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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…

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…

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…

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…

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/

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…

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…

A new Government-backed scheme has launched today that will allow people to apply for a 95 per cent mortgage, with a deposit of just 5 per cent. How does it work? From today, first-time buyers or current homeowners will be able to apply for a 95 per cent mortgage on properties that cost up to…

Interestingly we were talking about this in Talenthawk last week and how this may effect the WFH policies companies put in place. Ministers and rail chiefs are finalising a new system of flexible season tickets designed to entice commuters back to city centres as the shift to hybrid working takes off. https://www.cityam.com/rail-firms-launch-flexible-season-tickets-to-lure-commuters-back-to-city-centres/

The numbers all point to blistering growth as the hit from Brexit continues to diminish each month Two cheers for the British Wirtschaftswunder. It may not be an economic miracle, but the accelerating recovery now under way is a breathtaking turn of fortunes for the much denigrated Brexit economy. The UK will probably regain pre-Covid…