Confronting the scammers
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Fraudsters make millions by exploiting a weak banking system, but who are the crooks behind it all? One of our journalists has turned the table on scammers by recording his calls with them and reporting their methods to the authorities.
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| 0:00.0 | Bad management costs employers around £84 billion a year. |
| 0:05.0 | Good management is a skill, sir, not just a job title. |
| 0:08.8 | It needs to be recognised, nurtured and practised. |
| 0:12.7 | And yet 82% of new managers in the UK are promoted |
| 0:16.2 | without formal management training. |
| 0:19.0 | Other chartered management institutes were working to change that. |
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