Lazard is the world’s largest independent investment bank and is a financial advisory and asset managemnt firm with bases all around the world. Business editor Chloe Pryce catches up with Cameron Mackintosh, a final year […]
Is It Finally Time For Lord Alan Sugar To Get Fired?
The Apprentice; once seen as the epitome of British entrepreneurship, has recently been criticised for being out of fashion. Stella English, Alana Spencer, Leah Totton and Tim Campbell are just a few of the winning […]
All Bark and No Bite: Corporate Commitment to Diversity
In recent years, there has been an increased push for diversity, of all kinds, in the workplace, whether that be in business, marketing, education or public institutions. The public are tired of air-brushed pictures of […]
Why Did Thomas Cook Collapse?
Last Monday, Thomas Cook – the 178-year-old travel company which had survived two world wars and the great depression – collapsed. This left 150,000 people stranded abroad and many more thousands of Thomas Cook staff […]
A Day in the Life of a Management Consultant
It’s Monday. I’m in the office, looking over London’s skyscrapers, checking my emails and sipping a Cappucino. At 9am, I’ll meet the CEO of my client who will outline their business problems to my team. […]
Does Blowing the Whistle Mean Giving Up Your Freedom?
Put on your Guy Fawkes mask and fire up Incognito Mode, because it’s time to talk about whistleblowing. After nearly seven years of essentially squatting in London’s Ecuadorian embassy, Julian Assange has been arrested and […]
Are Businesses Ready for Global Warming?
As the threat of global warming is constantly increasing the environmental impact, non-profit charity the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has named over 150 companies as pioneers for action on climate change, water usage and deforestation. The […]
Notre-Dame Repair Fund Comes Under Fire
On the 15th of April the world stood still in disbelief as flames engulfed the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France. The cathedral took two hundred years to build between 1163 and 1345 and understandably viewers […]
Environmental Protests – Business as Usual?
Over the past few weeks, we have seen a wave of intensifying environmental protests across the UK and around the world. Most recently, efforts have been focused at London’s financial sector, protesters gluing themselves across […]
UK Gripped by Knife Crime Epidemic; Are Businesses to Blame?
Supermarket chain ASDA has pledged to remove all single kitchen knives from sale amid concerns about their use in spiraling violent crime. The decision comes as 41 people have been killed in stabbings in the […]