PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS November 4, 2010 BRITS DON’T LIKE TO QUEUE ANY MORE British people are no longer as willing to patiently queue, according to research published today by the Payments Council. In fact, the average British adult can stand just 10 minutes and 42 seconds of waiting before getting frustrated. 83 per cent of people now turn to virtual alternatives [...]
The big trends in hiring and how they affect you April 18, 2012 RICHARD JOHNSON INSURANCE: The insurance recruitment market remains buoyant, with a continuous requirement for finance, risk and compliance professionals at all salary levels. The sector has been the subject of significant recent regulatory change, through the well publicised Solvency II requirements, new products, new insurance companies, a constant flow of mergers and acquisition activity, growth [...]
Debt consolidation hits £1.5bn February 13, 2012 Consumers are set to borrow £1.5bn for debt consolidation in the thirst three months of 2012, according to data out yesterday from Sainsbury’s Finance. The 157,000 loans account for almost one in three of all unsecured loans taken out in the period, and average £9,800 each. “For those who perhaps have balances on credit cards [...]
The four traits key to success in the critical world of sales May 9, 2012 PHILIP Delves Broughton’s idea is very simple. “Selling is not a sideshow, a pesky obligation apart from the real business of finance, law, or accounting. It is business in gorgeous Technicolour.” Sales is a “human practice.” To be a success in sales requires skills and traits that aren’t solely useful in that particular job, but [...]
The four traits key to success in the critical world of sales May 9, 2012 PHILIP Delves Broughton’s idea is very simple. “Selling is not a sideshow, a pesky obligation apart from the real business of finance, law, or accounting. It is business in gorgeous Technicolour.” Sales is a “human practice.” To be a success in sales requires skills and traits that aren’t solely useful in that particular job, but [...]
How the Budget will affect your finances March 25, 2012 High and middle income earners can expect to gain and lose, but pensioners, smokers, drinkers and drivers will all be penalised by the chancellor’s announcements last week THE chancellor made an abundance of announcements in this week’s Budget, invoking a variety of strong responses, both in support and against. The Budget contained both positives and [...]
How love triumphed in the Gulag May 28, 2012 A celebrated historian of Russia, Figes’s new book is a collection of letters between Lev and Svetlana, two Moscow scientists who met in 1935 but were kept apart for 13 years by war and internment. Their letters tell the incredible story of how they kept communicating through Lev’s internment at the Pechora Gulag where he [...]
WHAT DOES THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET MEAN FOR YOU? March 21, 2012 CATHERINE GANNON, 50,MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LAW FIRM GANNON Catherine lives with her children, aged nine and 11, in a home she owns with a mortgage. She set up her firm nine years ago and worries about red tape and taxes. When travelling to meet clients, she uses the tube. She earns over £100,000, and has [...]
Folly which crippled Greece will be repeated in socialist France May 7, 2012 HOLLANDE’S victory was the most predictable election contest I can remember. No poll in recent months ever suggested that Sarkozy was in front. I have been keeping an eye on a US betting website – Sarkozy never traded above a 40 per cent chance of winning, and that was before Christmas. He was doomed. Of [...]
The four pillars of a successful job hunt February 2, 2012 CHIEF EXECUTIVE, QUARTIC TRAINING HOW far do you need to go to get that job? It won’t be news to you if we report that the jobs market in finance is pretty tough at the moment. But with hundreds of applicants for each position, how do you maximise your chances? FRESHEN UP YOUR CV Your [...]