An ambitious finance professional has joined specialist lender Together as business development manager for London. Ash Kendall will be responsible for managing and maintaining broker relationships as the specialist lender boosts its presence in the capital. The business development manager has spent the last two years with Fiduciam, where he dealt with the lender’s complex […]
Introduction Choosing the right career for yourself is no easy task. Regardless of whether you have just finished high school or are considering a new path later in life, you will know that a sense of fear will pervade you every now and again, pushing you to think that you will never amount to anything. […]
When you consider that most of one man’s, 3,000-strong model collection had cost less than a few shillings each, highlights Iain Robertson, the desire to root around the attic, garden shed and garage for sealed boxes of ‘collectibles’ grows large. When I was young lad, my weekly pocket-money was spent on The Victor comic and […]
According to the latest quarterly job market report from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, finance job applications rose by a resounding 16.1% in the final few months of 2019. The report looks at job market data throughout Q4 2019 and compares this with findings from the previous year. It reveals that the finance […]
Specialist finance trade body, FIBA, has announced the appointment of short-term bridging lender, Bridging Link, to its lender panel. Bridging Link provides regulated and non-regulated bridging loans on a 1st and 2nd charge basis. They lend from £50,000 up to £2.5m with a maximum LTV of 70%. The firm is strongly supportive of the intermediary […]
Leading valuation market specialists, VAS Group continues to expand its senior management knowledge base with the appointment of highly experienced valuation real estate specialist, Jeremy Handley. Acting in a consultancy role, he will be responsible for quality assurance across both VAS Audit and VAS Panel, enhancing technical valuation propositions to further strengthen and expand the […]
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way that marketers transform their digital strategy. Implementing a data-led approach can help businesses improve the customer journey and in several ways, help marketers to better understand their customer’s habits . Understanding artificial intelligence tools is key for brands to streamline their marketing efforts using AI solutions. AI is […]
UK online retail sales growth spiked unexpectedly to +9.4% year-on-year (YoY) in December, bringing 2019 to a positive close with a surprisingly strong Christmas trading period, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. Unlike the high street, online retail defied forecasts of poor […]
An international conference will urge global policymakers to continue to adopt ‘bold and imaginative measures’ to secure access to cash and its acceptance in the future, as many societies are seeing radical change in the payments and monetary landscape. The ‘Future of Cash’ conference, which will be held on 21 – 22 April in Madrid, […]
In Q4 2019, the total number of retail employees fell by 1.8% year-on-year, a lower rate of decline when compared to Q4 2018 when employment fell by 2.8%. This is the 16th consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline in the retail workforce, proof that the transformation in the retail industry is ongoing. Full-time employment fell […]
