Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It’s day two of our vote for the Worst Company In Britain 2009. In yesterday’s showdown, Halifax Bank Of Scotland beat Lloyds TSB at a canter with more than two thirds of the votes, which could translate into the fact that by merging with HBOS, the Lloyds Group have acquired the banking equivalent of a [...]
Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The time has come for you all to give a name to your pain. The voting for ‘Bitterwallet’s Worst Company In Britain 2009’ showdown starts here. We’ve compiled a list of the 32 most loathed companies from your nominations and over the next six weeks we’ll whittle them down via head-to-head voting until we’re left with [...]
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The European Commission has formally approved plans for the break up of Lloyds Banking Group. Under a four-year plan, the 43% state-owned Lloyds will sell its TSB, Cheltenham & Gloucester and Intelligent Finance brands. The bank will also dispose of its Lloyds TSB branches in Scotland, plus certain outlets in England and Wales, totalling 600 branches in [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Lloyds, which will sell off 600 branches in return for state aid, can now press ahead with a record-breaking £21.5bn fundraising Brussels today cleared the way for a dramatic shakeup of high street banking by formally approving the restructuring of Lloyds Banking Group, which will sell off 600 branches in return for state aid. The bank, 43% owned by the taxpayer, can now press on with a record-breaking...
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A MEDICAL professional who has worked in the NHS for nearly 40 years has received an award at a ceremony celebrating the achievements of the British Asian community. Naaz Coker, from Bromley, was presented with a lifetime achievement honour at the Lloyds TSB Jewel Awards last Saturday at the London Hilton, in Park Lane. Ms Coker, whose [...]
Networking Dinner @ Flemings (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Networking at Jurys Inn Hotel Watford Thursday 26th November 09 Our last meeting generated £800,000 of profitable business Can Your Aford to miss the event? Our speaker for the evening Phillip Khan-Panni Award Winning Business Speaker Phillip will be talking to us about ‘Overcoming 3 Barriers to Greater Success’. With a powerful message for every individual and every leader of a team,...
EPR Financial News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Lloyds TSB has announced that it would offer its student account holders, starting University this autumn, an increase to their interest-free overdraft while the Student Loans Company processes a backlog of applications for grants and loans. To help affected first year students manage their money, Lloyds TSB student account holders who have an existing relationship with the [...]
Bracknell Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Lloyds Banking Group who are supported by the tax payer are being investigated by the UK Border Agency for flying Indian staff to the UK to do the work of UK-based IT staff. From a letter obtained from the Lloyds TSB Group Union to its members it states that "The Group has known for some time that 1,300 Indian contractors have been flown to the UK to do the work of IT staff and many of those have...
ClickPress (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Lloyds TSB has announced that it will be offering its student account holders who are starting University this autumn, an increase to their interest-free overdraft while the Student Loans Company processes a backlog of applications for grants and loans
Gulliver's Travels (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
This is the one picture of mine that has actually been published - it was used on the front cover of the Lloyds TSB house magazine many moons ago. It shows a frozen lake on Southampton Common, which I thought fitted in with the drop in temperatures over the last few days!
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The move last week by the European Commission to break up the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, the bloated beneficiaries of state aid, may be a clue as to the future and unexpected direction of the banking sector.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Lloyds Banking Group disclosed plans to shed another 5,000 jobs yesterday, taking the total to about 12,500 since the bank was created by the takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in January.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Eric Daniels, the boss of Lloyds Banking Group, was widely criticised when he said in August that its bad debts had peaked. He was accused of trying to save his skin after overseeing Lloyds TSB’s controversial rescue takeover of HBOS, destroying billions of pounds of shareholders’ money in the process.
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Just what you need to hear weeks before Christmas, "sorry you are being made redundant", but Lloyds Banking Group who have already laid off around 6,000 people this year are now laying off a further 5,000 and around 20% of those will be here in Scotland. These banking giants, which we now technically actually run, are charging more for overdrafts and loans, laying tens of thousands of staff...
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