27 Feb 2009
It is understood that Boulton, who joined HSBC in 2005, is close to
signing to a new job. The bank has made no comment on finding a
replacement. In his absence, marketing will be headed by Carlos
Wanderley, the UK head of customer propositions at HSBC. ...
LONDON - The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to halve its funding of British sport by the end...The bank will end its sponsorship of the Williams Formula One motor-racing team at the end of next year when its current contract expires. It also plans to review its ties with sports stars ...
rugby union championship for a further four years in a deal worth 20m. The bank is expected ...
25 Feb 2009
the Royal Bank of Scotland to rebrand its main UK subsidiary as the Nationalised Westminster Bank....'s retail banks are in a state of almost total chaos. Bankers are now right up there with journalists ...
definition of 'bank' (which is centred, not unnaturally, on the premise of an organisation that safely keeps ...
, and Sir Fred Goodwin, lately of RBS, revealed just how far banks have lurched from their traditional roles ...
this through, saying any such launch was a 'long way off'. Following its buyout of Royal Bank of Scotland's 50 ...
Services Authority granting it a full banking licence late last year, a Tesco spokeswoman confirmed it has ...
the appointment, the bank's marketing functions will be overseen by HSBC head of UK marketing Philip Mehl, First ...
to position it as a brand for aspirational cosmopolitan consumers, in contrast with fellow high-street banks such as Barclays, Lloyds TSB and Halifax. Boulton led the relaunch of the bank's upmarket banking service, HSBC ...
20 Feb 2009
at Lloyds Banking Group at the end of April....Nigel Gilbert was handed the top marketing job at Lloyds Banking after
the merger between Lloyds TSB and HBOS in December. Since then, Hanson
has held an interim role overseeing the marketing of the former HBOS
brands. He is not thought to have a job to go to. ...
20 Feb 2009
| by Alec Mattinson
Bank brings in City experts to overhaul comms as it bids to re-enter private sector....Northern Rock is considering a complete overhaul of its strategic
communications strategy, one year on from its shock nationalisation. The bank has called in City heavyweight Brunswick to lead a ...
messages. This could then trigger a wide-ranging comms plan to remould
the bank's reputation as it seeks ...
20 Feb 2009
The Royal Bank of Scotland, in which the Government now holds a 70 per cent stake, has come under...A member of the Treasury Committee, John Mann MP, has deemed the
sponsorship deals, with stars such as Zara Phillips, Jack Nicklaus and
Andy Murray, "reckless". Mann has also called for the sports stars to
opt out of the contracts with the bank, which was bailed out last year
by £20 billion of public funds. ...
20 Feb 2009
| by Caroline Lovell
RBS Group, the banking giant which last November was the subject of a £20 billion government bail...The pitch is expected to take place in the next couple of weeks and will
involve around 20 RBS Group roster agencies, which include M&C Saatchi's
direct marketing arm, Lida, and CHI & Partners. It is understood that RBS Group, which operates brands including
NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Direct Line ...
20 Feb 2009
-shaped pyramids. The
differences are a) they were customers, not staff and b) this ad is for
banking ...