Podcast: Fake it til you make it – how to be a great communicator March 1, 2017 Having trouble getting through? This week we're joined by Emma Serlin, founder of the London Speech Workshop and author of The Communication Equation (and her 10-week old, Leo), to solve all your problems. Serlin explains how to be a brilliant communicator, even if you're in a horrible mood – and gives us ways to fake [...]
Budget 2017: Philip Hammond could raise the pensions Lifetime Allowance to fund social care and end inheritance tax discrimination to improve the nation’s finances March 1, 2017 The weeks leading up to George Osborne’s Budget statements were filled with frenzied speculation. Famed for his tinkering, the former chancellor’s Budgets enshrined a number of eye-catching and popular reforms, including landmark pension freedoms, and some not so popular ones, such as a reduction in the amount an individual can put into their pension and [...]
Atom Bank secures £113m in new funding for app-only lender February 28, 2017 App-only Atom Bank has succeeded in raising more money as part of a £250m funding round, as it races to secure market share in the newest front in the battle for banking customers. The fintech start-up will receive £113m in investments from Spanish bank BBVA, as well as investment funds Toscafund and Woodford Investment Management, [...]
BHS pension scheme: Sir Philip Green has said he will contribute £363m, but what happens next? February 28, 2017 Sir Philip Green might be paying up £363m to sort out the gap in the BHS pension schemes, but that’s not the end of the saga for the fallen retailer. What options do those with BHS pensions now have? The 19,000 scheme members have three options to mull; transferring to a newly created pension scheme, [...]
Spot The Difference: Claudio Ranieri And The CEOs Being Kicked Out Of The FTSE100 February 28, 2017 What's the difference between Claudio Ranieri and the chief executives of the companies at the bottom of the FTSE100? That's easy. The latter aren't Italian, don't get nicknamed the Tinkerman and haven't won trophies lately. They are also still in their jobs. On the field, Ranieri, the manager who won international acclaim for achieving a 100-year-first [...]
£50 banknote isn’t going anywhere says Bank of England chief cashier February 28, 2017 The £50 note will not be withdrawn any time soon, according to the Bank of England’s (BoE) chief cashier. Victoria Cleland also did not rule out the possibility of issuing new polymer £50 notes, in an interview with Bloomberg. She pointed to the lower usage of the distinctive red “bullseye” notes as the reason it [...]
Two ways investors can cope with uncertainty February 28, 2017 | City Talk The lead character in Up may have coped with the randomness of life by travelling the world in a house powered by helium balloons, but investors can make use of a couple of more conventional techniques “Daddy, why is the man crying in the hospital?” “Daddy, where has the lady gone?” “Daddy, why are [...]
These are the UK’s 17 fastest growing cities for tech jobs (spoiler – London’s missed the top spot) February 28, 2017 Looking for a job in tech? It might not be worth sticking around the capital – a new report has suggested the place to be could be Bournemouth. TheCityUK's Enabling Growth Across the UK report, which looks at how finance hubs outside London can flourish, shows London is no longer the UK's fastest-growing tech hub. In [...]
It’s official: Easyjet, Capita and Dixons Carphone could be leaving the FTSE 100 February 28, 2017 The London Stock Exchange has published the names of the companies likely to drop out of the FTSE tomorrow. As expected, budget airline Easyjet is hovering on the brink of demotion from the FTSE 100 into the FTSE 250, as well as Capita and Dixons Carphone. Easyjet has lost 40 per cent of its value over one year, [...]
Pensions triple lock: Labour calls for government to preserve payment structure beyond 2020 February 28, 2017 Labour will today demand that the government guarantees the pensions triple lock beyond 2020. In a speech on intergenerational fairness, Debbie Abrahams, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary, will say the current commitments by the Conservative government are not enough. The triple lock increases state pension payments annually by either inflation, average earnings growth or 2.5 per cent, whichever is highest. The [...]
