Nail inbox zero: Six ways to take control of your overloaded inbox before 2017 December 28, 2016 Christmas is over, New Year looms: it's that strange, limbo-like time of the year most people spend quietly coming up with new ways to serve leftover turkey. But you can also spend it preparing to hit the ground running next year, by giving your email inbox the TLC it deserves – so you don't get that sinking [...]
Over half of consumers expect to still be paying off Christmas shopping this time next year December 28, 2016 Nearly nine out of 10 people in the UK will wake up with a post-festive spending hangover in 2017, according to price comparison service uSwitch. Britons are heading into the new year with an average credit card debt of £636 after consumers put £11bn on plastic to fund Christmas. In a survey of 1,261 adults, uSwitch estimate [...]
Bitcoin market cap smashes through $14bn barrier: Equivalent to the average market cap of a FTSE 100 firm December 22, 2016 Bitcoin prices today leapt by five per cent, breaking records for the overall value of the digital currency in existence and taking its price to the highest level for three years. Around 12.5 new Bitcoins come into circulation every 10 minutes. And this meant today the today market capitalisation of bitcoins broke through the $14bn [...]
Are world stockmarkets good value going into 2017? December 22, 2016 | City Talk Global stock markets have seen a turbulent year, but surprised many with the resilience shown after the Brexit vote and the US presidential election result. Both the US and UK markets are significantly ahead of where they started the year, as is Japan, although Europe – which faces a series of major elections in 2017 [...]
Are world stockmarkets good value going into 2017? December 22, 2016 | City Talk Global stock markets have seen a turbulent year, but surprised many with the resilience shown after the Brexit vote and the US presidential election result. Both the US and UK markets are significantly ahead of where they started the year, as is Japan, although Europe – which faces a series of major elections in [...]
City Moves for 22 December 2016 | Who’s switching jobs December 22, 2016 Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells has appointed partner Daniel Norris as its new UK real estate head. Norris, who has been a partner at the firm for eight years, takes over from Michael Gallimore in January when Gallimore becomes the head of Hogan Lovells legal services centre in Birmingham. Daniel has worked on many high profile matters [...]
Pensions Regulator racks up external costs of £1.4m on probe into BHS and Sir Philip Green December 21, 2016 The pensions watchdog has so far incurred external costs of at least £1.4m from its investigation into BHS and Sir Philip Green, City PM has learned. The money, nearly £400,000 of which is in legal expenditure, is in addition to internal costs for the Pensions Regulator (TPR), which has 16 staff working on the probe, [...]
“My dog ate my tax return… and all of the reminders”: The worst HMRC late return excuses of last year December 21, 2016 It’s that time of year again. HMRC, aka The Taxman, has published its annual list of the dodgy excuses for people filing their tax returns late. As well as some more elaborate stories, involving burning yachts, wasp attacks and naughty children, one person reverted to an old classic in 2014/15: “My dog ate my tax return…and [...]
City PM Unregulated podcast: How to write a Christmas number one December 21, 2016 It's the City PM Christmas special – and we're staying with our professional development roots, by telling you how to make your millions by writing a Christmas number one. Providing their tips on writing your festive smash hit are Tony Mortimer, founding member of East 17 and the man who wrote classic Christmas tune Stay Another Day, [...]
UK employers expect to face a shortage of skilled workers in 2017, and one in three will be under “severe pressure” to find suitable employees December 21, 2016 Almost half of UK employers, 48 per cent expect to face a growing shortage of skilled candidates to fill permanent jobs in 2017, new research suggests. For the past six months, employers in the UK have warned of a skills shortage for engineering and technical jobs, and this month's JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said [...]
