Catharine Paddock, Author at Market Business News

About Catharine Paddock

Catharine has been writing news and web content for 10 years. Prior to that, her career spans technical authorship, training, human resource management, psychotherapy, stress and career counselling, and small business mentoring. In 2008, she gained a PhD from Manchester Business School after completing her own research and presenting a thesis on psychosocial factors in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). She has a Joint Hons Bachelor of Science in Physics with Chemistry from the University of Manchester (1975).

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Tech talent markets in America shifting with millennials

Jul 30, 2016

Tracking tech talent – of which millennials form an increasing proportion – can be a useful barometer of how trends in labor markets affect cities, such as shaping the demand for commercial and residential real estate. Tech-savvy workers account for 3.5 percent (4.8 million) of the total United States labor force, and include highly-skilled professionals […]

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Higher CEO pay linked to worse shareholder return

Jul 29, 2016

Companies with the highest CEO pay give a worse shareholder return in the long term than companies with the lowest CEO pay. So concluded investment analysts after comparing the CEO pay of 429 large US companies against total shareholder return during 2005-2015. The MSCI ESG Research analysts calculated that $100 invested in the companies with […]

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McDonald’s creating 5,000 new UK jobs

Jul 28, 2016

McDonald’s is to create 5,000 new UK jobs over the next 18 months, despite what the company describes as challenging economic conditions. In making the announcement on Wednesday, Paul Pomroy, Chief Executive Officer, McDonald’s UK, says the company and its franchisees remains “committed to the UK.” The new jobs build on the 8,000 the company […]

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Many UK firms unaware of other finance options

Jul 27, 2016

A new survey finds while nearly half of UK firms applied for funding in the past year, few were aware of finance options outside of traditional bank loans and overdrafts. The British Chambers of Commerce and Bibby Financial Services surveyed 1,011 firms across the UK one month before the June referendum voted to leave the […]

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Optimism among UK manufacturers slumps after Brexit vote

Jul 26, 2016

Optimism among UK manufacturers in the aftermath of the Brexit vote to leave the European Union slumps to the lowest it has been since January 2009, despite an improvement in activity in the last 3 months. The latest quarterly CBI Industrial Trends Survey shows manufacturing output and domestic orders grew steadily over the past quarter, […]

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First-time buyers in UK up 10 percent

Jul 25, 2016

The number of first-time buyers has gone up 10 percent in the first half of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015, according to a new UK housing market report. Experts suggest record low mortgages continue to make buying more attractive than renting for those looking to get on the property ladder. The estimated […]

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