What is the C-suite? Roles, responsibilities and how to make it
Nov 9, 2023 · The chief executive officer (CEO) is the most senior C-suite executive in a company and is ultimately responsible for managing the organisation. Charged with maximising the company’s value, CEOs report directly to the board – and may even be the chairman. The face of the company, every other role reports to the CEO, requiring them to be ...
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The benefits of charity: how corporate giving can reward businesses
CAF's analysis of the FTSE 100 financial reports for the year ending in 2022 show that £1.85bn was committed to communities and charity – the same as when the report was last published (2016). This effectively means a 17% cut in funding. Corporate giving would have needed to rise to £2.24 billion in 2022 to achieve the same spending power.
Special Reports - Raconteur
In-depth special reports on a range of topics including business, technology, finance, healthcare and more. Produced by Raconteur, published in The Times.
What it’s like to live and work in Vietnam - Raconteur
Dec 12, 2022 · According to Vietnamese law, public and private sector workers cannot work more than eight hours a day, with weekly working hours capped at 48 hours.Typically, the working day starts between 7 am and 8:30 am and finishes between 4 pm and 6 pm Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, the working day generally ends at midday and most workers have Sunday off.
Raconteur’s FTSE 100 CEO database
Jul 24, 2024 · Raconteur’s CEO Index compiles dozens of data points to shed light on those in charge of the nation’s biggest plcs. Browse key information about 97 CEOs who were leading FTSE 100 companies as of 22 July 2024 below. (The chiefs of three investment trusts with unusual corporate structures – F&C Investment Trust, Scottish Mortgage Investment ...
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Business writer covering the future of work, sustainability, innovation, technology, startups, marketing and more. Her work has featured in The Guardian, The Observer ...
Cognitive Bias infographic - Raconteur
Cognitive bias. When it comes to assessing risk, humans often fail to make rational decisions because our brains take mental shortcuts that prevent us making the correct choice. Since the 1960s behavioural scientists and psychologists have been researching these failings, and have identified and labelled dozens of them. Here are some that can ...
Five companies that reset their supply chains - Raconteur
Sep 30, 2020 · The shift – already underway pre-pandemic - to digitally transform supply chains has, as Unilever shows, accelerated under covid-19. “This crisis has highlighted that global, agile, and adaptive supply chains are very much a competitive edge for businesses …,” says Victoria Cuthbert who is the Head of Supply Chain Home Care.
French cinema is more than just entertainment - Raconteur
Jul 14, 2014 · In France, cinema is taken seriously, traditionally considered an art rather than merely a form of entertainment or an industrial product. In fact, French cinema ranges from the most arcane experimentalism to popcorn comedy as broad, and sometimes as crass, as anything emerging from Tinseltown. French cinema is also widely identified with ...