Hargreaves calls in consultants to review technology options

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Direct-to-consumer platform giant Hargreaves Lansdown has called in external consultants to review its proposition and assess what technology could be added in future to enhance the service.

The group - which earlier today revealed it had seen record revenues of £68.7m in the last quarter - is looking at what enhancements it can make to its back office in order to keep the platform ahead of competitors. The company has already carried out a project to review the future sustainability of the platform, and Ian Gorham, chief executive of Hargreaves, said the latest project was assessing what additional technology could be introduced. "We are reviewing what is available in future [to the platform] and what we could add," Gorham said. "We have some consultants in looking at...

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