Are young people savers or spenders? Part I
Are young people savers or spenders? This is a time-honoured question: one with connotations of footloose and fancy free young…
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Beer & Bytes podcast ep #5: You're wrong about Twitter; kids who code; robot love
Twitter is 10 years old, but what exactly IS it? Join the MRM digital team in their server room/beer tent, where…
Why you’re wrong to call Twitter a ‘social network’
If your job were to make Twitter bigger – “Head of Growth”, perhaps – you’d be forgiven for not being in a party mood this week as the network celebrates its 10th birthday.
The figures are well-reported but let’s remind ourselves: a net loss of £63m for the last three months of 2015 and user growth flat at 320 million monthly users. Investors are not impressed. There’s an atmosphere of decline. People are grumpy.
Q&A with UKSCF ambassador Henry Fraser
MRM caught up with UKSCF ambassador, Henry Fraser, who supports the charity and work they do supporting paraplegics after suffering a spinal cord injury while on holiday with friends.
MRM’s charity of the year – UK Stem Cell Foundation
Read about why MRM has chosen to support UKSCF as our charity of the year.
Auto enrolment and education: where does the buck stop?
With unprecedented numbers of employers set to enter auto enrolment this year, the need for effective education and communication has never been more important. But there seems to be genuine confusion about whose job it is to educate members about the pension scheme, as well as making sure they know how much they are contributing. This could prove damaging both financially and reputationally for those caught on the wrong side of it. So, is there an educational and engagement black hole? And where does the buck ultimately stop in ensuring members are engaged and supported not just as they enter auto enrolment but over the longer term?
Beer & Bytes podcast ep #4: Kirstie Allsopp's meltdown, Budget Bytes & the future of Pinterest
We’re joined by Robin McGhee from MRM’s Public Affairs team to talk about the highs and lows of how the…
Two minutes with Chris Tuite, Associate Director at MRM
MRM’s Chris Tuite on the importance of decoding financial jargon, getting his elbows out on public transport and sparring at the gym.
Bite-sized predictions: What might the 2016 Budget mean for financial services?
Finding Budget speculation confusing? Not surprising given the plethora of announcements, hints and the occasional kite that chancellors like to fly in the run up to the Budget. Fear not, we’ve compiled a bite-sized review into what’s likely to be covered next week.
Beer & Bytes podcast ep #3: Is Slack making us Slack & Medium making us…nice??
Slack has taken a bit of flack recently for becoming a bit of a black hole for productivity yet it’s just…
Is Medium the friendliest social media platform on the Internet?
Over the years our social media attention spans (well, just attention spans really) have become progressively shorter. Let’s face it, a listicle with a decent smattering of gifs and memes is an infinitely more popular read than a long-read opinion article. There was a time in years gone by when long-reads ruled the roost, but this has steadily eroded, thanks in no doubt to the likes of Twitter and Vine.
Will Slack’s new video conferencing feature bring the financial sector closer to the cloud?
Messaging app Slack has just rolled out a beta version of native voice chat with video conferencing to follow which promises to rival Skype. Is it just a matter of time before the UK financial services industry embraces Slack?