Employers turn to graduates as skills shortages bite August 10, 2015 Businesses are turning more towards graduates and apprentices to fill their skills gaps, new survey figures reveal this morning. Apprentices are currently seen as the best way to fill skills gaps by 33 per cent of employers, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). It marks a climb on spring 2014’s 22 [...]
British Gas: Just 4pc applying to engineering roles are women August 9, 2015 British Gas has revealed that just four per cent of applicants to its technical and engineering apprenticeships are women. Since conducting an analysis of its intake, the company has launched a recruitment drive targeting young women, hosting open days and launching a new mentoring programme. Claire Miles, managing director for HomeCare at British Gas, said: [...]
UK oldest bank C Hoare & Co comes into digital age with fresh app August 9, 2015 C Hoare & Co, the UK’s oldest private bank, is moving into the digital age with the launch of a mobile app. The bank, which has offered services to figures such as Lord Byron and Jane Austen, will launch the app more than 340 years after its historic foundation in 1672. The creation of a [...]
City Moves for 10 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 9, 2015 Deloitte The business advisory firm has appointed Alan Teixeira as global director of international financial reporting standards research. He joins Deloitte after spending 10 years at the International Accounting Standards Board, most recently as its senior technical director overseeing its research and development programme. Teixeira has also worked as general manager of standards and quality [...]
A-levels alone don’t cut the mustard with employers seeking practical skills August 9, 2015 On Thursday, thousands of students will open their A-level results envelopes and learn their fate. A few letters will determine whether they get a university place or an apprenticeship, or climb onto that first rung of the employment ladder. Schools in London have undergone a dramatic transformation in the last decade, with the growth of [...]
The secret to successful career change August 9, 2015 Don’t worry about making the wrong decision – your skills are your currency It’s the time of the year when, once again, employers are investing in a range of programmes to attract and recruit a diverse range of young people. UK university leavers have more job opportunities available to them than at any other [...]
Facebook knows how you laugh online: Analysing digital laughter shows that “haha” is much more common than “lol” August 7, 2015 Do you “haha” or “lol”? Or even forgo words altogether, replacing them with an emoji as your digital laughter? Drawing from its database of over 1bn users, Facebook published figures on how we “write laughter” on the social media platform. It seems “haha” is the most common e-laugh out there, with over half of the [...]
Film review: Fantastic Four? More like a fantastic bore August 7, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★☆☆☆ Even in this superhero-obsessed age, the latest incarnation of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four represents something of a risk, given the franchises turbulent recent history. There’s the 1994 version, made to retain the movie rights and infamously shelved without ever reaching cinemas. Then there are the dreadful noughties films starring Jessica [...]
Premier League betting tips: New boys Bournemouth to show Aston Villa Howe it is done August 7, 2015 It's never going to be an easy ride for a team playing in their first ever Premier League season. Read more: Bournemouth set for £130m League windfall But when new boys Bournemouth host Aston Villa tomorrow, there is a good chance they'll get off to a flyer. In midfielder Fabian Delph, defender Ron [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Penny farthings, canoes and cycling elephants take to the streets as sarcastic commuters beat the Tube strikes August 7, 2015 Everyone's a comedian; at least judging by the transportation Londoners chose yesterday. But with horrendous queues clogging the City, was there method in the madness? Commuters in Battersea were delighted when Londoner Alan Price headed for work on a penny farthing early in the morning (there’s always one). Londoner beats the Tube strike with 19th [...]