News Tag: agency
August 31, 2009
Lloyds Banking Group is considering more job losses as the bank plans to close more than 300 “agency” counters run by its Halifax subsidiary in the offices of estate agents, solicitors or financial advisers.
Agency counters are not Halifax branches and their staff are employed by the agent as part of their wider business and the closures are part of the process ...
Lloyds considering Halifax agency counter closures
by Kay Murchie
April 15, 2009
Ratings agency Moody’s have downgraded several building societies due to concerns they will be hit by losses due to the housing market slump.
The building societies that have been downgraded include Chelsea Building Society, downgraded from a C to E+, while West Bromwich has fallen from C- to E+.
Furthermore, Britannia, Newcastle, Norwich and Peterborough, Principality, Skipton, and Yorkshire building societies ...
Moody’s downgrades building societies to near junk-bond status
by Kay Murchie
December 2, 2008
The Government has launched a new body responsible for housing and regeneration.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is headed by Sir Robert Kerslake, formerly chief executive of Sheffield City Council.
It has been formed from the amalgamation of the Housing Corporation, which previously funded social housing projects, and English Partnerships, the national regeneration agency.
HCA has a budget of £17.4 billion over next ...
Government launches Homes and Communities Agency
by Gill Montia
