Thursday 2nd February 2017 In his latest column for City AM, Tim Focas explains why an “imminent” Robin Hood tax is the latest nail in the EU’s coffin. Tim Focas is Director of Financial Services and the City of London for Parliament Street. He is responsible for providing research and market commentary on the key issues bridging the City and Westminster. His new column […]
By Danny Bowman Imagine a day in the year where millions of conversations are triggered about mental health. My younger self at the age of eleven when I was diagnosed would not have believed you if you had told me this would be a reality by 2014. Time to Talk Day was created in 2014 by the Time to Change […]
by Devan Witter The aim of Time to Talk Day is to get as many people talking about mental health as possible. At the moment, people with mental health problems are made to almost feel isolated because of their condition. They are made to feel worthless about themselves just because of how other people react. Time to Talk Day is […]
By Richard Harris Few years will be as memorable as 2016; it was a truly momentous year in world politics. Britain made the decision to leave the European Union; David Cameron resigned as Prime Minister; Theresa May became the second female Prime Minister in British history; Nigel Farage resigned as UKIP leader…twice, and Donald Trump defied the odds and defeated […]
By Yazdan Chowdhury Sir Winston Churchill once said of the nuclear deterrent strategy, ‘Safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival of twin brother of annihilation’. This is the fundamental guarantor of UK security and whilst the Prime Minister may have faced a difficult few days in PR terms, the botched missile test last June in Florida should […]
The widely respected Global Banking and Finance Review has covered Parliament Street’s recent merger with financial services think tank Colloquium and the addition of City A.M. columnist Tim Focas to our team. Global Banking & Finance Review is a leading Online and Print Magazine, which has evolved from the growing need to have a more balanced view, for informative and independent news […]
Tim Focas is a columnist for City A.M. online and has appeared in the Independent providing expert analysis to a wide range of financial institutions. Over the past decade, Tim has cemented a reputation for creating and implementing innovative and strategic publicity campaigns for brokers, fund managers and exchanges across the City. Currently plying his trade as an Account Director at Aspectus, Tim developed a campaign […]
By Tim Focas “While politics is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes, and I wish everyone, friend or foe, well. That is that, the end.” Ten years after uttering these poignant final words at the dispatch box, Blair is back! Only this time, he’s fighting a very different war […]
Christianah Babajide is a second-year law student at The City Law School. She runs a law blog called Lawcommonroom. You can connect with her via LinkedIn. She attended our Women of Influence Conference, and gives us her views below: On the 21st of January 2017, the same day as the woman’s march, I attended the Women of Influence Conference […]
Academic blog, sociallynormative.org, has published a very interesting piece by Dr. John McAlaney on psychology and cyber security, after attending our recent cyber crime event. Dr. McAlaney is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Bournemouth, His article can be read here.
