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 ...
21 Aug 2009
| by Alec Mattinson
Bonuses UK banks attacked for failing to answer criticism from media over recent £7.6bn bonus...Under-fire banks have been criticised for their unwillingness to argue
their case under a barrage ...
on the bonuses paid by the UK banking sector. The comments follow news that, despite the banking crisis, UK banks paid
out £7.6bn in bonuses between December and April (albeit a drop of
some 40 per cent on last ...
Under-fire banks have been criticised for their unwillingness to argue their case under a barrage...they were ready to introduce measures to clamp down on the bonuses paid by the UK banking sector. The comments follow news that, despite the banking crisis, UK banks paid out 7.6bn in bonuses between December ...
for itself. Stewart Prosser of Prosser Associates said: 'Banks have to a do a better job of explaining ...
16 Oct 2009
BANKS GO DIGITAL...to see a bank embracing
social media in a very open way, especially after all the problems banks
have ...
the comments about the black and white
bank, good and bad. It is a great initiative and builds on the great
word-of-mouth reputation the bank has created - from providing plain old
excellent customer service ...
16 Oct 2009
- Banks go digital...to see a bank embracing
social media in a very open way, especially after all the problems banks
have ...
the comments about the black and white
bank, good and bad. It is a great initiative and builds on the great
word-of-mouth reputation the bank has created - from providing plain old
excellent customer service ...
12 Mar 2009
| by Anthony Hilton
to restore trust in banking. The first thing that struck me as a panellist was that the organiser...This is true, but is it really new? The more the banks were taken apart, the more one had a sense of deja vu. When I returned to the UK after working in New York I vowed never to criticise UK banks again, because however awful they were here, American banks were much worse. At times the discussion blurred ...
Clydesdale Bank and sister Yorkshire Bank have boosted their joint external affairs teams with two...the banks as head of media relations for their UK-wide business banking operations. Prior to her London ...
in Glasgow, Bain will report to Barry Gardner, head of external affairs at the banks' parent National ...
expansion comes after the completion of a comprehensive review of the bank's UK PR support a year ago which ...
07 Aug 2009
Nick Miles is right that the media treatment of banks is a 'turkey shoot' (Opinion, 31 July)....Sadly, the banks have failed once again this week to ensure the media
carry any decent explanatory narrative around the 'return to bumper
bonuses'. So it has been open season once again, despite positive news
about a return to high profitability. Until banks start to realign the public mindset about ...