I joined Al Rayan Bank in 2023 as a Senior Operational Risk Manager, my first role in the UK. I was born in South Africa, lived, and worked in New Zealand for four years and relocated to the UK in 2023.
Britain has a long history of coin use and manufacture. We first began importing coins in the Iron Age, around 150BCE, and we started making our own money in about 100BCE.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have begun as an American tradition, but it has now been fully embraced. The last weekend in November is now the UK’s biggest retail event of the year.
