City Moves for 5 May 2016 | Who’s switching jobs May 5, 2016 ISS Global provider of facility services for public agencies and private sector companies ISS has named Richard Sykes to the ISS executive group management as regional chief executive western Europe. Effective no later than 1 October, Richard will continue to be based out of the UK in his new role. Currently CEO ISS UK & [...]
How to nail team bonding when you work in a virtual office May 5, 2016 Businesses no longer live in one space. Even small firms regularly have employees in offices (or home offices) spread around the world. From startups to large corporations, the growing levels of work flexibility, improving technology and new concepts such as the talent cloud mean that people management is no longer confined to the office space. [...]
Star Wars Day shows us the droids we’re looking for May 4, 2016 Over the years I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I firmly believe science fiction is one of the most powerful influences on how people think about the future potential of technology. We’ve seen wonderful examples where the creative license of a few enlightened people have led to the creation of incredible technologies that [...]
Work in tech, bored of London? Forget Silicon Valley, try Australia May 4, 2016 Tech entrepreneur Oli Madgett and his wife Tara recently decided to swap London for South Australia. The weather, beaches, and wine played their part but the city’s growing reputation as a tech hub was crucial. As London’s ‘Here East’ starts to establish itself here’s how our Aussie cousins are doing it. Go big or go [...]
Leave.EU says eurosceptic celebrity rally Bpoplive will still go ahead, despite celebrities pulling out of the event in March May 4, 2016 Last month, eurosceptics were left dismayed when high-profile celebrities started pulling out of a politically-charged concert set up by Leave.EU after they found out who would be paying them. But worry no more, Leave.EU tells The Capitalist that the show must go on. "Have you seen the cancellation fee for the venue?" Brian Monteith, one of the people [...]
Lack of long-term investment in early stage companies is damaging the economy May 4, 2016 Lack of long-term investment in early stage and innovative companies is damaging the economy, leading fund managers have said. “Our society has increasingly lost its way. Fund management should be doing rightful investment for the world and I think it’s a really serious problem [that they’re not],” says James Anderson, manager of the highly regarded Scottish [...]
No puppy love here: Mumsnet’s younger sister site Gransnet is pairing up with romantic novel peddler Mills & Boon May 4, 2016 If there's one thing we took away from last week's Mumsnet mayoral hustings, it's that users of the site are big fans of romance novels. Knowing its target audience only too well Mumsnet's sister site for tech-savvy matriarchs, Gransnet, is announcing a partnership with romantic novel peddler Mills & Boon. Gransnet says that the partnership "will see the [...]
There’s little logic to 2016’s shareholder revolts against big executive pay-outs May 4, 2016 Reporting of the crisis at BHS has focused as much on the ethics of Sir Philip Green’s behaviour as it has on the plight of the company itself. Sir John Collins, who put Green’s name forward for a knighthood, has said he should be stripped of it if his handling of the beleaguered company is [...]
IBM warns of looming skills gap due to big data and analytics May 3, 2016 IBM has warned of a looming skills gap in the future because not enough people are being trained to meet an inevitable rise in companies' demand for big data and analytics. Speaking at the World Manufacturing Forum, Sanjay Brahmawar, global head and managing partner, strategic business development at IBM’s Watson Internet of Things business, said: "One of [...]
SoundCloud founder: Music streaming isn’t “winners take all” market as it launches Go subscription and ad supported free services to take on Apple Music and Spotify May 3, 2016 SoundCloud has said it believes there is plenty of room in the competitive world of music streaming for different platforms as the company launches its paid for subscription service, SoundCloud Go, in the UK and Ireland just weeks after its US debut. Co-founder and technology chief Eric Wahlforss shook off suggestions that it faced stiff [...]