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Comment: Changing of guard bodes ill for FirstGroup
THE expected retirement this week of Martin Gilbert as chairman of transport operator FirstGroup follows similar announcements over the last month from Lord Smith at Weir, Sir Win Bischoff at Lloyds Banking Group and Richard Findlay at STV. The guard is clearly changing.
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Bill Jamieson: Finally, the recovery gains traction
WHAT now unites Alex Salmond, the CBI, Sir Mervyn King, the OECD and the Federation of Small Businesses? It’s the economy, stupid.
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Comment: Co-op needs review after bank debacle
JUST a few weeks ago the Co-operative was poised to become a new force in banking by acquiring more than 630 branches from Lloyds. Now it is contemplating the future of its own financial services operations.
Bill Jamieson: Treasury tense as team IMF flies in
WHERE is the fragrant Christine Lagarde? And where is “Team IMF” which flew into the UK last Wednesday for a week-long assessment of the UK’s books?
Comment: Privatisation of RBS sends the right message
HURRAH! Britain’s bailed-out banks are back in profit and on the road to recovery. So can we now have our money back, please?
2 commentsJeff Salway: Flood victims face insurance nightmare
HOME insurance is one of those financial products that’s taken for granted; it’s essential but it’s easily available and usually affordable. Where would homeowners be without it?
Bill Jamieson: Daring to hope the worst is past
AT LAST, a chink in the gloom – or more accurately three arriving all at once. Could the economy at last be on the turn?
Comment: Have we got too many banks?
THE consensus on banking is that we need more competition. Hence the move to encourage new entrants and force the creation of others through asset disposals. But is it possible that we have too many banks?
Bill Jamieson: Economy a fickle friend to Yes camp
IT may not have been an overpowering tide of good news. But the latest economic pointers – that 0.5 per cent rise in Scottish GDP in the final quarter of last year and now the better-than-expected 0.3 per cent advance in UK GDP in the first three months of 2013 – have all but banished fears of that dreaded “triple dip” recession.
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