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Season’s greetings and all that …

That's me done … will return here on 3rd January so, in the meantime, Joyeux Noël and Feliz Navidad. Here's a few of my favourite ecards this year. First, the Financial Services Club's of course … You may recognise it as our favourite new badge, and this is the specially commissioned Club cartoon by Hugh…

Hugh McLeod

Season’s greetings and all that …

That's me done … will return here on 3rd January so, in the meantime, Joyeux Noël and Feliz Navidad. Here's a few of my favourite ecards this year. First, the Financial Services Club's of course … You may recognise it as our favourite new badge, and this is the specially commissioned Club cartoon by Hugh…

Hugh McLeod

Seasons Greetings 2012

Wishing you all the best for the holiday season from the Financial Services Club. In the context of a revival of fortunes in 2013 for the industry, see below …

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Seasons Greetings 2012

Wishing you all the best for the holiday season from the Financial Services Club. In the context of a revival of fortunes in 2013 for the industry, see below …

Screen Shot 2012-12-02 at 15.49.11

UK banks pay £53.4 billion in taxes

Just got a press release that I would usually ignore … but this one's interesting.  It's from Open Europe, a think tank, and says that the UK banking sector not only pays over £50 billion in taxes, but that the whole sector is in danger of being squashed by the EU. Here it is for…

UK banks pay £53.4 billion in taxes

Just got a press release that I would usually ignore … but this one's interesting.  It's from Open Europe, a think tank, and says that the UK banking sector not only pays over £50 billion in taxes, but that the whole sector is in danger of being squashed by the EU. Here it is for…

The London Protest #OccupyLSX is useless

I’ve been down to the #OccupyLSX, or #OLSX for short, site several times.  That’s the Occupy London Stock Exchange site for those not following them on twitter. They were inspired by the #OccupyWallStreet, or #OWS folks, who began protesting back in September. Our group is a similar rag, tag and bobtail amalgamation of disparate folks,…

Occupy-london1

The London Protest #OccupyLSX is useless

I’ve been down to the #OccupyLSX, or #OLSX for short, site several times.  That’s the Occupy London Stock Exchange site for those not following them on twitter. They were inspired by the #OccupyWallStreet, or #OWS folks, who began protesting back in September. Our group is a similar rag, tag and bobtail amalgamation of disparate folks,…

Occupy-london1

Banking is a land of extremes

There are evangelists and dogmatics across the banking spectrum.   On the one hand, I have regular debates with mobile extremists who believe cash is dead; on the other, there are those who are still fighting to keep the cheque in existence, and even lobbying to bring back cheque guarantee cards (they were phased out in…

Demogrphics

Product or solution: a breed apart

Just had an interesting chat with a couple of guys who provide sales development and account planning services to IT firms. The gist of their business is turning product sellers into solution sellers, a core stomping ground of mine and one which intrigues me as it's more relevant now than ever. I guess it’s like…

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