02 Dec 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
UK banks change tactics after collective PR drive fails to boost lending....Britain's biggest banks are set for a change of tactics to target small
businesses after efforts ...
-ordinated the launch of the Business
Finance Taskforce a year ago on behalf of the UK's six largest banks to
improve ...
that the UK banks are likely to position themselves
away from the collective drive to grow SME lending ...
28 Oct 2011
The UK private banking arm of HSBC is repitching its retained PR account....HSBC Private Bank UK targets high-net worth individuals with a minimum
of $2m to invest ...
banking at HSBC, confirmed that the bank had 'spoken to a number
of agencies' in recent weeks. She added that the pitch was driven by reasons of good governance and
that the UK private banking business had built a ...
Almost three-quarters of the public believes the recession was caused by bankers and no bank scores...Consumer trust in banks has not improved in the past year, according to new research from PRWeek/OnePoll.
The results came after 2,500 customers of Tesco Bank were locked out of their accounts for days following an IT error.
Eighty-six per cent of respondents said they did not trust banks more now than they did a year ...
25 Mar 2011
The industry body representing banks in the debate around financial regulations has called
25 Feb 2011
BBC business journalist Nils Blythe has quit the broadcaster to head comms at the Bank of England....The Bank of England has confirmed Blythe will join the organisation as
interim executive director, effective from late March. He will cover for
Bank of England comms head Jenny Scott, who is on adoption ...
joined the broadcaster as
economics correspondent in 2000 from the Bank of England. She rejoined ...
02 Jul 2010
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has been hailed as the first winner under the new...King and the
Bank picked up more than their share of flak for the fumbling rescue of
Northern Rock ...
by King a couple of
years ago from the BBC, the Bank of England has developed the most
sophisticated public relations machine in the City. The Bank used to take pride in doing good by stealth, in keeping ...
02 Jul 2010
Protesters: Save The Foundation
Target: Lloyds Banking Group
Location: Dumbarton, Scotland ...
letter to a Lloyds TSB bank manager, expressing opposition to the
banking group's withdrawal of funding ...
in
Hospital and Colston Milton Church took part in the demonstration. Why the protests? The banking group ...
07 May 2010
Target - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Location - Over 15 locations, including London, Cardiff ...
for action to coincide with RBS' annual
general meeting, to protest against the bank's investment in 'dirty ...
is the bank's support for firms involved in
extracting oil from tar sands in areas such as Alberta, Canada ...
25 Sep 2009
The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a multi-billion-pound share
issue, according to weekend ...
), the bank will hand over a
further £19.5bn of securities as a fee, pushing up the
Government's stake to 84 ...
. Bloomberg
said the sum raised would be £3-5bn. The news follows reports
Lloyds Banking Group is also looking ...
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 ...