Boris Johnson will ‘restore smaller state’ in Number 10 reset, says Barclay February 13, 2022 Boris Johnson’s government will take a “step back from people’s lives” as a part of a pivot to a more traditional conservative platform, new Number 10 chief of staff Steve Barclay has said. Barclay said the government will “restore a smaller state” and “make the centre of government work like the best-run companies” as Johnson [...]
Brits overestimate costs of making homes greener July 6, 2023 Brits vastly overestimate both the cost and time to install green upgrades in their homes, according to a new study from Barclays and Ipsos.
Barclays investor offloads £900m and sends shares tumbling after securities slip up March 29, 2022 Shares in Barclays have plunged this morning as a major shareholder offloaded around £900m worth of shares, just one day after a slip up on securities selling saw it book a £450m hit.
Mark Kleinman: Will Barclays be able to explain their backing for Staley? November 4, 2021 Sky News’ Mark Kleinman is the man the City reads – and in his fortnightly column for City A.M., he shares his insight and analysis. Barclays in the headlines again What is it about Barclays and rough-Diamond bosses? In the end, the surprise was not so much that Jes Staley left the British bank mired [...]
Barclays freezes ex-boss Staley’s bonus until Epstein dispute resolution February 23, 2022 Barclays has frozen all scheduled bonus payments to its former boss Jes Staley until a dispute between he and Britain’s financial regulators over the way he characterised his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is resolved. The high street lender said today all bonus payments, which amount to around 70 per cent of Staley’s total [...]
Arrowxl to be sold after former Yodel owner racked up debts of over £150m May 28, 2024 ArrowXL is to be sold after the company behind it, which is owned by the billionaire Barclay family and formerly included Yodel, racked up debts of more than £150m ahead of entering administration.
Staley Barclays successor Venkat given £6,500 a month to move to London January 23, 2022 The banker that was swooped in to lead Barclays after the lender’s former chief executive Jes Staley quit has been given £6,500 a month to cover the cost of moving to London for around two years. CS Venkatakrishnan, known as Venkat in the City, was parachuted into Barclays after Staley left the British banking titan [...]
Inside Barclays chaotic shareholder meeting: AGM halted as security chase and drag out dozens of climate activists May 4, 2022 Barclays’ annual shareholder meeting was disrupted by a small army of climate change protesters who had to be forcibly removed by security. The banking giant’s AGM in Manchester got off to a chaotic start after a series of disruptions from green activists in the audience. Chairman Nigel Higgins was forced to pause the meeting while [...]
Dreary summer pushes consumer spending to three-year low July 9, 2024 The Barclays report found it was also not enough to keep footie fans away from the pubs, bars and clubs, which saw "modest" year-on-year growth in June, up 0.5 per cent.
Barclays to pump record £30m into WSL and women’s UK sport December 15, 2021 Banking giant Barclays are set to double their investment in Women’s football as they extend their sponsorship deal to include the Women’s Championship. The deal will begin from the 2022-23 season and run through to 2025, and will see Barclays pump £30m into the women’s game. Sasha Wiggins, Barclays Group head of public policy and [...]