01 June 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY EDGING TOWARDS THE ABYSS: It is nearly ten years since the beginning of the banking crisis which has so changed the financial landscape of the western world, with what almost became a complete banking failure – indeed, would have done so had it not been… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Week In Brief Financial
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Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
01 September 2016 Furling the Umbrella A banking scandal not worth the mention by J.R.Thomas Strange goings on at Lloyds Bank. Once the smallest and most conservative of the big Four UK clearing banks, and certainly always the most careful and cautious, especially in relation to any novelty such as technology, it was also one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers
26 November 2015 Bonkers Bankers by M J Horast If bankers were a racial minority, a religious grouping or of unusual sexual determination, the Chartered Banker Institute (bankers, not understanding the proper use of the apostrophe, seem to have simply abandoned the expected ‘s) would be protesting in the strongest possible terms about the portrayal… Continue reading Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
08 October 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY AN INSPECTOR CALLS: The Serious Fraud Office has announced that it is investigating actions instigated by the Bank of England during the early stages of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. The Bank of England has confirmed that several officials have voluntarily met officers from… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
