a half months since David Cameron resigned from his role as prime minister on the steps of Downing Street, hours after the pro-Brexit vote was announced. And after additionally resigning as an MP last month, the former PM has finally announced his first new role outside of parliament. Cameron will become chairman [...]
Fancy something sweet? Here are the seven best chocolatiers in London October 11, 2016 1. William Curley Sloane Square William Curley is one of the world’s most renowned chocolatiers, having won so many awards he has no space left on his awards shelf. Top among his many honours includes the Academy of Chocolate's Britain's Best Chocolatier Award, which he has bagged an unprecedented four times. His dessert-bar near Sloane [...]
How your business can produce the next Ada Lovelace October 11, 2016 Ever wondered why you struggle to hire women? This is a question often thrown in our direction at GeekGirl Meetup UK. It’s still not good enough that, according to Deloitte, women make up 18 per cent of the UK’s tech industry. There are numerous reasons why you may struggle to hire women in tech and why [...]
Asia minister announces “technopreneur” tie-up between Britain and Indonesia October 11, 2016 The Foreign Office has announced a new trade partnership with Indonesia to create a generation of “technopreneurs”, providing a signal of how post-Brexit Britain intends to look beyond the EU in developing economic ties. Britain's Asia Minister Alok Sharma MP, will unveil the plans during his trip this week to Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The project will fund training for young scientists [...]
Phenomenal breakthrough win could open the floodgates for Tyrrell Hatton October 10, 2016 There is winning your first European Tour title, and there is winning your first European Tour title at St Andrews having equalled the course record and finished with a score of 23 under par, as young Englishman Tyrrell Hatton did at the weekend. It really does matter how you win that first one. Some people [...]
Closing the confidence gap for women in the City October 10, 2016 "Be more confident, speak up” was the advice a female friend received during her performance review. Later she was told she’d been “too aggressive” when challenging a point during a meeting. Perhaps she overdid it. Either way, it makes you question whether contradictory advice and male stereotypes of success could be causing confidence erosion, particularly [...]
Don’t tell the black cabs: Brits can’t get enough of Uber as UK profits and revenues double in 2015 October 10, 2016 Uber drivers in the UK raked in more than £100m in fares last year, doubling revenues and profits at the disruptive transport app. The taxi service's holding company in Britain, Uber London, recorded a 105 per cent uplift in turnover to £23.3m in 2015, according to records filed on Companies House. This was up from [...]
Out of home advertising: Kinetic’s Stuart Taylor talks with City A.M. October 10, 2016 WHILE travelling to Kinetic’s office in Bloomsbury, it hit home just how prevalent out of home advertising is. There are 30 screens as you stroll down the escalator towards the underground at Bank, each beaming a different message. Sat on the train, averting eye contact, your eyes are drawn to the adverts next to the [...]
Govcoin’s co-founder Robert Kay explains why his firm is using blockchain to change the lives of benefit claimants October 10, 2016 "When you get into this technology, you can let your imagination run wild with it. But as an entrepreneur, you have to focus. You can use a new technology to help those that can pay the most for it, or those who will benefit the most from it. It is our view that distributed ledger [...]
Oil price crash and Brexit woes fuel number of firms de-listing from AIM October 10, 2016 The number of firms de-listing from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has jumped by a fifth in the last year as financial stress took hold. Accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young found that 107 companies de-listed in the last year, up from 89 on the 12 months before. While insolvency and financial stress proved the most frequent [...]