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On 17th September, over 100 financial services professionals and ex-servicemen and women joined ranks at New Broad Street House in
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The model ranks each organisation’s current performance against the 10 key factors in each lever which reflect industry best practice, and compares it with almost 400 other examples of current practice. An overall score is calculated, together with scores for each lever, based on the weighted average of the organisation’s positions in each of the key factors. The results of this analysis can then be compared with the business’ peer group and/or the market as a whole.
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Venturehaus has released its latest research on the pursuit of Operational Excellence in European banks at SIBOS in Vienna, the world’s premier banking conference attended by over 7000 delegates. At the conference, Managing Director Alan Noble presented the findings which compared the Top 20 banks in Europe with 15 of their global peers from the US and Asia.
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The current credit crunch and economic slow down presents a number of challenges to the financial services community across a number of fronts. Firstly, customers are becoming more demanding and less loyal as they seek flexible low cost solutions, cost transparency and value for money. Next, there is increased pressure from external bodies such as the FSA, UK parliamentary committees and the EU to address compliance issues. Lastly, from an internal perspective, there is renewed emphasis on liqui
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Venturehaus is delighted to announce the opening of its new office in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh. With existing relationships with RBS, Bank of Scotland, Standard Life, and AEGON Scottish Equitable, amongst others, Venturehaus’ business in Scotland has grown rapidly over recent years, and the opening of a local office in Edinburgh has become a natural development.
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Last week, over 100 senior executives invited by and including Fujitsu’s senior management board gathered together to discuss Lean Cuisine: Is Lean about slimming down or shaping up? The keynote speakers for the occasion included Ella Bennett, a senior HR executive of Fujitsu, Professor Daniel Jones and Venturehaus’ Director of Lean, Paul Henry.
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On Thursday evening, a drinks reception for ex-servicemen and colleagues that now work in the Financial Sector was held in the City in aid of Help for Heroes. Venturehaus, a specialist management consultancy working within financial services, gathered many of its colleagues and friends together for a presentation from Major Simon Butt MERCIAN on the challenges of commanding and leading troops on Operations in Helmand Province whilst fighting the Taliban.
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The second meeting of the Scottish Operational Excellence Board took place on 20th May 2008 in the Edinburgh offices of Standard Life. Leading Process Improvement experts from Scotland’s major financial institutions came together to discuss methods to deliver transactional excellence, focussing on creating capacity and end-to-end process ownership.
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