Tag Archives: twitter

Let’s stop blaming everybody else!

Posted on June 10, 2020 by henry tapper

  Blame the Crossfit CEO, blame Sainsburys, blame Peter Shilton and blame Little Britain. The twitter hits of the day are consistently pointing fingers at others for the state we’re in. Thankfully we aren’t blamin Prince Philip who is 99 … Continue reading →

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The value of geography

Posted on March 10, 2018 by henry tapper

I am not a geographer, I didn’t get the O-level – a little like Hilary Salt, I thought it something that PE teachers taught to fill in their curriculum. Geography has come a long way – when I was at … Continue reading →

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Trial by twitter’s fine by me!

Posted on February 7, 2018 by henry tapper

An IFA withdraws its transfer service complaining it’s the victim of “trial by twitter”. Accountability is something that falls hard on adviser’s shoulders. Because we are in the business of longer term investment, the outcomes of our advice will typically … Continue reading →

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Can pensions be more playful (please)!

Posted on April 18, 2017 by henry tapper

  I’ve waded through a number of IGC chair reports this Easter weekend and a smile has seldom  been on my lips. With the exception of the Virgin Money report, I hardly felt I knew who I was talking to. Ironically, … Continue reading →

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Pensions and the Media

Posted on December 14, 2016 by henry tapper

We like to think that the media works well with the pension industry, but it’s a relationship based on our money, not on mutual respect. In this article I look at how the media really view pensions, concluding we have … Continue reading →

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The value of being nice. #WASPI, #YTFC and decency

Posted on January 3, 2016 by henry tapper

Stand up for the Minstermen! 290 York City fans came to Huish Park yesterday to watch their team lose 1-0 against fellow strugglers Yeovil. We clapped them before the game and many of us commiserated with them after. They are … Continue reading →

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The Public Accounts Committee on Auto-Enrolment – (tweets on DWP/tPR and NEST)

Posted on November 24, 2015 by henry tapper

I’m not sure a blog has ever been written around one person’s tweets of an event, but Jo Cumbo’s online reporting of the Public Accounts Committee’s session on auto-enrolment is so excellent that I thought to hand over to her … Continue reading →

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Credit where credit is due – how those outside of work get a pension

Posted on September 23, 2015 by henry tapper

This blog’s mainly about public service information. But it’s also about influence and how people get it. It was sparked by my reading some stuff on twitter about why we should all be checking our entitlement to the new state pension and … Continue reading →

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Everything’s a prototype – nothing on the web will last.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by henry tapper

  The way people think about websites has changed so much over the past three years. This morning I read an article called “web design is dead” in which the author, Sergio Nouvel (@shesho) argues that internet innovation has shifted from … Continue reading →

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Making social media work for us

Posted on July 8, 2015 by henry tapper

One of the things that social media does, is blur the line between work and play. The distinction is one that employers , regulators and brands attempt to manage, often with arcane rules that make them a laughing stock to their … Continue reading →

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