Jerry Daykin is the Marketing Manager for City Gateway and has provided the below posting on the effect of the Lehman Brothers collapse on their organisation:
‘Following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, who were due to co-run a course with my charity, the Sunday papers conjured up a quote saying: “My job is to get support [...]
What with the great strain that the economy is currently under, it is understandable that community investment, and employee volunteering more specifically, may not be a top priority for many City businesses. It appears to me however, that it is more important than ever that City businesses and community organisations in neighbouring boroughs join forces [...]
There is a saying which goes ‘no experience without a job, no job without experience.’ The City of London Business Traineeship (CBT) Programme addresses this paradox by helping high achieving students from the City fringe boroughs to obtain worthwhile paid work placements in City businesses. This year, I was one of over fifty trainees to [...]