28 Aug 2009
John Banks is stepping down as the executive chairman of the brand consultancy Imagination three...Banks, 64, whose agency career spans more than four decades, will
continue working as a consultant to the company. He joined Imagination
in September 2006, having given up the chairmanship of FCB London the
previous year. ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Lloyds Banking Group is said to be weighing up a £15bn rights issue to avoid falling...before the banking crisis really took hold. ...
07 Aug 2009
Truphone, the mobile internet network, has appointed The Bank to its creative account and the7stars
LONDON - Truphone, the mobile internet network operator, has appointed The Bank as its creative..., a SIM-based proposition. The Bank will develop ad campaigns including the launch of Truphone Local ...
14 Aug 2009
The Lloyds Banking Group is said to be weighing up a £15bn rights
issue to avoid falling into majority government ownership. Lloyds is set
to place £260bn of assets into the Government's Asset ...
in the sector back in 2008 before the
banking crisis really took hold. £15bn, Amount Lloyds is said ...
LONDON - Independent News & Media has persuaded creditors holding €200m of bonds and its banks
07 Aug 2009
| by Becky Wilkerson
LONDON - The Co-operative bank has released a viral song on YouTube to thank its customers...The song, named Thank You , was written by Richard Coulson especially for The Co-operative Bank. It was sung by a group of 50 Co-operative Bank employees from Manchester, Skelmersdale and Stockport, including the company's director of marketing Guy Herrington. Herrington said: We were really impressed ...