Sean Farrell has left his position as financial editor of The Independent to go freelance.

Farrell told Journalism.co.uk he hopes to do a mixture of business journalism and copywriting for companies.

He was previously a reporter for Bloomberg News, a UK bank correspondent for Reuters and head of media relations for the Standard Chartered Bank.

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