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Bank has poached Barclay's long-standing head of corporate and commercial banking in Scotland, Alison McGregor. McGregor, who has worked for Barclays for 28 years, joins Clydesdale in a few months as head of corporate business development for Scotland.
Tags: Alison McGregor, Scotland, Barclays, Clydesdale Bank, corporate banking, United Kingdom, London, Lloyds Banking Group, Business Finance, Clydesdale, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Bank of Scotland, Banking in the United Kingdom, Royal Bank of Scotland
The most shocking aspect of the Tiger Woods affair is how big brands are emerging as the arbiters of public morality. It's the world's big sports sponsors – brands such as Nike, Gillette and power drinks giant Gatorade – which are fast becoming the guardians...
Tags: Woods, RBS, Gillette, big brand, United Kingdom, London, Goldman Sachs, Investment banks, Primary dealers, Business Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, UBS AG, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tiger Woods
Royal Bank of Scotland and the Government are said to be close to patching up their differences over bonuses, with the state-owned bank conceding it will show restraint when deciding the size of the staff bonus pool. An RBS source said at the weekend:...
Tags: royal banking, RBS, Spain, Madrid, Fred Goodwin, Business Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Investment banking, Paul Myners Baron Myners, Politics, Bank, Barclays, Tom McKillop, Financial Services Secretary, Stephen Hester
In a report that is highly embarrassing for the SNP, a team of hand-picked experts called in to advise First Minister Alex Salmond has concluded that, without better teachers, pursuing a policy of class-size reduction "has a limited impact on student...
Tags: class sizes, CEA, Royal Bank of Scotland, SNP, wise men, chartered teacher, Spain, Members of the Scottish Parliament, Education, Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999-2003, Scottish Government, Teacher, Politics, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007-, First Ministers of Scotland, Fiona Hyslop, Alex Salmond
He warned that otherwise the value of the bank to the taxpayer would be destroyed. RBS fears that if it is unable to pay planned bonuses worth an average of £85,000 to its 17,000 investment banking staff, it will lose many of them to rivals, including...
Tags: RBS, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, investment banks, Stephen Hester, Halifax Bank of Scotland, royal banks, chief executive, United Kingdom, London, Business Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, HBOS, Barclays, UK Financial Investments Limited, Paul Myners Baron Myners, Fred Goodwin, Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, George Mathewson, Politics, Blue Monday Crash, Halifax, HSBC, Tom McKillop, Eric Daniels, Northern Rock, Andy Hornby
Colin Borland yesterday accused Royal Bank of Scotland of "dragging the bank's reputation through the mud", writes Terry Murden. His comments follow threats by the RBS board to resign if the Treasury blocks plans to pay out an estimated £1.5 billion in...
Tags: Federation of Small Businesses, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom, Glasgow
What lies behind the latest rumpus over banking bonuses – this time in the virtually state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland?...Do we want RBS to be run as a normal commercial bank, albeit one that happens to have the state as its dominant shareholder? Or...
Tags: RBS, United Kingdom, London, Business Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, National Westminster Bank
Outlook One way to think about the row about Royal Bank of Scotland's bonus pot is to pose a question. As a taxpayer, would you rather suffer the sight of RBS staff trousering huge bonuses than look forward to the public purse being buoyed sooner rather...
Tags: RBS, United Kingdom, London, Politics, Business Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Fred Goodwin, Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland
The UK's taxpayers have invested heavily in their banks, given them loans and signed them up to state insurance schemes. Britain's National Audit Office found that the Treasury gave the Royal Bank of Scotland a clean bill of health less than a week before...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown 's inability to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy prompted Sarkozy to cancel his trip to London, diplomats said. Diplomatic sources told The Daily Telegraph that Sarkozy asked about visiting London when he...
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