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Money Worries & The Workplace with Lloyd Magee

Money and mental health are often linked and worrying about money can make your mental health worse and you can easily find yourself struggling to cope.


This week Paul met with Lloyd Magee, Director of Invictus Wealth Consultants, to discuss how employers can help support employees with their personal finances, promote emotional and financial wellbeing at work, and the best way to approach this often 'taboo' subject in the workplace.


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