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Interesting piece in the Standard today, in which Anthony Hilton proposes that Britain needs a ‘proper’ sterling crisis, suggesting we be ‘quietly pleased’ about the declining value of the pound and take advantage of the ‘freedom’ that comes with being able to set our own interest rates. He asks why, in light of the situation in Greece, which is trapped in a ‘debt nightmare’ because it cannot improve its position by devaluation, there is concern when sterling slides. Perhaps, Hilton suggests, this is due to a combination of the panic spread by hedge funds, a lack of political and investment confidence and an oversensitive nation which views a weakening currency ‘as if it is a national disgrace’. While losing the AAA credit rating may sound bad, Hilton observes how many countries ‘get by happily enough on AA’ and, in a similar ve! in, dismisses the fuss made about a hung Parliament, with minority and coaltion governments having served well elsewhere for decades. Vince Cable’s proposals on how and when to tackle the UK’s deficit are, Hilton claims, the most sensible on offer. In conclusion, Hilton believes that sterling’s continued fall ‘has its positive side’.  Worth a look. 

Tara Evans has been promoted from Trainee Journalist to Web Journalist at thisismoney.co.uk. She will be covering insurance and consumer issues, including motoring, utilities and holidays.

Dan Hyde has joined as a Trainee Journalist and will initially cover pensions, formerly part of Philip’s remit.

Alan O’Sullivan, who covers savings, will extend his reach to cover investment. Gillian Bevis will cover Alan’s old patch of credit cards & loans.

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Financial Times
Anthony Deutsch has been appointed Jakarta Correspondent at the Financial Times and will take up the role on 8 March. Anthony was previously Bureau Chief of the Associated Press’s Indonesia and East Timor bureau.

Telegraph Media Group
Harry Wilson, previously Investment Banking Editor of Financial News, has joined the Telegraph Media Group as Financial Services Correspondent.

City A.M.
Emma Sadowski is now a Reporter at City A.M. She was previously a City Reporter at Legal Week magazine

Citywire
Sarah Miloudi has left her role as Senior Reporter for Media Wales and will be joining Citywire on 1 March as a Reporter in their Wealth Manager section.

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Daily Mail
Rob Davies, formerly of City AM, joins the Daily Mail today as a City Reporter covering property and leisure.

Insurance Times
David Blackman starts today as Assistant Editor at Insurance Times. David was previously Deputy Editor at Local Government Chronicle.

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Financial News
Dominic Elliot has been appointed Investment Banking Editor, replacing Harry Wilson who leaves this week. Dominic has been with Financial News for four years and most recently held the position of joint News Editor for the paper and online. He will continue to write for The Wall Street Journal Europe as well as Financial News.

Investors Chronicle
Victoria Rees has returned to her role as Production Editor at the Investors Chronicle following her maternity leave. Andrew Adamson, who was Acting Production Editor in Victoria’s absence, has returned to his role as Deputy Production Editor.

Panorama
Tom Giles has been appointed as the new Editor of Panorama. He will take over the post in mid-March. The appointment comes after the former Editor Sandy Smith was announced as the new Executive Editor for The One Show.

Design Week
Laura Snoad has now joined Design Week as a Reporter covering graphics and furniture.

Global Reinsurance
David Sandham has resigned from his position of Editor at Global Reinsurance. Editor-in-Chief Tom Broughton will be taking on David’s responsibility in the short term.

Financial Times / Investors Chronicle
Claer Barrett was bylined in the FT on Friday, reporting on the failed buy-to-let club, Inside Track. Claer is Associate Editor of Investors Chronicle and focuses on, amongst other areas, investigative property pieces.

Daily Mail
Sam Fleming, Economics Correspondent, is now Associate City Editor. In this additional role he will take on new editing and comment writing responsibilities.

Lucy Farndon remains Deputy City Editor and number two in the department.

Rob Davies, formerly of City AM, joins the Daily Mail as a City Reporter on 22 February.

The Grocer
Nick Hughes has recently been promoted to Deputy Features Editor from Senior Features Writer.

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Guardian News and Media

Head of Business Dan Roberts will become Business Editor (Guardian News & Media) as part of a simplified newsdesk structure - continuing to manage business output across The Guardian, The Observer and website. Ruth Sunderland and Fiona Walsh remain Business Editors of The Observer and website respectively and Martin Farrer remains Business News Editor.

Pensions Management / Pensions Week / Pensionsnews.com
Hjalmar Tjan, Senior Reporter on NPN and NrPN (pensions magazines for the Dutch and Nordic regions in the pensions and investment group at the Financial Times) is moving across to join the UK team. From today, he will be writing news and features across Pensions Management, Pensions Week, and Pensionsnews.com. He will report to Pádraig Floyd, Editor in Chief of the UK, pension, and investment group at the Financial Times.

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Employ and Pay
Employ and Pay is a new title covering payroll and HR tax and compliance issues across recruitment, payroll, benefits and employment law. The first issue of the magazine will be distributed towards the end of the February.

The Grocer
Alex Black recently left his position as Features Editor at The Grocer. In his absence, Nick Hughes can be contacted for features enquiries. Catherine Dawes, Focus On Editor, can be contacted for Focus On enquiries. Ronan Hegarty, News Editor, can be contacted for news stories.

Law Society Gazette / Legalsupportnetwork.co.uk
Rupert White has left the Law Society Gazette, where he was Features and Commissioning Editor, and joined law firm support staff networking and content firm Legalsupportnetwork.co.uk as Head of Content and Community. Legalsupportnetwork.co.uk (LSN) enables anyone working in law firm management to connect with others in the same sector to share common issues, experience and knowledge.

Print Monthly
Print Monthly, a market guide for the printing industry published by Link, has recently moved offices to: Unit C Link House, Britton, Gardens, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 1TF.

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Financial Times
Sylvia Pfeifer, Defence Industries Correspondent at the Financial Times, has now returned from maternity leave.

Daily Mail
Andrew Pierce has now joined the Daily Mail as Consultant Editor.

Citywire
Atholl Simpson has joined Citywire as International Funds Reporter. Atholl will write for the newly launched Citywire Global magazine and Citywireglobal.com covering the pan-European fund management industry.

Professional Pensions
Sebastian Cheek has been promoted to Senior Correspondent at Professional Pensions, having previously been Deputy Features Editor at the magazine. He will be covering defined contribution schemes and providers, the actuarial profession, legislation, the National Association of Pension Funds, trade unions and all areas of occupational pension schemes.

Travel Trade Gazette
Daniel Pearce, Managing Editor of The Publican, will be leaving his position on 1 March to start as Editor for Travel Trade Gazette.

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Citywire / New Model Adviser
Will Robins has joined New Model Adviser as a Reporter. He was previously a Reporter at WealthBriefing. He will be covering pensions, protection and tax in his new role.

Nick Paler has also moved from the Citywire consumer newsdesk to the New Model Adviser team, to fulfil the role of Investment Correspondent.

Iain Martin continues to cover wrap and will also now cover life company corporate news and distribution strategy angles.

Maryrose Fison continues to cover national IFAs and regulation.

Sky News
Ruth Barnett has moved from Sky’s West London headquarters to take up a new role working with the Westminster political team as an Online Producer. She moves from her previous role as Social Media Correspondent and Twitter Correspondent before that.

The Sunday Times
Nina Montagu-Smith has recently joined The Sunday Times as Deputy Money Editor. Nina was previously Deputy Personal Finance Editor at the Telegraph Media Group.