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Maria Ward-Brennan

@MariaW_B

Journalist and Professional Service Editor @CityAM | ☘️

 London via Co.Monaghan
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Joined August 2011
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See you in court (eventually): Labour’s dumping problems on broken Tribunals bit.ly/4kaA9VK
See you in court (eventually): Labour's dumping problems on broken Tribunals

See you in court (eventually): Labour's dumping problems on broken Tribunals

Labour has passed some hefty laws but they aren't giving voters more power; they're passing the problems onto the already backlogged Tribunal system

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How Hill Dickinson’s Everton stadium gamble redefined law’s marketing playbook bit.ly/4yCliHo
How Hill Dickinson’s Everton stadium gamble redefined law's marketing playbook

How Hill Dickinson’s Everton stadium gamble redefined law's marketing playbook

Since Hill Dickinson made its bold entry into the sports sector last year, its brand recognition has soared across the UK, showing that marketing matters.

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McKinsey has stripped one of its directors at its business and economics research arm of his leadership role after a LinkedIn post
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‘Moral hazard’ – Lawyers warn SFO whistleblowing rewards could backfire bit.ly/4s6qSjK
'Moral hazard' - Lawyers warn SFO whistleblowing rewards could backfire

'Moral hazard' - Lawyers warn SFO whistleblowing rewards could backfire

Government launches consultation on reforming whistleblowing laws seeking to give the SFO powers to reward individuals who report economic crime.

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Big Four giant Deloitte accused of faking paperwork to hide Roman Abramovich wealth bit.ly/4jiTjIH
Deloitte accused of faking paperwork to hide Roman Abramovich wealth

Deloitte accused of faking paperwork to hide Roman Abramovich wealth

Big Four giant Deloitte and its spin-off are alleged to have falsified corporate paperwork to protect former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's assets

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Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’ trib.al/uRePYdr
Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’

Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’

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Labour’s band-aid won’t save the justice system from collapse bit.ly/4y689pI
Labour's band-aid won't save the justice system from collapse

Labour's band-aid won't save the justice system from collapse

When the buildings designed to deliver justice are infested with rats, it seems the system itself is rotting from the inside out, writes Maria Ward-Brennan.

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Dutch consulting disruptor takes aim at City’s ‘five-to-one’ markup bit.ly/4egxV3i
Dutch consulting disruptor takes aim at City's ‘five-to-one’ markup

Dutch consulting disruptor takes aim at City's ‘five-to-one’ markup

Sweav, a Dutch-founded freelance consulting platform, is launching in the UK to challenge the traditional professional services sector over its pricing.

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How AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink graduate training bit.ly/4AtY7Ru
How AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink graduate training

How AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink graduate training

The Big Four giants play an important role in shaping the next generation of workers, their approach to restructuring graduate programmes in the age of AI will be crucial to the future of the City

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Deloitte’s tech consulting division weighs on growth bit.ly/3TOQ15y
Deloitte's tech consulting division weighs on growth

Deloitte's tech consulting division weighs on growth

Deloitte reported a rise in revenue in its latest financial year even as growth in its technology and transformation division slipped lower.

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US gaming giant Roblox is suing a UK food brand and its philanthropic arm over alleged intellectual property infringement. cityam.com/gaming-platform-r…
Gaming platform Roblox sues British charity

Gaming platform Roblox sues British charity

The group behind US gaming giant Roblox is suing a UK charity and the food brand's philanthropic arm over alleged intellectual property infringement.

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The first Orangeman to back a united Ireland.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump has said he would 'love' to see a unified Ireland during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin. Replying to a reporter, the US president said 'it's going to happen eventually' adding 'the UK will have something to say about it'.
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Lawyer struck off for using fake AI evidence in his own disciplinary case bit.ly/4ivDpuj

Lawyer struck off for using fake AI evidence in his own disciplinary case

An immigration lawyer, who was referred to a Tribunal after a criminal conviction, was struck off after using AI-generated evidence as part of his own defence.

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The rise of AI has put serious pressure on professional services firms to figure out hiring and training strategies, as a new era enters the workforce with skills very different from the cohort ahead of them. cityam.com/the-common-sense-…
The common sense deficit hitting the City's professional services firms

The common sense deficit hitting the City's professional services firms

Rise of AI has put pressure on professional services firms to figure out hiring and training strategies as the faces a critical knowledge gap.

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City leaders weigh employment policy alternatives to non-competes bit.ly/4gxPBry
City leaders weigh employment policy alternatives to non-competes

City leaders weigh employment policy alternatives to non-competes

City businesses are expecting non-compete agreements to become less effective, looking instead to alternatives.

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Incoming FRC chair sits on board of construction group facing criminal probe bit.ly/4ghSj4n
Incoming FRC chair sits on board of construction group facing criminal probe

Incoming FRC chair sits on board of construction group facing criminal probe

Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, currently seeking approval to be FRC Chair, also sits on the board of a firm currently under criminal investigation.

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Offshore legal giant Mourant eyes expansion with private equity boost bit.ly/4wGo6mE
Offshore legal giant Mourant eyes expansion with private equity boost

Offshore legal giant Mourant eyes expansion with private equity boost

Offshore legal heavyweight Mourant is the latest professional services firm to take on private equity after MML Capital made a minority investment in the firm.

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Deloitte snaps up construction cost boutique to target infrastructure boom bit.ly/4wyBLfj
Deloitte snaps up construction cost boutique to target infrastructure boom

Deloitte snaps up construction cost boutique to target infrastructure boom

Deloitte has snapped up a niche construction consultancy as the Big Four firm looks to capitalise on the growing demand for tighter financial controls on major infrastructure projects.

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Apple’s legal action against UK data demands sparks showdown mrf.lu/2Zvdc
Apple’s legal action against UK data demands sparks showdown

Apple’s legal action against UK data demands sparks showdown

Whitehall’s pursuit of a backdoor into Apple’s encrypted data has triggered another transatlantic bust-up after the tech giant launched fresh legal challenge

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Gatwick expansion green-lit as court throws out activists’ appeal bit.ly/4g9PRho
Gatwick expansion green-lit as court throws out activists’ appeal

Gatwick expansion green-lit as court throws out activists’ appeal

Gatwick Airport's second runway can now be brought forward after the Court of Appeal kicked out a legal challenge against the project.

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