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UK FinTech faces major skills shortage by 2030
UK FinTech faces major skills shortage by 2030 Uncertainty around UK immigration policy post-Brexit could cost the sector £361 million...
Sep 20, 2024
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Three Fintechs leading Open banking initiatives in the UK
As the world starts warming up to the Open banking culture, there is always going to be this tug of war between control and agility. As...
Sep 20, 2024
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Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals
Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less...
Sep 20, 2024
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Williams Reminder!!!
Yes, it’s that time of year again, and the Williams Network Event will take place at its traditional home, the Williams Ale and Wine...
Sep 20, 2024
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The Portman Gallery
A well-known female private wealth banking professional has branched out to become an investor and silent partner in a brand new art...
Sep 20, 2024
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Market Update / We’re On The Move…
So Q1 is drawing to a close, and I detect an ever-so-slight uptick in sentiment in the market, with more offers being extended and more...
Sep 20, 2024
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Light at the end of the tunnel?
Following on from my last note, sentiment seems to be perceptibly improving in the market; roles are being raised, interviewed for and...
Sep 20, 2024
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Cityam – Would an EU cap on bankers’ pay damage London’s ability to attract the best
Any EU-wide limit on bankers’ remuneration will, in likelihood, create anguished complaints of “business prevention” , “restraint of...
Sep 20, 2024
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Job hunting – a few tips
This week I thought I’d touch on some practical suggestions for those folk who are either currently looking for a job or thinking about...
Sep 20, 2024
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Many a slip
Perhaps it’s because I’m sitting at a desk and not out where I ideally should be, namely grouse shooting on the Glorious Twelfth—damn...
Sep 20, 2024
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The sun always shines on the righteous
As I sit here enjoying the tremendous weather—yes, before you ask, I’m away again, this time in Boston but it could just as well be...
Sep 20, 2024
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Living the dream
When many of us were young, raised as we were in the mid-1960s and 1970s, we were brought up to believe that our life would follow a...
Sep 20, 2024
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Take heart, fresh start
While, in hindsight, some of my columns last year may have been a tad maudlin, I felt that they accurately conveyed the zeitgeist and...
Sep 20, 2024
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Size is relative
One of my favourite sayings, other than that great politician Tony Blair’s “now is not the time for soundbites [but] I can feel the hand...
Sep 20, 2024
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Mind altering musings
Have you ever considered that books and drugs are similar in many ways? The right ones, used in the right manner, can make you laugh,...
Sep 20, 2024
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Be prepared
As someone whose oratorical style varies between Elmer Fudd and Elmer Gantry—usually depending on my level of interest in the subject...
Sep 20, 2024
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Each to their own
The idea of the ‘perfect storm’ is one with which most of us are very familiar—the concept that, at certain times, a unique set of...
Sep 20, 2024
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New dawn
What a difference a day makes, or more accurately, a Bank Holiday weekend. A somewhat misogynistic acquaintance of mine traditionally...
Sep 20, 2024
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It’s a strange world
Don’t you find it odd that, in the UK, a police officer is not allowed to counter-sign a passport application form whereas a banker—that...
Sep 20, 2024
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Leaving it all behind
While it’s tempting to begin this edition of the column along the lines of last time’s theme—‘it’s a funny old world’—given that the...
Sep 20, 2024
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