UK Companies Struggle to Find Workers Despite Salary Increases October 14, 2021 By Andrew Atkinson Eight in 10 UK companies struggled to find workers last month despite many of them increasing wages, according to a...
Allstate to Sell Northbrook Headquarters in Strong Endorsement of Hybrid Work October 11, 2021 By Max Reyes Allstate Corp. plans to sell its headquarters building, marking the U.S. finance industry’s firmest endorsement yet of the desire to...
UK Financial Services Sector Calls for Eased Visa Requirements to Keep Competitiveness September 30, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON — Britain’s financial sector has called on the government to ease visa requirements on overseas staff who want to...
States Struggle to Recruit and Retain Cyber-Security Pros September 28, 2021 By Kathleen Foody CHICAGO (AP) — Austin Moody wanted to apply his cyber-security skills in his home state of Michigan, teaming up with...
London Is Struggling to Lure Back Workers, Says CEO of Legal & General August 5, 2021 By Benjamin Robertson and Mark Cudmore The head of one of the UK’s largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far...
Chronic Scarcity of UK Workers Blamed on COVID and, of Course, Brexit August 3, 2021 By Jack Sidders, Deirdre Hipwell, Joe Mayes and Libby Cherry On the outskirts of the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy is a crop of new houses on their way to completion....
‘Talent War’ Forces Companies Across Globe to Pay Higher Salaries to Woo Workers July 30, 2021 By Chris Peters The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to...
London Staff Want Big Pay Raises Before Returning to Their Desks Full-Time: Survey July 23, 2021 By Eamon Akil Farhat London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return...
Number of Women on Boards of UK’s Top Financial Firms Rises to 32%: Report July 19, 2021 By Simon Jessop The proportion of women on the board at 200 of Britain’s top financial firms has risen to nearly a third...
Central London Could Lose as Many as 835,000 Jobs to Remote Working: Report June 29, 2021 By Jill Ward Central London could lose as many as 835,000 jobs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with employees in service...