The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has today unveiled a loss of £1.4 billion for the six months to the end of June. The bank, which is 84% owned by the taxpayer, said its exposure to the Greek debt crisis and costs relating to the mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) pushed it into a [...]
Banking giant Lloyds Banking Group has today said its first half profits were hit by costs relating to its mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI). The controversial insurance has been a hot topic for some time now and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced a review of the insurance after millions of policies were mis-sold [...]
Nationalised lender Northern Rock Plc has today unveiled its results for the half-year. The crisis-torn bank, which was the first victim of the credit crunch, said pre-tax profits for the six months to 30 June totalled £68.5 million, against a loss of £142.6 million in the same period a year ago. However, lending was lower [...]
US banking giant Citigroup reported a 24% rise in second quarter profits as losses were reduced from bad loans. The bank, which is in the third largest in the US, reported net income of $3.34 billion (£2.07 billion) in the three month period to the end of June. The results beat market forecasts and represented [...]
Budget airline easyJet has today revealed pre-tax losses for the six months to 31 March swelled to £153 million, compared with a loss of £79 million in the same period a year earlier. The no-frills airline attributed the loss to rising fuel costs and the challenging economic environment. Jet fuel costs continue to rise due [...]
The Bank of Ireland has today reported its losses narrowed – surprising analysts. The country’s biggest lender said net losses for 2010 totalled €609 million (£5.44 million) – analysts had expected at least double due to the problems in Ireland’s banking sector. The bank performed well under recent stress tests and its shares were up [...]
Crisis-torn Northern Rock has today unveiled an underlying loss of £232.4 million for the 2010 year for its so-called “good“ bank. Despite the loss, the Newcastle-based bank will pay more than £13 million in bonuses to its 4,000-strong workforce. The bonus comes despite executive chairman Ron Sandler describing the losses as “disappointing”. He comments: “2010 [...]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has today revealed its chief executive, Stephen Hester, will receive an extra shares bonus worth up to £4.5 million – taking his total pay package to £7.7 million for 2010. The bank, which is 83% owned by the taxpayer, also unveiled bonus payments for several of its other executives. [...]
Swiss banking giant has posted its first annual profit since 2006. The bank, which is Switzerland’s largest, has today reported a net profit of SwFr7.2 billion (£4.7 billion) for the 2010 year – this compares with a loss of SwFr2.7 billion in 2009. However, the bank still has a long way to go after full-year [...]
The national statistics institute INE today announced the unemployment rate in Spain is at the highest level since the second quarter of 1997. Spain, which has the highest unemployment rate in the EU, has been hit by a severe slump within its key construction industry, which has led to a significant amount of job losses. [...]
Crown Currency Exchange, which was last month placed into administration, is not expected to pay out all the cash its customers lost, since it was not covered by any of the Financial Services Authority compensation schemes. The company‘s administrators have received around 8,000 claims totalling £16.5 million but it has been revealed that customers are [...]
Banking giant Barclays has today admitted that bonuses for its staff total just over £2 billion, despite the bank admitting these were “challenging markets”. It said it has set aside £1.5 billion to pay out in bonuses for its 25,000 staff so far this year and comes despite the bank’s investment unit, Barclays Capital, unveiling [...]
It has been revealed that Exeter-based Rok Plc, the building and social housing repairs company, has entered administration. The news comes just two months after Connaught, the social housing maintenance group, called in the administrators after failing to secure funding to pay off a mountain of debt, leading to 1,400 job losses. Meanwhile Rok, which [...]
Bank of America, which the US’ largest bank, has today unveiled a net loss of $7.3 billion, or 77 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.2 billion, or 26 cents per share, a year earlier. The banking giant said it had a one-off impairment charge of $10.4 billion for the July to September [...]
UK banks are facing mounting losses from credit card customers, with figures from the Bank of England showing write-offs rising to £2.1 billion in the three months to the end of June, up from £1.3 billion in previous quarter. According to a BBC report, the 2010 total for bad credit card debt now looks set [...]
It has been revealed that US fashion chain American Apparel is facing bankruptcy. The chain, which has faced much criticism for its provocative and controversial ads, has almost 300 stores worldwide and 14 in the UK. The company is ready to collapse under a mountain of debt of £77.2 million and has already warned that [...]
There is speculation that internet bank Egg is to be put up for sale by Wall Street banking giant, Citigroup. According to Sky News, the bank will be looking for around £500 million for its internet banking arm and will launch a formal process next month. Today, a spokesperson for Citigroup said: “We do not [...]
British Airways (BA) today announced losses widened after the airline was hit by disruption from the volcanic ash cloud and cabin crew strikes. The company said pre-tax losses widened 10.8% to £164 million for the three months to the end of June, compared with the £148 million loss it made in the same period a [...]
British Airways (BA) cabin crew will embark on a five-day strike today after eleventh-hour talks collapsed. Over the weekend, the Unite union’s joint general secretary, Tony Woodley, offered to cancel the latest strikes if travel perks for cabin crew were reinstated. However a spokesperson for BA said: “We have already offered to reinstate travel concessions [...]
It was announced today that the Unite union was victorious in appealing against an injunction, which prevented British Airways (BA) cabin crew from taking industrial action this week. However, the union has today said it will commence a series of five-day strikes starting Monday, unless an agreement can be reached. Cabin crew have been involved [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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