Lianna Brinded

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Lianna Brinded is the news editor at International Business Times UK and has worked across print, online and TV. Her portfolio includes the Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC, CNBC and The Independent.

Lianna holds a Masters degree in Contemporary War and Peace Studies, specialising in genocide and ethic nationalist conflict, from University of Sussex, and a BA (hons) degree in English and American Literature from the University of Kent.

Lover of science, Star Trek, computer games, Warhammer, triathlons and roller derby.

Eurozone is forecasted to exit its longest recession (Photo: Reuters)

Eurozone on Edge of Exiting Recession

The eurozone economy may move out of its longest recession as analysts predict modest growth for second quarter

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (R) shakes hands with an employee of Eiffage TP during a visit of a tunnel digging site in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris (Photo: Reuters)

France Eyes Points-Based Retirement System for Pensions

Government mulls over retirement legislation changes to swap years-of-work tally to new credit system

SMEs are already under pressure to stay afloat while large corporations take their time in paying their smaller counterparts (Photo: Reuters)

Parliamentary Inquiry Finds UK SMEs Owed £36bn in Late Payments

Small to medium enterprises face another challenge of being paid on time. Whitehall calls for action

Libor Fixing Scandal: German Regulator Completes First Leg of Deutsche Bank Probe

Media reports say BaFin found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of members of the management board

The row over the rise of foreign workers in Britain has rumbled for years. Pictured in 2009, workers protested over the use of foreign workers outside the Total Lindsey refinery in northern England (Photo: Reuters)

Foreigners Contribute More to British Economy than UK Nationals

Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant slams Tesco and Next for employing more foreign workers.

Spain has seen a massive drop in physical bank branches. At the entrance to a former Bankia-Caja Madrid bank branch, the sign reads, "retail space available" (Photo: Reuters)

European Banks Axed 5,500 Branches in 2012

There are now 20,000 fewer branches around the European Union than 2008

Heyrick Bond Gunning, managing director of Salamanca group and who is also the former Head of Kidnap for Ransom at Kroll and set up DHL in Baghdad after the Gulf War - talks to IBTimes UK about cyber crime costs for banks and businesses (Photo: IBTimes UK

Heyrick Bond Gunning on Cyber Crime Costs British Banks and Businesses [VIDEO]

Salamanca Group MD and ex Head of Kidnap for Ransom at Kroll speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK on cyber attacks

Standard Chartered Eyes Two Consumer Finance Units Sale to Offset $1bn Korean Business Hit

Jaspal Bindra says bank mulling over SC Capital and SC Savings Bank sale after pre-tax profits tanked 16%

A firefighter walks past a burning building in Tottenham, north London August 7, 2011 (Photo: Reuters)

London Riots Anniversary: Business Insurance Claims and Compensation 'Not Yet Finalised'

ABI says insurances companies have processed 2,500 claims. Meanwhile government is criticised for Riot Act compensation

Standard Chartered Knocked By $1bn Korean Business Hit

Emerging markets bank took a one billion dollar hit on the value of its Korean business.

Britain’s ‘Bad Bank’ Pays Back £6.6bn to Taxpayers

UK Asset Resolution repaid nearly £2bn in the first six months of 2013 alone.

Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband (L) and UK Prime Minister David Cameron (R) (Photo: Reuters)

Labour Party: David Cameron is Worst UK Prime Minister for Living Standards on Record

Britain's opposition party unveils 'full scale of the cost of living crisis'

Citizens Advice, BRC and Experts Praise New Consumer Protection Legislation [VIDEO]

Citizens Advice, British Retail Consortium, and Martin Lewis welcome the focus shift from prosecution to compensation

UK Government Unveils New Draft Legislation Against Misleading and Aggressive Consumer Practices [VIDEO]

Consumer Minister Jo Swinson reveals proposals, amending the Consumer Protection Regulations from Unfair Trading Regulations

UK Government Will Not Seek Ban of Zero-Hours Contracts [VIDEO]

EXCLUSIVE: Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson and Business Secretary Vince Cable reviewing practices but won't seek outright ban

Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson and Business Secretary Vince Cable (Photos: Reuters)

Payday Lending: UK's Vince Cable and Jo Swinson to Meet Archbishop of Canterbury to Forge New Credit Union Rules [VIDEO]

EXCLUSIVE: Business secretary, consumer affairs minister, and Justin Welby to chalk-up draft credit union legislation

HSBC's Revenue Slump Offset By Thousands of Job Losses and Business Closures

HSBC's profits rise on the success of its three-year cost cutting programme and despite a fall in revenue

HSBC Profits Soar Partly on Lower Mis-Selling Derivatives and PPI Compensation

HSBC's interim results show operating expenses decreased on lower charges relating to UK customer redress programmes

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi closes his eyes in a gesture to supporters during a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, outside his palace in central Rome August 4 (Photo: Reuters)

Markets, Politics and Economics: Hiatus, Crisis and Silence in Europe

Daniel Stewart's chief economist guides us through the month ahead

Newsweek printed its last ever magazine in December 2012

IBT Media Buys Newsweek

IBTimes UK's parent company will acquire US current affairs heavyweight Newsweek

Nancy McKinstry CEO at Wolters Kluwer speaks to IBTimes UK exclusively on camera

Wolters Kluwer CEO Nancy McKinstry Eyes ‘Bolt-On’ EU and Asia Acquisitions [VIDEO]

One of Forbes-listed 'world's most powerful women' speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK on camera about M&A deals

Mis-Selling Derivatives Scandal: RBS Has Only Used 8% of Compensation and Admin Pot

RBS won't add anymore to the redress fund but will 'continue to monitor the level of provision'

UK Chancellor George Osborne 'Impressed' by RBS New CEO Ross McEwan's Vision

Osborne heaps praise on McEwan after the government ousted the former chief executive Stephen Hester in June

Ross McEwan replaces Stephen Hester as CEO of RBS (Photo: RBS)

RBS Names Ross McEwan as CEO Stephen Hester Replacement

Royal Bank of Scotland appoints former Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief as its leader.

Lloyds Privatisation: Bank Ready to Sell £20bn Shares Back to Taxpayer

Chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio says bank is ready for privatisation but timing is up to UK finance ministry

Mis-Selling Derivatives Scandal: Lloyds Used Fifth of Compensation Pot but Won't Add More Cash

Lloyds Banking Group has used 18% of its compensation fund for victims of complex derivatives mis-sales

Lloyds Adds £500m for PPI Compensation, Admin and FCA Probe

Lloyds Banking Group hit by half a billion charge while increasing compensation fund

Latin American Countries Refuse to Back IMF Greece Bailouts

Brazil and 10 small nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean refuse to support bankrolling Greece.

FCA and Met Police Arrest 3 Men and 1 Woman Over Insider Dealing Investigation

The Financial Conduct Authority said arrests are not linked to any other ongoing insider dealing investigation

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie (Photo: Reuters)

Dubai to Liquidate Building Projects to Pay Back Brad Pitt and David Beckham

Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority found that more than 200 development projects were cancelled between 2009 and 2011

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