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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

London fintech Zopa bucks layoff trend with new hiring and pay hike

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London fintech unicorn Zopa has bucked the trend of layoffs sweeping across the tech sector as it vowed to continue hiring and raise minimum salaries more than 20% to £27,000 to attract and retain talent, the Standard can reveal.

The salary raise is part of a package of new benefits, including two weeks’ pet bereavement leave, flexible Bank Holidays for people who do not celebrate Christmas and Easter, and allowing employees to work abroad as digital nomads up to four months a year.

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