WHILE bankers in the City of London enjoy a lavish lifestyle funded by huge bonuses, their colleagues in the provinces are finding the whole business a little less glamorous.

You may have read earlier in today’s LDP Business about how Barclays Corporate has backed a St Helens company called The Universal Group, which includes a division called Eventloos.com

This supplies toilets to outdoor events and USL supply toilets to construction sites. Barclays has provided a six-figure sum to fund four new executive portable loos.

We are curious as to the difference between a standard portable loo and an executive one.

Said Barclays’ Sarah Pickering, above: “After 15 years in the finance industry, this is the first time I have ever been asked to finance toilets.”

IN THE spirit of getting your excuses in first, Liverpool Vision is putting the following warning at the foot of its emails: “From July 18, our building will have a new barrier system in place which may cause some delays. Please allow additional time for your meeting.”

Will it resemble an East German checkpoint, we wonder?