HSBC to lay off 840 IT workers as it shifts jobs to sites abroad

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 17th May 2016 18:06
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31483099

Telecoms group BT has bought the mobile operator EE for £12.5bn.


The takeover creates a communications giant covering fixed-line phones, broadband, mobile and TV. Existing EE shareholders Orange and Deutsche Telekom will sell 100% of their shares.


Deutsche Telecom...

Barclays wins pay vote despite opposition

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 24th April 2014 19:14.

Barclays shareholders have voted to approve the bank's remuneration package, which includes higher bonuses despite a 30% fall in profits. Some 34%...
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We all know Banks can not be arsed to manage their defaulted accounts..Keen as they are to suck you in, increase your credit limit, charge you for anything and everything and then come down on you like a ton of bricks soon as you really need them to provide some support....

but what is...

Taxpayer to be lumbered with Fred Goodwin's court bill

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 25th September 2013 14:44.

*...............as RBS faces court action by small shareholders* As if the new Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Ross McEwan, did not have......

Energy chiefs reject Labour plan to freeze prices

Britain's biggest energy firms have rejected Labour's plan to freeze energy prices, saying it will jeopardise much-needed investment.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to freeze gas and electricity bills for every home and business...

The sooner we see more bank sackings over PPI, the better

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th May 2013 08:24.

(Soruce: This is money): I have it on exceptionally good authority that banks, true to form, are treating customers unfairly. Natalie Ceeney, boss......

This disability ruling reveals new depths of political dishonesty

Lying effing tories

I may be posting in the wrong place but quite new here !

I heard that in most EU countries the maximum rate of interest that can be charged is between 40% and 60% per annum depending on the country !

Why are rates of 4000% acceptable here when we are supposed to be governed...

'Companies making redundancies must find staff new jobs', say European MPs

Read it here - Telegraph

RBS investors to file £4bn lawsuit against Fred Goodwin and former directors

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th January 2013 08:59.

A £4billion lawsuit by RBS shareholders against the bank and former directors including Fred Goodwin will kick off within...

Banks to admit profits have been wiped out by PPI costs

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 29th October 2012 11:21.

*Three of Britain’s biggest banks will this week admit that billions of pounds of profits have been wiped out by rising claims for mis-selling......

No faith in the enforceability of agreements to negotiate in good faith

No faith in the enforceability of agreements to negotiate in good faith - Lexology



It has long been a principle of English law that an agreement to agree will be unenforceable (Walford v...

The owners of the AA are exploring a sale of the 107-year-old motoring organisation as part of a £9bn break-up strategy.

The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that Acromas – the private equity-backed company which owns the AA...