“Lloyds looks to hire 700 advisers”

Feb 14, 2019 | Banking

Tags: Lloyds

So here we go again, the banks are back. It was just six years ago that Lloyds pulled out of financial advice. Suddenly you could pay money into your account without being collared for ‘an appointment with one of our advisers’ as the counter staff desperately tried to meet their sales targets. This time, of course, it’s going to be so much better and their boss says, ’We have a very different culture and approach in terms of what you were used to 10 years ago.’ Wedges and thin ends. I’d say.

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