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)
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Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
17 September 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SAWING OFF THE BRANCHES: The dismemberment of the Royal Bank of Scotland empire continues. A lot of this is the implementation of the promises made in 2008 when the government rescued the bank (once the biggest in Europe and with even greater aspirations under its… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
14 may 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WATERFORD WEDGWOOD: Two of the oldest manufacturing companies in the British Isles, Waterford (fine crystal) and Wedgwood (fine china), brought together in a highly leveraged merger which ended in financial distress and administration in 2009, have been sold for US$437m. The vendor is the USA… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
