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We certainly think so. There is a clear need and opportunity to improve the process for employment verification across the UK. The existing process is broken; it’s painfully slow, non-standardised, lacks proper security measures, and doesn’t always follow data sharing …

I’ve always had a love and appreciation for art and design and aged 17 sold antiques on Portobello Market – I was the market’s youngest antique dealer and it was an important learning experience in how to sell. I quickly …

I agree. Tech companies, especially tech startups, are the critical drivers of innovation – they learn, iterate and deliver faster and force the market to improve their offerings. We also see a pollination of disruptive models and technologies between different …

Banked is a new global payment network offering Pay by Bank as a real alternative to the card schemes. Whilst open banking has been around for four years, much of the focus on utilising it was for account information services, …

The past two years have caused no end of chaos and disruption. Yet, the UK’s entrepreneurial spirit seems unphased. According to Companies House, almost 80 new businesses were created every hour in the first half of 2021. Despite the challenges, …

I left my old job on a whim! Well, not really on a whim but pretty close – I left after serving a month’s notice with no clear plan on what to do next other than wanting to work on …

Why we say “f**k dating apps, 6 days of the week”. Monday 3rd: New match! Tuesday 4th: Hi, how are you? Wednesday 12th: Hey! I’m good thanks. Thursday 20th: Sorry, been busy! What’s up? Friday 21st: Nothing much! Would be …

What were your biggest learnings from your experiences with Lovefilm,Secret Escapes and Oxalyst? Those three businesses have very little in common, except that they all took inspiration from something successful and tried to replicate the model somewhere else. Two of …

Play a little game with me. Think of the last purchase you made online, that was important to you. Maybe a holiday you booked, a hotel, a new TV, even booking a restaurant. Have you got something in mind? Now …

What were you biggest learnings at Jefferies? Jefferies was a great learning experience for me. Whether you agree with the banking culture or not (most people don’t), you tend to understand your true self a little bit better when it’s …