Combating Financial Crime in the Financial Services Industry: A Look at Recent Trends and Technologies

Financial crime continues to be a major challenge for financial services organizations, with the potential for significant financial losses and reputational damage. As a Senior Recruitment and Business Development Consultant working with financial services organizations, I understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in combating financial crime. In this blog…

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Time to stop living in fear – we have a duty to get out and spend

Those of us lucky enough to still be earning need to hurl ourselves into an orgy of reckless excess to save the economy Perhaps Boris Johnson should stop worrying. Apparently, the Prime Minister fears a backlash from the public if he breaks his promise to lift all restrictions on June 21. But maybe there won’t…

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Multi-tasking or Mindfulness?

I had a conversation with my Manager recently about the challenges of multi-tasking. The conversation took me back to a workshop that I attended, many years ago, on mindfulness and how effective this can be in improving our performance, both at work and in our personal lives. Is mindfulness more important during this current pandemic,…

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Biggest deficit since Second World War as borrowing hits £300bn

Government scales back plans to issue more debt as the UK’s resilient economy starts to rebound The Government borrowed another £28bn in March, taking the deficit for the financial year to more than £300bn. This amounts to 14.5pc of GDP, the highest level since the Second World War. However this historic deficit was still smaller…

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Barclays boss predicts biggest economic boom since 1948 for Britain

Jes Staley says the UK economy will enjoy ‘robust recovery’ as Barclays posts surge in profits The UK will enjoy its strongest year of growth since modern records began in 1948 as the economy surges back to life after a rapid vaccine rollout, the boss of Barclays has predicted. Jes Staley said he expects the…

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A year of lockdown has made millennials like me fall in love with phone calls again

Will this affect the recruitment industry do we think…. ‘Generation mute’ abandoned phone calls in favour of social media, but the past year has made us rediscover the joy of talking on the phone A good article from a person who barely made phone calls but now does https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/year-lockdown-has-made-millennials-like-fall-love-phone-calls/

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Nissan plans huge Sunderland battery factory in coup for Brexit Britain

Nissan considers gigafactory at its UK plant after hailing Brexit as a ‘positive’ while local leaders attempt to woo Elon Musk The Japanese company is understood be negotiating with ministers to secure support for the plan, which would make the site Nissan’s biggest electrified car operation outside its home nation and put Britain at the…

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Bitcoin is a defence against monetary madness

Nobody knows how central bank money-printing will end, which is why ordinary people have sought a hedge It swings around wildly in price. It consumes more energy than all the gas-guzzling SUVs in Chelsea put together. And, as well as legitimate investors, it is used by drug dealers and terrorists to shuffle assets through the…

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