Hey PRs, no one in August is counting down to Christmas and quit the obnoxious intros October 30, 2018 Billy from a TV production company writes: “Hello Elena, I know you simply can’t wait to kick off the festive season and are counting days until Christmas.” Top marks for presumptuousness, Billy. You “know” that I “can’t wait”? I can, actually, because I don’t celebrate Christmas. You also suggest that I am “counting days”. Are [...]
It’s time to get serious about closing London’s disability employment gap October 30, 2018 It is widely acknowledged that the employment opportunities on offer in London are unmatched by any other major city in the UK. Yet for disabled people, this buoyant jobs market is all too often entirely inaccessible. The disability employment gap – the difference in the employment rate between non-disabled people and disabled people of working [...]
City Moves for 30 October – who’s switching jobs at Target Fund Managers, Argentex and White & Case October 30, 2018 Here’s who’s switching jobs today. Target Fund Managers Target Fund Managers, the external manager to Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), the UK-listed specialist investor in purpose-built care homes, is pleased to announce three appointments to support it in its strategy to manage and grow THRL. Maria Gaurino joins as healthcare director and brings over 18 years [...]
Cyclists are swapping their helmets for Hovding airbags – would you do the same? October 29, 2018 Imagine a London where no one wears a cycle helmet – and not because vanity has hit the roof, or because the roads have been made so safe that helmets are redundant (though that would also be nice). It’s because of a new invention: an airbag for cyclists. Created in Sweden in 2005 by Anna [...]
Killing Eve: A cautionary tale on privacy October 29, 2018 Villanelle: “What’s your pin?” Eve Polastri: “1…2…3…4” How many of us could relate to this scene in the popular BBC series Killing Eve? Whether it’s 1,2,3,4, a date of birth, or an easily guessable passphrase – our cavalier attitude to passwords is well-documented. The fact that an MI6 officer (albeit a fictitious one) had such [...]
Insolvencies among millenials soar as housing costs shred ‘cash cushions’ October 29, 2018 The number of insolvencies among millenials has climbed rapidly in the past three years, as rising housing prices leave younger people without a “cash cushion” to fall back on. House price inflation is partially driving the trend, which has seen the number of insolvencies among under 35s rise by nearly a fifth during the past year, [...]
Sir Ken Olisa hires lawyers to sue Institute of Directors October 28, 2018 Sir Ken Olisa has threatened to sue the Institute of Directors (IoD) for defamation following his acrimonious resignation as deputy chairman earlier this year. Olisa, who is the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, intends to take legal action in a bid to clear his name over allegations that he was aware of racist statements made by [...]
Cyber war: Be militant and soldier on October 26, 2018 Last week, the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual review laid bare the UK’s current threat landscape for all to see. But the idea that the government is repelling cyber attacks on a daily basis is not news to me. We know the scale of the threat. The UK has a very clear modus operandi, and [...]
Instead of obsessing over faulty stats, let’s celebrate the gender progress we’ve made October 26, 2018 More good news for women: according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the gender pay gap in the UK is now at its lowest on record. Coming in at 8.6 per cent for full-time workers in 2018, the average gap in hourly earnings between men and women is down from 9.1 per cent last [...]
Twice as many Johns and Jonathans sit on UK FTSE 100 boards as black or minority ethnic Brits October 25, 2018 There are twice as many people named John or Jonathan on the board of the UK’s biggest firms than there are British black and minority ethnic (BME) directors, according to new research. The statistics, which show that two per cent of FTSE 100 board members are BME – seven times lower than if representation matched [...]
