City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? September 8, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Exclusive: Kin Fund Services poaches secretarial lead from Flutter Alternative investment fund manager and fund administrator Kin Fund Services, part of Kin Group, has poached Deirdre Quinn from FTSE 100’s Flutter Entertainment, Morning Wire can reveal. [...]
Revenue lifts at fresh food provider Bakkavor, but labour shortages bite September 8, 2021 Fresh food provider Bakkavor’s revenue has lifted above pre-pandemic levels, despite “unprecedented challenges in labour availability” which risk its operations running stale. Like-for-like revenue swelled by 6.4 per cent to £924.9m in the six months to 26 June, and 1.2 per cent ahead of the same period in 2019. The Fitzroy headquartered-based company, which [...]
Beerfest-Lite set to light up Guildhall Yard September 7, 2021 | City Talk Cooling beers and fabulous food will be on offer later this week at Guildhall Yard as visitors take a breather from this week’s mini heatwave. The fun-packed event, called Beerfest-Lite, will take place from noon to 9pm on Thursday (September 9). Beers on offer will be supplied by Meantime, Windsor and Eaton, Hook Norton and [...]
Rush hour on the Thames: London’s famous river home to over 3,600 seals September 7, 2021 The river Thames is home to a staggering 2,866 grey seals and 797 harbour seals following the most recent pupping season, researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said today. The Thames’ healthy seal population is a promising sign the river is teeming with life, conservationists have said, despite a dip in numbers over [...]
BBC director of news Fran Unsworth to exit next year September 7, 2021 The BBC’s director of news and current affairs, Fran Unsworth, is set to depart next year after four decades with the corporation. Unsworth said she feels the time is right to exit the coveted position, which she entered in 2018, after having a “ringside seat” at some of the world’s most era-shaping events. The departing [...]
TheCityUK: London at risk of losing global financial status in next five years September 7, 2021 Canada is at risk of losing its status as a global financial powerhouse within five years, the Square Mile’s most influential lobbying body said today. In a new report, TheCityUK worked with 60 financial services groups to set out international strategy proposals to return the UK’s financial capital to being the “world’s [...]
London pollution: The worse the air you breathe, the worse your Covid symptoms September 4, 2021 Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of more severe coronavirus symptoms and hospitalisation with the disease, according to a new report by Imperial College London researchers. In a review of the latest evidence available, the researchers found a strong link between a person’s exposure to air pollution before the pandemic and the worst cases [...]
Back Haiti earthquake relief effort, urges City Corporation September 3, 2021 | City Talk Canada Corporation has donated £25,000 to a fund set up to support the aid effort in earthquake-hit Haiti – and is urging other City organisations to play their part. The donation to the British Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal from the City Corporation’s International Disasters Fund will help provide urgent relief to [...]
Sadiq Khan supports new London memorial dedicated to Muslims who fought in World Wars September 2, 2021 Sadiq Khan has backed plans for a new London memorial to recognise the contribution of Muslims who fought in the First and Second World Wars. The monument will be the first in the UK to pay tribute to the millions of Muslims who served in the British Armed Forces during the conflicts. The Mayor of [...]
Marble Arch Mound to remain free following mound-ing controversy September 1, 2021 London’s Marble Arch Mound is to remain free, following controversy over its £4.50 to £8 entrance fee and its high-profile ‘flop’. What was supposed to be a £3.3m project swelled into a £6m final bill. “It has become clear that costs have risen more than anticipated and that is totally unacceptable,” Council leader Rachael Robathan [...]