City offices put off jobseekers July 6, 2015 Businesses may be losing out on picky employees as a new survey reveals that almost half of Londoners hate the office they work in. The survey, conducted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), reveals that 48 per cent of London workers have issues with their desk space, while major office bug-bears include faulty [...]
Two more bad arguments for why Britain needs a mandatory living wage July 6, 2015 With £12bn of working age welfare cuts expected in this Budget, Conservative voices are clamouring for the “living wage” to be used as a means of reducing in-work poverty. In the past week, two celebrity former advisers to the Prime Minister, Steve Hilton and Rohan Silva, have argued the government should boost the national minimum [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling named most valuable young player in Europe July 6, 2015 Raheem Sterling's stock continues to soar as the Liverpool flyer is named European football's "most valuable young player" in a new study. Read more: Raheem Sterling is the world's sixth most valuable player The want-away winger is valued at £35m – £5m less than Manchester City's failed bid for the Liverpool youngster. Sterling finishes ahead of Paris [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: Sadiq Khan – “Our spirit of togetherness saw to it that the terrorists failed” July 6, 2015 I can remember all too vividly where I was on the 7th July 2005, when word started filtering through that there had been several explosions on London’s public transport network. I was with my staff in our House of Common's office and all of us were in high spirits as we were still digesting [...]
Facegloria: Brazilian Evangelicals launch “sin-free” version of Facebook July 6, 2015 If you are tired of bikini pictures and swearing filling up your Facebook news feed there’s a new option out there. Brazilian Evangelicals have launched what they are calling a "sin-free" version of the social network, called Facegloria. Here, you click “amen”, not “like”, and gospel music plays as you chat. The new site bans [...]
Greeks fear for the future of their divided country after referendum “no” vote July 5, 2015 Tens of thousands of Greeks took to streets of Athens to celebrate last night. The resounding “no” vote given against the latest deal offered by creditors gives Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a chance to take his hard-line approach back to the table with a democratic mandate. Yet his aggressive stance has not met with [...]
David Shaw to chair Mayfair’s Pollen Estate July 5, 2015 MAYFAIR landlord The Pollen Estate has appointed the head of The Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio, David Shaw, as chairman. The Pollen Estate owns 43 properties on some of London’s most sought-after shopping streets including Savile Row and Bond Street, with tenants including jeweller Chopard. It has some 120 beneficiaries, including The Crown Estate, which [...]
Aim-listed companies leaving junior index hits three year high July 5, 2015 The junior stock market has had a net loss of 29 companies in the first two quarters of 2015 – its biggest for three years. The Alternative Investment Market (Aim) shrank by 27 companies in 2012 but even more left the index this year. Last year the market grew by four companies. Accountancy firm UHY [...]
What entrepreneurs can learn from sport – Investec Comment July 5, 2015 It's as true in sport as it is in business: everything you do has a risk attached. I’m a rower and have been training for the past two years to compete at the Paralympic Games in Rio next year, but there was nothing inevitable about me getting to this stage in my career. Before [...]
Shunning tech could damage your business July 5, 2015 A FAILURE to embrace technology is stunting the growth of SMEs and contributing to their failure, according to Chris Rothwell, partner development group manager for Microsoft, speaking at Santander’s Breakthrough Box last week. “Even if your business doesn’t use tech, your customers do. The vast majority of reviews are posted online and those sites are [...]