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SAUNDERS STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN LONDON
Nigel Marcoolyn: Heading the London office
Saunders Partnership Architects has strengthened its presence in London with a new London office to complement its longestablished operations employing 75 staff across its other offices in Hertfordshire, Bristol and Manchester. Heading the London office is Nigel Marcoolyn. Commenting on his role at Saunders Partnership Architects, Nigel Marcoolyn said: “I’m excited to be joining Saunders Partnership Architects as a very well established and respected practice for design and
exceptional delivery with a fantastic client base across all sectors. I have free rein to expand the London presence further and I’m looking forward to exerting my design flair to support the offices around the UK.” Prior to joining Saunders Partnership, he was key to setting up and then ran the new London office for a high profile (AJ Top 50) practice specialising in education and other public sector projects.
TWITTER UNVEILS NEW APP, TWITTER ENGAGE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) their content directly within the app. Twitter also announced that starting today, everyone can create and share videos up to 1 40-seconds on Twitter, and a select group of Vine creators will be able to add longer videos to their Vines. Vine is also exploring monetisation opportunities with Twitter's Amplify Open program to help creators make money on Vine.
With video Tweets increasing by over 50 percent since the beginning of 201 6, Twitter's new video products will make it easier, and soon more profitable, for creators to make videos and for fans to discover and share them. "Video is becoming increasingly central to the realtime conversations happening on Twitter," said Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO and co-founder. "We're investing heavily in videos and creators. We want to
be the best place for creators and influencers to build an audience and make it easier for creators to make money on Twitter, and soon Vine." "Creators are the heart of our entertainment community," said Hannah Donovan, Vine GM. "They make us laugh, they inspire us and most importantly, they create culture. That is special. That deserves recognition and fuel."
1-IN-10 ALIGN CROSS-BORDER EMPLOYEE MOBILITY A significant majority of companies have not yet adopted the practices that create tighter alignment between their employee mobility and talent management goals, according to a recent Global Mobility Trends Survey. Brookfield GRS, surveyed
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Global Mobility and Human Resources leaders from 1 63 multinational companies and found that for 90 %, the journey to fully align the global mobility function with their talent management objectives is still ongoing. "We found that 1 0% of
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responding companies are further ahead in realising the benefit of closer alignment with wider workforce planning goals," said Diane Douiyssi, Director, Brookfield GRS' Global Consulting Services practice and co-author of the survey report.
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