News Tag: resignation
December 16, 2009
Shares in Watford Football Club have been suspended after its parent company, Watford Leisure, warned it may enter administration.
The Club, nicknamed The Hornets, is currently 10th with 30 points in the 24-team Coca-Cola Championship.
Watford Leisure recently announced it would run out of cash before Christmas if it did not secure further funding and has been asked to pay back £4.9 ...
Watford FC on the brink of administration
by Kay Murchie
May 17, 2009
Sir Victor Blank has announced he is to retire from the position as chairman at Lloyds Banking Group.
Sir Victor’s shock resignation comes as he and chief executive, Eric Daniels, have faced criticism from shareholders following the hasty takeover of HBOS.
According to Roger Lawson of the UK Shareholders' Association: "Almost all of the shareholders he has spoken to said he should go. He was ...
Lloyds chairman announces resignation
by Kay Murchie
April 29, 2009
Daniel Bouton, Société Générale’s chairman, has announced he will step down from the bank citing the “personal attacks” against him for his resignation.
Mr Bouton, who is to stand down on 6 May, said the repeated attacks risk harming the bank and will depart to “protect the bank“.
Mr Bouton has been criticised since the Jérôme Kerviel scandal early last year after the ...
Société Générale chairman announces shock resignation
by Kay Murchie
September 1, 2008
Troubled buy-to-let lender, Bradford & Bingley (B&B), has announced that Mark Stevens, its sales director, has resigned.
The news comes at a bad time for the UK’s largest buy-to-let lender after it recently posted a loss of £26.7 million for the six months to the end of June.
Commenting on the resignation, newly-appointed chief executive, Richard Pym, said he wanted Mark to stay.
B&B has ...
B&B sales director resigns
by Kay Murchie
May 2, 2008
Paul Idzik, a senior executive at Barclays, has resigned which has triggered talk of boardroom tensions at Britain's third-largest bank.
However, a spokesperson for Barclays has denied talk of a rift between senior executives and said Mr Idzik ‘felt it was the right time to look for his next challenge‘.
Mr Idzik, who has been with the bank since ...
Top Barclays executive steps down amid boardroom tension
by Kay Murchie
