Julius Baer private client head: 'UK jobs are safe'

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Julius Baer’s head of UK private clients Alan Hooks spoke about whether the Covid-19 pandemic had impacted on UK growth plans, and whether there were any jobs culls on the horizon.

Julius Baer had announced back in February that it was cutting 300 jobs across the group due to lower levels of growth.

7 Oct 2020 English United Kingdom Business · Investing

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