Businesses facing all-time difficult battle to recruit staff October 14, 2021 Nine out of ten hotel and catering firms struggled to recruit in the third quarter, as hospitality bosses have called for government intervention. Pub bosses are struggling to find chefs while nightclubs have found it hard to recruit door staff. There have been calls in the hospitality sector for a Covid Recovery Visa to help [...]
Tesla competition may force Volkswagen to speed up electric transition with job losses looming October 13, 2021 Competition from Tesla is pushing Volkswagen to think about speeding up its transition to electric vehicles, and that could spell job losses for its army of workers. Watch the full report.
Amazon faces £100m compensation case as London drivers demand employment rights October 13, 2021 Multiple self-employed Amazon delivery drivers are seeking employment rights from the digital giant, a case that reports say could potentially cost the digital giant over £100m. Law firm Leigh Day is launching moves against delivery giant Amazon over workers’ rights, which it says could result in compensation totalling millions of pounds. Leigh Day claims thousands [...]
5 Steps to Becoming a Better Communicator October 13, 2021 | Sponsored Communicating should be easy, we speak and everything else should naturally follow and fall into place, but we know it is more complicated than that. Have you ever struggled to get your point across? Are you unsure how to handle certain conversations? Worried you may offend so don’t end up saying much at all? These [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? October 13, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email [email protected] to be featured. Riverstone Property developer Rivertsone has hired a new Chief Experience Officer who will help ensure a smooth experience for its over 65s residents in Kensington and Fulham. Greg Mace joins as the firm readies itself for new developments, [...]
Lockdown savings drained as Brits worry about price rises October 13, 2021 Three quarters of UK adults are worried about rising living costs with the sandwich generation of 45-64-year-olds the most anxious. Some 35 per cent feel more anxious about the future compared with before the pandemic, rising to 42 per cent among people aged 45-54. The data comes from Aviva, who said one in five people [...]
Thank you for the music: Blackstone bets on lucrative music rights with $1bn Hipgnosis deal October 12, 2021 Blackstone has moved into the lucrative music copyrights market by backing Merck Mercuriadis’s music investment firm Hipgnosis with $1bn firepower to snap up music rights and manage catalogues. As part of the deal, Blackstone will take an ownership stake in Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM), an adviser to the eponymous investment arm, Hipgnosis Songs Fund [...]
The award for the world’s most-talked about entrepreneur goes to… October 11, 2021 Certain entrepreneurs are so innovative and forward-thinking, their ideas and creations have a monumental impact on the world. Turns out, South African Elon Musk is the most discussed entrepreneur in the world, as there were 340,957 online articles published about the Tesla tycoon from September 2020 to August of this year. In second position is [...]
An elevator pitch from Fund Manager of Majedie Investments, William Barlow October 11, 2021 To watch the elevator pitch video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/majedie-investments William Barlow, Fund Manager, explains that the objective of the Trust is to maximise capital appreciation and grow the dividend above the rate of inflation over the long term by investing in Global Equities. He goes on to explain how it is differentiated from competitors [...]
An update from Fund Manager of Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income, Evert Castelein October 11, 2021 To watch the update video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/aberdeen-standard-european-logistics-income In the latest video from fund manager Evert Castelein, he discusses the opportunities within the European logistics market, provides us with an overview of this property portfolio, updates us on performance and announces a £75m capital raise. Visit the page to also watch Evert’s three minute [...]
