Prime Cardiff office building up for sale with a £17m price tag The property investment in One Kingsway is being marketed by JLL Birmingham Post · Nov 14, 2022
Revealed: working class people paid thousands less than middle class peers despite doing same jobs Firms should be ‘legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary differences of up to £10,000 The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022
Bank profits jump but rising interest rates are a double-edged sword Australia's big four banks raked in nearly $30 billion in profits over the 2022 financial year as people struggled with the cost of living. And higher interest rates will put more mortgage borrowers at risk. ABC News · Nov 11, 2022
Key finding of the PwC agriculture report A new report from financial group PwC has found Australian consumers are demanding more sustainability from the agricultural sector. AAP · Nov 10, 2022
Uncertainty over Made.com refunds after retailer goes from 'online IKEA' to a 'car crash' and hundreds lose their jobs The company had been valued at almost £800m two years ago Manchester Evening News · Nov 10, 2022
Made.com: From the 'online IKEA' to a 'car crash' as administration leads to hundreds of lost jobs despite Next deal Dr Gordon Fletcher, retail expert from the University of Salford Business School, has looked at what went wrong and what might happen next Birmingham Post · Nov 9, 2022
Strikes: why soaring CEO pay could help explain UK’s recent industrial action The pay gap in UK business is eye-watering. Bosses of the largest UK companies earn around 100 times more than the lowest-paid employees in their organisations, according to some estimates. This year, chief executives from the top 100 UK companies saw their pay rise by nearly a quarter on average,… The Conversation · Nov 9, 2022
As Optus, Medibank and more are hit by cyber attacks, these 'white hat' or 'ethical' hackers are targeting companies 'from the inside' There's a type of hacker increasingly being hired by Australian companies as more and more organisations experience data breaches. ABC News · Nov 7, 2022
Pay of FTSE 100 chief executives rose an average of 23% in 2022 Campaigners and TUC say rise to almost £4m is unjustifiable during cost of living crisis The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022
FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay soars by 22% in a year despite cost of living crisis Analysts say rise ‘primarily’ driven by bonus payments as pay now “largely back to pre-pandemic levels” The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
BBC spends £5m a year on consultants who tell bosses how to do their own jobs Officials have revealed they spent £2m last year getting general advice from external consultants on 'strategy'. Another £1.8m was spent on consultants giving advice on financial issues Daily Mirror · Nov 5, 2022
Scottish hotels 'need a fresh strategy' to tackle industry challenges Staff shortages, the energy crisis and inflation continue to impact the hotel industry Insider UK · Nov 3, 2022
Economy and Society, November 1, 2022: How will voters affect the control of state financial offices? Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. Ballotpedia · Nov 1, 2022
It inspired Ed Sheeran’s first hit: 10 facts about the homelessness charity Crisis From philosophy workshops to the need for volunteer nail technicians, there’s a lot you don’t know about Crisis The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022
Irish Mirror · Oct 29, 2022 Poignant moment during GAA All-Stars ceremony sees tragic lives lost remembered Amidst the annual celebration there was a moment taken to acknowledge members who have passed away in 2022
Irish Mirror · Oct 28, 2022 GAA stars step out with their partners at PwC All-Star Awards The stars of the GAA inter-county season come out in force as the red carpet was rolled out at the Convention Centre in Dublin.
Irish Mirror · Oct 28, 2022 2022 PwC All Star hurling team named as Limerick scoop seven awards The team is completed by four Kilkenny men, three from Clare and a single Galway representative
Inverse · Oct 27, 2022 Tim Cook thinks meetings in the metaverse are doomed — but it isn't that simple While Apple CEO Tim Cook commented that AR will win over VR for communication purposes, some experts think that both technologies can play important roles.
ABC News · Oct 26, 2022 Office of the Public Trustee accused of overcharging vulnerable clients commissions own review proposing fee increase Last year, Queensland's Public Trustee was accused of overcharging its vulnerable clients in a damning report. Now a review it commissioned says it needs to lift fees.
ABC News · Oct 22, 2022 NT's Blacktip gas field production drops, forcing shutdown of Northern Gas Pipeline Production from the offshore field which supplies gas for the Top End's electricity generation has decreased by nearly 50 per cent this year.
ABC News · Oct 17, 2022 Most Australian executives wary of announcing cyber attacks and online strategies amid increased demand for transparency Australian executives remain wary about publicly disclosing cyber attacks and cyber strategies, despite growing demands for transparency in the wake of the hacking of Optus.
Birmingham Post · Oct 12, 2022 Shortlist revealed for Greater Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards 2022 Have you made the final of this year's awards which will recognise achievement across 12 different categories?
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022 The Standard View: End the lottery over free school meals Ensuring every child has enough to eat at school is a moral imperative. It is also a benefit to wider society. A PwC study, seen exclusively by the Evening Standard and our sister paper, The Independent, finds that extending free school meals to all children in poverty in England would…
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 Children face a hunger crisis – the government needs to act by providing more free school meals Feed the Future: The Independent partners with the Food Foundation to call on the government to give meals to all schoolchildren living in poverty but who are not currently eligible
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022 Free school meals plea for every child living in poverty Special investigation: Move would benefit Britain by £2.5billion over 20 years