Lloyds Banking Group cuts 930 jobs ahead of fresh three-year strategy February 5, 2018 Britain’s biggest bank has axed 930 jobs across multiple divisions ahead of a new three-year strategy to be unveiled later this month. A Lloyds Bank spokesperson said the majority of cuts were within the lender’s commercial banking unit, the chief information office, risk, community banking and insurance and wealth. A net total of 465 roles [...]
Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank return London staff to home working November 2, 2020 Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are to return non-essential staff in their London offices to home working ahead of the introduction of a new coronavirus lockdown in England on Thursday. Several major banks had been encouraging staff to return to their London offices in recent months following the relaxation of initial lockdown measures, but news [...]
Barclays urges staff back to the office as HSBC eyes September return July 29, 2020 Barclays boss Jes Staley has indicated he wants employees to return to the office, as HSBC reportedly tells its staff they can work in Canary Wharf from September. Speaking to Bloomberg TV today, Staley said: “It is important to get people back together in physical concentrations.” He has previously said big city offices “may be [...]
Lloyds Banking Group becomes first FTSE 100 firm to set ethnic diversity target February 11, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group is to be the first FTSE 100 group to set a formal target to make its senior staff more ethnically diverse. The group has set a target of making eight per cent of its senior management black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME). Currently 5.3 per cent of the people who hold these [...]
Lloyds Banking Group to unveil £1bn share buyback and boost bonus payouts to £415m February 20, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group will unveil plans for a £1bn share buyback tomorrow along with boosted bonus payouts to staff. According to Sky News, Lloyds will reveal the news with its annual results tomorrow and a new three-year strategy. The bank is also expected to say that it will pay around £415m in bonuses to staff [...]
Jes Staley confirms intention to stay on as Barclays beats expectations October 23, 2020 Jes Staley has signalled his intention to remain at the helm of Barclays after the bank reported better-than-expected results in the third quarter. In a call with reporters Staley said he would like to lead the bank for two more years, after Barclays today reported a return to profit for its consumer division. Between July [...]
Former high court judge to review Lloyds’ compensation payouts to HBOS fraud victims May 3, 2019 Lloyds Bank has launched an independent review of its HBOS victims compensation scheme. The bank has appointed former high court judge Ross Cranston to assess the outcome of the recently completed customer review, which has handed out more than £96m in compensation to victims of the HBOS Reading fraud. Read more: Former Hbos chief executive [...]
Monzo launches Premium account as it expands fee-paying services October 20, 2020 Monzo has today launched its premium service which comes with phone and travel insurance as it works to convince more customers to pay for its services. The premium card builds on Monzo Plus, the fintech’s £5 per month product it launched in July. Chief product officer Mike Hudack told City A.M.: “Monzo Plus gives us [...]
Galliford Try joins the Winters of discontent October 31, 2019 Standard Chartered, Lloyds Banking Group, Aviva and BT Group: even the Investment Association (IA) must have been surprised by the rich seam of targets it uncovered when it launched a campaign to curb the lavish pension perks enjoyed by the chief executives of listed companies. A quarter of FTSE 100 bosses have seen their pension [...]
‘Ray of hope’: Rising wages keep shoppers spending in June July 18, 2019 UK retail sales grew by one per cent in June compared to a month earlier, official figures have shown, reversing a fall in purchases in May. Read more: Real wages rise as UK inflation stays at two per cent However, in the three months to June British shoppers bought 0.7 per cent more goods, the [...]