The 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer has found that trust in banks has collapsed while Government...The 10 th edition of the report, released today, found that trust in banks fell 16 points to 31 per cent, while energy and media both dropped 13 points to 32 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. All three industries enjoyed a trust bounce last year. Trust in media was lower in the UK than any ...
A majority of the PRCA PR Leaders Panel place the blame for the current UK downturn at the doors of the banks, with 65 per cent believing them to be very responsible, and a further 32 per cent believing they have contributed to the situation. Only three per cent of PR leaders absolve the banks ...
02 Oct 2008
| by Ian Monk
it was as graphic as anything produced by the global financial collapse. Just as surely as the banks have crashed ...
much recent media and PR thinking seemed as exposed as that of a stricken bank. The truth ...
02 Feb 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Troubled telecoms group Telekom Austria has enlisted the help of investor relations specialist Cubitt Consulting in a bid to turn around its flagging share price.
The UK banking industry is fighting a lobbying and PR battle against state guarantees of savings...banking chiefs argue that state guarantees of savings create an uneven playing field, particularly given that Allied Irish Bank, Anglo Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland all have branches in the UK. The response from the UK industry has been co-ordinated by the British Banking Association (BBA), which has lobbied senior ...
03 Apr 2009
| by Alec Mattinson
Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown have told banks they have to 'rebuild public trust'. The warning ...
Herculean task. The Chancellor's speech at the Financial Services Authority on 27 March called on banks to show the public they had 'learned lessons', while the PM demanded banks adopt 'family values' in a ...
04 Sep 2009
| by Jonathan Clare, chief executive, Citigate Dewe Rogerson
advocating a global tax on transactions to ensure banks do not engage in unnecessary activity. We should ...
the detail but do not lose sight of the true social purpose of banks - to grow national and global economies ...
is to ensure good governance of the system. But the banks need to better communicate what their social ...
UK consumers perceive banks to be 'greedy' and 'impersonal' according to a new report launched...The Financial Confidence Survey, commissioned by Cohn Wolfe, found that 49 per cent of consumers identified greedy' as their perception of financial institutions. Over a third (36 per cent) said they were impersonal' and 34 per cent said they were distant'. Only two per cent said they thought banks were ethical ...
28 Sep 2006
TURIN/MILAN: Italy's Sanpaolo bank has hired Milan-based Twister Communications to steer...Twister is representing the Turin-based bank in its proposed merger with Banca Intesa of Milan, expected to be completed next year. The deal will create an institution worth around £43bn.
Agency MD ...
in this area, with the country's fourth-largest bank, Capitalia, expected to be a target. ...
25 Jul 1997
| by KATE NICHOLAS
The Times banking correspondent Robert Miller is joining the
Express as financial editor from...The Times banking correspondent Robert Miller is joining the
Express as financial editor from September. He will be deputy to the
Express City editor John Murray.
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