By Maria Ward-Brennan KPMG Law UK is carving out a niche in the legal landscape with its unique approach to client service delivery. The head of KPMG Law UK, Stuart Bedford, leads around 300 people in the UK across a broad range of services. As he note…
Meet the fund managers: Reaping income from other funds
By Elliot Gulliver-Needham In this weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from James Yardley, senior research analyst at the VT Chelsea Managed Monthly Income fund. H…
UK consulting sector nearly doubled in five years, key industry report finds
By Maria Ward-Brennan The UK consulting sector has experienced remarkable growth, nearly doubling in size over the past five years, highlighted in the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) annual report. Independent research by Savanta reveals tha…
How failing my first internship became the secret to my success
By Jennifer Sieg Ambition A.M. meets Max Ottignon, founder of London-based branding agency Ragged Edge, to chat about what it takes to learn from your mistakes, and why it’s crucial to establish a growth mindset from the start. Entrepreneur Max Ottigno…
The Notebook: Freedom of speech at risk under Labour’s online safety plans
By Silkie Carlo Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, takes the pen to tell us what to expect from Labour’s online safety plans – and how it may put personal rights at risk What to expec…
Basketball: Curry says confidence key for NBA hopeful Tominaga
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry said he can see a bright future for Keisei Tominaga after the college basketball standout recently signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Indiana Pacers in the NBA. The four-time NBA champion Curry said Tom…
German far-right AfD unable to fill 120 seats after local elections
In the local elections held at the beginning of June, the AfD came out on top with 28.1% of the votes, narrowly beating the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 26.8%. However, not all seats could be filled. In some cases this is due to p…
June marks 13th straight month of record global average temperature
Last month was hotter than any June ever recorded, marking the 13th consecutive month in which the global average temperature reached a record value for the respective month, the EU’s climate change service Copernicus said on Monday. Temperatures in Ju…
Hezbollah targets Israeli mountain base in ‘largest’ air attack
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said on Sunday it launched its “largest” air operation, sending explosive drones at a mountaintop Israeli military intelligence base in the occupied Golan Heights. It is the latest incident among escalating cross-border exc…
German far-right AfD unable to fill 120 seats after local elections
Following local elections in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, 162 seats remain vacant, with 120 belonging to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the state election officer said upon request. In the local elections held at the b…