Schroders Global Cities 30 index: Seattle’s boom is about far more than Amazon May 5, 2017 The Schroders Global Cities Index ranks the fastest growing urban economies in the world, focusing on the potential for property investment. Read more on the Global Cities Blog. On this post, we examine Seattle’s success and its future prospects . Why Seattle? Sitting at no.25 in the Global Cities Index, we rate Seattle as a [...]
Global Cities 30 index: Seattle’s boom is about far more than Amazon May 5, 2017 The Schroders Global Cities Index ranks the fastest growing urban economies in the world, focusing on the potential for property investment. Read more on the Global Cities Blog. On this post, we examine Seattle's success and its future prospects . Why Seattle? Sitting at no.25 in the Global Cities Index, we rate Seattle as a [...]
Jerusalem is the world’s top emerging start-up hub. We use a new app to navigate its culinary scene May 2, 2017 Think of Jerusalem and one imagines ancient history, religion, and regional tensions. Not craft beer, tech incubators and model-slash-DJs. It is, I discovered, a city of surprises. In the millennia-old Church of the Holy Sepulchre half a dozen worshippers from a variety of faiths kneel and touch the slab on which, it is believed, Christ’s [...]
Taxi drivers to protest outside the Evening Standard’s offices over George Osborne’s appointment as editor May 2, 2017 London cabbies are planning to demonstrate outside the Evening Standard’s offices this morning, on George Osborne’s first day as the newspaper’s editor. Taxi drivers will protest from 10am over “fears that the paper could lose its independence and status as the ‘voice of London’ under his leadership”, the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) said today. [...]
UK house prices: Nearly six in 10 (58 per cent) expect the average property price to rise in the next 12 months April 21, 2017 Confidence in the UK housing market has risen following record declines, according to Halifax’s housing market confidence tracker. Nearly six in 10 (58 per cent) expect the average property price to rise in the next 12 months, compared to just one in 10 (14 per cent) who expect prices to fall. In May 2015, a [...]
Why cybersecurity needs more attention from business leaders April 10, 2017 As businesses have become more dependent on technology, their exposure to cybersecurity threats increases – driving a need for boards and senior management to understand the risks. Cybercrime has grown so much that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently began including it in official figures. In 2016, a report from the National Crime Agency [...]
What’s the biggest opportunity for UK fintech after Brexit? Here’s what those in the know say ahead of the Innovate Finance Global Summit April 10, 2017 Six experts give their opinion on what the biggest opportunity for UK fintech us after the vote to leave the EU. Mike Laven, CEO Currencycloud Continued international investment in UK businesses, such as ours, indicates faith that the UK continues to be the epicentre of fintech. Entrepreneurs are the masters of dealing with a changing [...]
Fintech: three truths and two myths April 7, 2017 Neal Cross is the chief innovation officer of DBS, Singapore’s largest bank. His role affords him a unique perspective on many issues in fintech. We had a fascinating conversation on the subject. Below are some of the thoughts he shared with me. Myth 1: Fintech start-ups are at war with banks. Neal Cross: I think [...]
Forget a €60bn Brexit bill: The EU should pay Britain to leave April 5, 2017 Why all the alarm that the Brexit waters are getting choppier? Advocates of leaving, like myself, never denied the EU would play tough in any negotiations; it is what one would expect for the opening gambits of any hard-nosed business deal. And that’s what it is, a deal. Likewise, supporters of remaining tied to the [...]
Lloyd’s of London moving EU business to Brussels after Article 50 triggered, according to reports March 29, 2017 As the UK waits for Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and kick off the Brexit process, Lloyd’s of London has reportedly come to a decision on where to move its EU business. The insurance giant will locate its new EU subsidiary in Brussels, according to a report by The Insurance Insider, which revealed the [...]