Arsenal target Jamie Vardy set to delay decision on future until after Euro 2016 June 7, 2016 Striker Jamie Vardy looks set to adhere to the wishes of England manager Roy Hodgson and postpone any decision over his domestic future until after the European Championship. Arsenal triggered a £20m release clause in Vardy’s contract on Friday while the 29-year-old was expected to decide whether to join the Gunners or stay with Premier [...]
Price conscious, sceptical and socially responsible: Wealth managers face millennial challenge June 7, 2016 Wealth managers should target the growing number of millennial investors, a new report has advised. Millennials, defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, currently account for 10 per cent of global private wealth, according to the Boston Consulting Group. This proportion is forecast to increase to 16 per cent by 2020. Read more: The City’s philanthropic heritage [...]
Michael Atherton doppelganger Matthew Fitzpatrick looks the real deal June 6, 2016 Young Matthew Fitzpatrick looks the real deal. It was a fantastic win for him at the Nordea Masters in Stockholm on Sunday and his victory is a huge step towards achieving a major goal of his and that’s a place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team. His three-shot success over Denmark’s Lasse Jensen scooped him the [...]
Terry Butcher interview: Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli can be one of England’s very best June 6, 2016 Former Three Lions skipper Terry Butcher has tipped Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli to illuminate Euro 2016 and take the next step towards assuming the status of one of England’s best ever players. Alli is a strong candidate to start England’s opening Group B clash against Russia in Marseille on Saturday after a memorable Premier League [...]
The curious case of Swiss referendums: Tunnels and trains win the day but tax changes shot down at the polls June 6, 2016 Swiss voters rejected the much-hyped basic income proposal put to them in yesterday's referendum. More than three-quarters of voters sided with the government and campaigners who warned the proposal to give every man and woman 2,500 Swiss francs (£1,773) a month was just too expensive. The proposal was put forward by a Swiss businessman through Switzerland's form [...]
More people want to work at Goldman Sachs than live in these six countries June 6, 2016 If you thought the market for jobs at top institutions was tough, take a moment to consider the prospects of any young student with hopes and dreams of working at Goldman Sachs. New figures reveal that an astonishing quarter of a million students have applied to the top investment bank for a position. And that's just this year [...]
Picking up the Slack: CMO Bill Macaitis on why word-of-mouth is central to the unicorn’s success June 6, 2016 "We're selling organisational transformation," says Bill Macaitis, chief marketing officer of Slack – Silicon Valley darling and contender for the fastest growing B2B software-as-a-service company in history. Slack is more than a workplace messenger. It is a communication and collaboration tool which facilitates meetings, provides access to shared documents, and breaks down silos between apps by integrating Twitter, [...]
The City’s philanthropic heritage is a powerful draw for values-led millennials June 6, 2016 The City of London has a proud tradition of philanthropy dating back to the Middle Ages, and philanthropy is the reason that our Square Mile – the world’s pre-eminent global financial centre – exists as we know it. From schools to sanitation, and from hospitals to housing for vulnerable people, many of my forebears as [...]
The post-crash entrepreneurial revolution has changed Britain: I want MPs to spur it on further June 6, 2016 Today we are launching the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Entrepreneurship in the House of Commons. This cross-party group of MPs will act as a bridge between entrepreneurs and policy-makers, “making sure the voice of entrepreneurs is heard loud and clear in Parliament,” as business secretary Sajid Javid MP will say at the launch event [...]
Stressed out Brits want robots and virtual assistants to pick up the slack June 6, 2016 Overloaded Brits are increasingly willing to let technology pick up the slack of modern life, with more than half of us happy to hand over control to robots and virtual assistants. Making appointments and getting a smart coffee machine to order refills are just some of the tasks which people said they were willing to give up to technology, according to a global survey [...]