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For years, one of the most common topics of conversation around the dinner table has been the daily battles with call centres which handle just about every facet of modern life. How many people have you heard defending the service offered by call centres? None? Nor me. Research supports the general conception that call centres [...]

There isn’t a UK adult who hasn’t contributed to the bank bailout in some way. But now there looks fair chance of recovering some of that money – maybe even making some profit. So how should that be shared out? Is it time for you & me to get a little banker’s bonus of our own? And how about bank staff themselves?

You’d think the credit crunch, the catastrophic near-collapse of banks, had knocked some sense into Britain’s money industry.

You’d think the recession and the ensuing economic pain had ground those lessons in nicely.

But it seems not. Just a glance over three recent headlines goes to show that in “money world”, everything’s still topsy turvy…

We’ve all got our own opinions about bankers’ bonuses. Most of us feel they get paid far too much as a salary in the first place, without being chucked an extra few million every year just to help them get by.

Official figures show that the gender pay gap has narrowed dramatically over the last 13
years. which sounds like great news if you are a woman working in the UK.

Making predictions about what’s likely to happen during the next 12 months is never easy – there’s no real science to it and despite what Mystic Meg tells you crystal balls with magical powers are all the stuff of fiction.
 
However it’s that time of year when Money Hospital likes to look forward to the year ahead. Last year we made a number of predictions – some completely spot on and others a little wide of the mark.
 
I’ve recapped how things have gone in 2010, and look forward to what may be a better year in the UK…