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Simon Cavell
Director and Head of Consulting
08 January 2024
A Happy New Year? Supporting Customer VulnerabilityThe month of January brings fresh hope for the year ahead – resolutions made, dry January, booking a summer holiday. However, for many, the hangover from Christmas will include credit card bills, higher borrowing costs, and continuing Cost of Living pressure.
Tim Swinson
Consulting Manager
07 December 2023
Tunnel Vision: How Bernie (almost) broke Formula OneThe perennial powerhouses of Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull sat at the front of the grid for the final round of the 2016 season - the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sheikhs, sponsors, and billionaires watched on, as the pinnacle of open-wheeled racing reached its climax. The Drivers’ World Championship was on the line… it was exactly what Bernie Ecclestone wanted.
Simon Cavell
Director and Head of Consulting
21 November 2023
Consumer Duty: a matter of trustIn a speech by Nisha Arora (Director of Cross Cutting Policy and Strategy, FCA) on 1 November, the most illuminating comments related to what firms can expect from the regulator. Amongst references to Consumer Duty being a golden thread and how they would use this to intervene early, the FCA are clearly expecting the Duty to improve customer confidence and trust.
Necati Tosun
Consulting Manager
16 October 2023
Performance optimisation - push & pull!The many forces of change facing financial services provide both a push and a pull factor for firms to transform – to optimise performance and to reduce their cost to income ratio.
Tim Swinson
Consulting Manager
05 October 2023
This is your Everest: how a unified message can help a team reach its potentialThis is the first in a series of blogs from Tim Swinson, Consulting Manager, looking at the impact of purpose, vision, and values on organisational performance. In this piece he discusses how a clearly communicated vision statement can boost employee engagement and ultimately performance.
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