UK pensions: One in five Brits expect to retire after their 70th birthday, and it’s stressing people out March 29, 2016 We hope you enjoyed your bank holiday weekend but don't get too used to the downtime – a study out today by Willis Towers Watson has found that one in five (21 per cent) Brits don't expect to retire until after their 70th birthday. Not to be too big a bearer of bad news but the study [...]
Al Jazeera network to cut 500 jobs March 27, 2016 Qatari-owned Al Jazeera has announced that it will be cutting 500 jobs. While the cuts will affect posts across the world, most of the losses will be concentrated in Qatar. Mostefa Souag, acting director general, said that he was confident the decision is "the right step". "While our decision is consistent with those being made across [...]
City Moves for 24 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 24, 2016 Close Brothers Asset Management Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has appointed family lawyer Josephine Fay to its business development Team to strengthen its proposition for lawyers and their clients in the UK. She joins from Farrer & Co LLP. Josephine will be reporting into recently appointed Shirley Coe, director of the business development team, and [...]
Brussels attacks: London landmarks light up with the colours of the Belgian flag to commemorate Brussels victims March 23, 2016 Landmarks throughout London – including the London Eye – are being lit up with the colours of the Belgian flag tonight as the capital commemorates the victims of yesterday's attacks in Brussels. The National Gallery has had two Belgian flags projected onto the frontage of the building. One onlooker tweeted a picture of the tribute at Trafalgar Square: [...]
Brussels explosions: More than 30 dead, 130 wounded in attacks at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station, American Airlines desk reportedly targeted March 22, 2016 As many as 34 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded in what is thought to be a pair of coordinated suicide attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels today. Police believe as many as 14 people were killed in two explosions at the airport, which is thought to have taken place near to an American Airlines desk. A [...]
Nearly three in four people say chancellor George Osborne is not up to the job of Prime Minister after Budget March 22, 2016 Nearly three in four people think chancellor George Osborne is not up to the job of Prime Minister, according to new YouGov figures out today. In just the latest post-Budget blow for the chancellor, YouGov found that only eight per cent of people think Osborne would be a good fit for replacing Prime Minister David Cameron. The proportion [...]
The fear factor: How to ensure it never grips your business March 22, 2016 The US Air Force realised a few years ago that over 20 per cent of the nuclear missile officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base cheated on their certification exam. Many other officers knew about the problem, but didn’t report it due to a culture of fear that convinced them they had to get perfect test [...]
Rightmove: Cheapest boroughs fuel 11 per cent rise in London house prices as one agent warns it now takes 46 years to save for a deposit March 21, 2016 London house prices have climbed 11 per cent over the last 12 months, with the cheapest boroughs rising at the most rapid rate. The fastest growth was in Barking and Dagenham, according to the data published today by property website Rightmove. Asking prices in the borough, the capital’s cheapest, are 23.5 per cent higher this [...]
Twitter 10-year birthday: A short history of Twitter and where is right now at 10 March 20, 2016 There have been uprisings (the Arab Spring), numerous faux pas (hello Ed Balls), and global events (World Cup anyone?) experienced together, but it was only 10 years ago when Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and current chief executive, published the first ever tweet that changed the way we communicate – "Just setting up my Twttr". Since [...]
City Moves for 18 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 18, 2016 Traidcraft Traidcraft, which fights poverty through trade, has appointed Robin Roth as its new chief executive. Robin will take up the post on 1 October 2016 after he leaves his role as managing director of Germany-based Gepa, Europe’s largest fair trade company. Andy Biggs, Traidcraft’s interim chief executive, will remain with the organisation as chief [...]