The UK is superbly placed for the scaleup challenge September 23, 2015 UK entrepreneurs have never had it so good. We have a favourable tax regime, stable political system and a culture of innovation. And we’ve come a long way in 30 years, with a litany of success stories inspiring this enterprising generation of young entrepreneurs. There will always be risks on the horizon – as the [...]
As the skills gap continues to widen, we must look to the older generation – and gender disparity – to close it September 23, 2015 According to the Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate is 5.5 per cent and for the period June to August 2015 there were 740,000 job vacancies. The amount of job vacancies out there is almost at the highest on record. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see from these figures that [...]
Tooting property prices: A fun, if a little pricey, area to buy a house on the Northern Line September 23, 2015 Not only does Tooting bear one of the most charming names out of all of London’s precincts, the Zone Three area has pretty good connections to the central London thanks to the Northern Line. A largely residential area, the rows of terraced housing have recently proven popular with the hordes of young professionals that [...]
City old-boys rock band split had nothing do to with PwC says bassist September 23, 2015 Former City rock star and PwC advisor Andrew Sentance has denied claims that the accountancy giant came between him and his work with group Rock In The City. Sentance split from Rock In The City, a group of senior financiers singing all about the daily lives of the Square Mile’s economists, earlier this month. The [...]
Skills shortages are a perfect storm for London construction September 22, 2015 No matter where you are commuting from this morning and where your final destination is, it will be impossible not to notice the construction boom taking place in the capital. All around us, new housing is taking shape to accommodate the largest population that London has ever known. Whether colossal structures piercing the low-lying [...]
As the skills gap continues to widen who’s going to help narrow it? September 22, 2015 According to the Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate is 5.5 per cent and for the period June to August 2015 there were 740,000 job vacancies. The amount of job vacancies out there is almost at the highest on record. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see from these figures [...]
Eileen Burbidge succeds Joanna Shields as Tech City UK chair September 22, 2015 The queen of UK tech Eileen Burbidge is adding another feather to her cap as the new chair of Tech City UK. Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and recently appointed FinTech envoy to the UK government, will chair the group and a newly formed entrepreneurs advisory panel, succeeding former Facebook boss Baroness Shields who [...]
Arsenal financial results 2015: Ivan Gazidis says club “will remain true to principles” as profit rises by £20m and cash reserves hit £193m September 21, 2015 Arsenal's form on the pitch may be out of sorts, but the club's financial might is as strong as ever according to last season's financial results. The figures Pre-tax-profit rose by £20m to £24.7m as Arsenal won a second successive FA Cup trophy and once again qualified for the Champions League. The team's performance was [...]
Diego Costa: Chelsea striker faces three-match ban after FA charge September 21, 2015 Controversial Chelsea striker Diego Costa is facing a second three-match ban for violent conduct this year after he was charged retrospectively by the Football Association (FA) today. The FA acted after referee Mike Dean acknowledged that he and his assistants had not spotted Costa putting his hands in Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny’s face during Saturday’s Premier [...]
China may have stumbled – but the UK still has much to gain from closer links September 20, 2015 Next month, there is an immensely important event on the diplomatic calendar. The Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay us a state visit and, as a result, the eyes of over 1bn people will be on us. I for one relish the prospect – it’s an opportunity for the City to pull out all [...]