Foster + Partners building up its order book after a tough year March 31, 2014 ARCHITECTURE group Foster + Partners has said business is picking up after a tough year in which earnings fell by almost a fifth. Norman Foster’s practice is hiring staff worldwide as it anticipates “record levels of new work” in the coming year, with an order book now totalling £270m. Foster + Partners is currently working [...]
Office dilemma: The golden rules for sacking staff March 31, 2014 The experience is never pleasant, but there are ways to soften the blow IT TURNED out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me,” Steve Jobs once remarked. Unfortunately, not all employees will put Jobs’ positive spin on getting the sack. And the experience is little better [...]
Why the NHS now needs a radical strategy for survival March 31, 2014 THERE’S a new boss at the NHS. Today, Simon Stevens takes up the reins as chief executive of NHS England, the quango now responsible for the vast majority of the health service’s £100bn budget. Back in October, many welcomed his appointment to the top job in the NHS. After working for Tony Blair and Alan [...]
Motorola nabs more phone sales March 31, 2014 MOTOROLA, the smartphone firm that Lenovo is taking over, has seen its UK sales explode following the launch of the low-cost Moto G in November. Currently owned by Google, Motorola had a mere 0.9 per cent share of UK smartphone sales in September, but has now grown to six per cent, according to figures from [...]
Microsoft’s new boss moves beyond Windows with Office for iPad March 28, 2014 MICROSOFT’S new chief executive Satya Nadella revealed his first big strategic play for the software giant yesterday by releasing its Office suite of apps on Apple’s rival iPad mobile platform. “A billion people rely on Office every day, and we’ve worked diligently to create a version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that delivers the best [...]
Microsoft’s new CEO has revealed his first big strategic play: Office for mobile March 27, 2014 Microsoft is finally bringing its Office suite to Apple's App Store, with support for devices including the iPad and iPhone. It's a same day launch, and you can already find the Excel, Word, and PowerPoint apps online. The reveal from the tech giant's new CEO, Satya Nadella, is his first since he took the company's [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 27 March 2014 March 26, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Tories eye migration sleight of hand Theresa May is proposing to cut net migration by more than 19,000 ahead of the next general election in a statistical sleight of hand that would shorten visas for foreign employees by as little as one day in a bid to avoid designating them as migrants. The [...]
Women now make up one fifth of top UK boardrooms March 25, 2014 THE NUMBER of women in Britain’s biggest company boardrooms now stands at more than 20 per cent, with just 48 more women needed on FTSE 100 boards before the government’s 25 per cent target is met. Women now make up 20.7 per cent of all FTSE 100 boards, according to the latest Cranfield Female FTSE board report, leaving [...]
Alfresco v Aldesco March 25, 2014 With the sun out, it’s time to eat alfresco, says Alex Dymoke – but for those poor souls stuck to your desks, we have some special take away options as well… THE CITY (NORTH)The Water Poet9-11 Folgate Street, E1 6BX The Water Poet pub is located at the very northern tip of the Square Mile. [...]
Melissa York on London’s top ten set menu lunches March 25, 2014 Aqua Shard, SouthwarkTwo courses for £24 or three for £28 A trip up London’s highest landmark doesn’t come cheap but this set menu at lunch time keeps the cost neatly under £30 with three or four options per course. And, of course, you get the added bonus of a spectacular aerial view over London. Not [...]