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• A slap in the face with a wet squid: the weird world of workplace punishments

  03-05-2017 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  From the cabin staff shut in overhead lockers to the staff forced to peck one another like chickens, humiliating rituals are all in a day’s work for someIt is described, perversely, as a team-building exercise; it is reported that, as a forfeit for missing their weekly sales targets, staff at Central Claims Group – a call centre – in Bury are made to lie down on the floor while a good-sized squid is placed, or dropped, on their faces. It could be worse – it’s n
  
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• UK's financial obligations to EU will be 'incontestable', says Barnier - The Guardian

  03-05-2017 16:59
  
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  UK's financial obligations to EU will be 'incontestable', says Barnier
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  The EU's chief negotiator has admitted to a clash with Theresa May during last week's dinner in Downing Street and warned that the size of the multibillion pound bill the British government will be presented on leaving the bloc will be “incontestable”.en meer »
  
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• UK FinTech Working Together to Combat Financial Crime | RUSI - RUSI Analysis

  03-05-2017 13:54
  
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  UK FinTech Working Together to Combat Financial Crime | RUSI
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  The Exchange, established by FINTRAIL and RUSI enables firms to collaborate by sharing best practise and pooling information on financial crime typologies in ...
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• UK FinTech Working Together to Combat Financial Crime - RUSI Analysis

  03-05-2017 13:54
  
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  UK FinTech Working Together to Combat Financial Crime
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  Since its launch in 2017, seventeen of the UK's leading Financial Technology (FinTech) firms have agreed to join the UK FinTech Financial Crime Exchange (FFE). The Exchange, established by FINTRAIL and RUSI enables firms to collaborate by sharing ...
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• Blame the ‘bank of mum and dad’ for Britain’s growing inequality | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

  03-05-2017 13:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Cuddly phrases disguise the reality: those with property pass unearned wealth on to their children, entrenching unfairness. It’s capitalism at its most brutalA report from Legal & General and economics consultancy Cebr has found that Britain’s parents have just entered the top 10 UK mortgage lenders. Collectively, they will lend their children £6.5bn this year to buy homes; an amount similar to that lent by the UK’s ninth-biggest mortgage lender, Yorkshire Building So
  
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• 4G mobile: UK urban areas with best and worst coverage revealed

  03-05-2017 08:33 via theguardian.com
  
  London ranks 16th out of 20 big cities and towns, with coverage and download speeds varying wildly, says Which?Middlesbrough has the best 4G mobile phone coverage in Britain while Bournemouth has the worst, according to a study of Britain’s biggest urban areas.The report, published by consumer watchdog Which?, found the availability of 4G coverage and download speeds varies wildly across the UK’s 20 biggest cities and towns.Continue reading...
  
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• Loyalty does pay … for Sky, but not for its customers

  03-05-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Broadcaster seems determined to charge me over the odds for basic servicesAfter reading your letter about Sky customers dropping the paid-for service and using Freesat instead, I tried to do this. But when I phoned I was told that “option” was no longer available.I have two Sky boxes and offered to pay a £10 fee for each box. I was told the only way to keep the recording facility for the free-to-air channels that I use was to enter into a new contract at a special rate of &poun
  
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• The home insurance mistake costing YOU £123 every year

  03-05-2017 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITISH homeowners risk being left out of pocket to the tune of £123 each year through one crucial mistake, research has showed.
  
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