People moves: Duffy joins D Square

Word reaches me that Duffy has joined high frequency trading outfit D Square, which is run by Damian Mitchell, a former colleague of mine from Midland Bank. Naturally, I was surprised that the Welsh faux-soul songstress should be moving across to the world of finance to join the company as its seventh employee, so I called up Damian, who seemed so stunned that I’d heard he refused initially to give me any further details. “Listen shag,” I explained. “It’s like torture. I’ll find out all the deets eventually, but if you make it difficult, I’ll only get pissed off. So save your finger nails, if you get my drift.”