Will 2017 be the year our country awakes from a quarter century of slumber?
With 2017 upon us, will Theresa May have the courage to wake the nation from its slumber” It’s a question the City Grump has set out to answer.
Tag: Opinion
The real cost of connecting mobile workers: The devil is in the detail
By Staff writer
The number of mobile workers is surging. Research shows that 40 per cent of the global workforce will be mobile by 2020; and in advanced economies like the EU and the US, that number will soar to 75 per cent.
Let’s make 2017 the year of meeting face-to-face
By Staff writer
In an era of email, Slack, Skype and Google Hangouts, I?m a great believer that meeting face-to-face increases the chances of striking a deal and I?m not alone.
Start harnessing data projects successfully for business value in 2017
By Staff writer
Data projects have huge business value potential, which we will continue to see in the short, mid and longer term, but how can they be used to derive this value properly?
How the Internet of Things is set to transform field service
By Staff writer
What if field service engineers could anticipate service needs before they arise What if every service visit resulted in a fixed issue the first time around
Brexit has potential for profit rather than pain
By Staff writer
Keshav Murugesh, CEO of WNS, discusses how the triggering of Article 50 may exacerbate the UK’s talent shortage by making it more expensive to recruit top staff. Nonetheless, Brexit has potential to help the global economy.
Why Heathrow’s third runway is a milestone for advertisers
By Staff writer
Hailed as a ?truly momentous decision” by transport secretary Chris Grayling, the government’s go-ahead of Heathrow’s third runway has delivered a succinct and clear message to global brands and advertisers that the UK is open for business.
Fujitsu gazes into the future of Britain’s financial services
By Staff writer
What will 2017 hold for the UK’s financial services sector” It’s a question Anthony Duffy, director of retail banking at Fujitsu UK & Ireland, seeks to answer after a look in his crystal ball.
SMEs could be burdened with more red tape if small LLPs not exempt from draft late payment law
Amid the headline-grabbing furore surrounding our exit from the European Union the government announced a positive move that will help make sure small and medium-sized business don’t feel the brunt of the late payment culture.
Sex discrimination: Even ?nasty” women are 170 years away from economic equality with men
By Staff writer
Donald Trump referred to Hilary Clinton, his female opponent in the US presidential election, as a “nasty woman”, a term I am confident he would not have used to describe a male candidate standing against him. A classic case of sex discrimination.