Results tagged “KPMG”

Thames Clippers boats will be rebranded with KPMG's logo after the accountancy firm announced a sponsorship of the river service.

The firm, which has an office in the City and opened another in Canary Wharf's Canada Square last year, said the deal gives support to an important transport link.

A KPMG lawyer has been named in a list of top female talent in Britain.

Misha Patel, who joined the firm from Clifford Chance earlier this year, made the final selection for Management Today's '35 Women Under 35'. The list showcases the country's highest achieving young women.

An electric racing car which has travelled from Alaska to the south of Argentina was on display at KPMG's offices this week.

The car, with a top speed of 200kmh can accelerate to 100kmh in seven seconds, has a rechargeable battery which costs 0.012p a mile. The Wharf firm is a sponsor of the car which has an engineering team from Imperial College London.

KPMG has thrown its weight behind a campaign to tackle child sex exploitation following a vote among UK staff.

Just under 70 per cent of the firm's 11,000 workers took part in the poll to pick a favoured cause and decided to back the Barnado's charity.

Recent Government announcements on rising tuition fees have been met by the postgraduate generations with a mix of smugness, pity and, finally, fear, after the realisation their children may need more support than previously calculated.

It's still seen by campaigners as the day the tide turned.

Last week, business leaders converged on KPMG's new Canada Square headquarters to discuss the latest developments in the Living Wage, where it was announced more than 100 firms pay the going rate of £7.85 to their lowest paid workers.

The Queen was in Canary Wharf this morning visiting KPMG's new UK headquarters.

Dressed in mauve she was welcomed with cheers, applause and waving flags before touring the building and meeting some of the 4,000 staff based there.

As a leading figure on gender equality in business, KPMG's Kathryn Britten has strong views on quotas to help women.

She said the idea of forcing companies to bring more women into the boardroom, suggested by the coalition Government in recent weeks, would be a backwards step.

A KPMG auditor has become the company's first representative in a list of top young women in business.

Sarah McCreath, a director at the firm, who works in the luxury goods industry, made it into Management Today's "35 Women Under 35" this month.

Bragging rights will be up for grabs later this month when the City Scrum touch rugby tournament returns.

Now in its third year, the touch rugby tournament at the Honourable Artillery Company ground on March 24 has become a firm fixture on the sporting calendar.

The Financial Services Authority beat six companies to claim a major prize this month.

The company based at The North Colonnade fought off groups including BBC News and the Welsh Assembly to win best public sector work placement at this year's National Council for Work Experience Awards.

With big bonuses beyond the scope of many businesses in the current economic climate it could be time to look at different ways to reward hard-working staff.

One company leading the way in thinking up new ways of performance reward is professional services giant KPMG.

CITIGROUP is planning to clear nearly six floors of office space at its Canary Wharf headquarters.

The banking giant wants to release 150,000 square feet at its 25 Canada Square base, the largest batch of completed tower space available in London.

It has appointed Knight Frank and Cushman and Wakefield as joint agents in the deal.

Citi has approximately 25 years remaining on its lease with Propinvest and Derek Quinlan, who bought the building for £1billion in December.

The bank looks set to cut around 400 jobs in the UK as part of a re-structuring plan, mainly in the fixed income sector.