David Phillips

​Climate Risk in the Financial Services Sector

Following on from COP26 in 2021, it’s become clear that businesses will need to place increased focus on climate change, and their efforts to reduce its effects, in 2022 and beyond. Bearing th...

MERJE's 2021 in Numbers

​2022 has kicked off at full speed with businesses across the UK powering forward with their hiring plans in order to get ahead of the year and whatever ups and downs it may throw our way. This mea...

IFRS 17: What you need to know before the deadline

IFRS 17, the new Insurance Contracts Standard, represents a complete overhaul of the accounting for insurance contracts, which will result in major changes for the industry. Originally envisaged ...

Workplace Wisdom from our Favourite Festive Films

Who knew that our favourite Christmas films could teach us a thing or two about the workplace? It’s the most wonderful time of the year...particularly when it comes to festive films and all the war...

What should you wear in an interview? We asked the experts.

Suited and booted remains the preferred attire for interviews, but a less formal approach is also gaining momentum​Interviews have had quite the shakeup in recent times thanks to the pandemic and t...

Waving Goodbye to 2021

​What a year 2021 has been. We’ve navigated the ups and downs of the ongoing Covid-19 situation, managed our disbelief at the much-awaited revelation of H’s identity in Line of Duty and watched on ...

Welcome: Jake Kelly

​Rounding off a fantastic year of growth for the MERJE team, we're delighted to welcome back Jake Kelly!Jake joined us back in 2017, straight out of university, and took the first steps of his recr...

How to support people with disabilities at work post-Covid

​International Day of People with Disabilities is an annual event that aims to recognise the challenges, barriers and opportunities for people who live with disabilities. In 2021, it is backed by a...

Open Finance is on the horizon

Earlier this year, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a feedback statement following a call for increased input relating to the development of Open Finance. The progression of Op...

Sustainable Procurement: The Key to Net-Zero?

​As the final tos-and-fros of COP26 subside and the dust settles on a ‘something is better than nothing’ summit, the Procurement community in the UK has begun to consider what impact this has on th...

Is now the right time to change jobs?

The job market has changed significantly over the past few months. The number of open vacancies has exploded as organisations recover from the challenges of 2020 and look to the future once more....

Welcome to MERJE: Benn Pople

The year may be winding to a close but our growth plans certainly aren't! At the beginning of 2021, we set out to increase our headcount substantially and we've certainly done that with the additio...