THE UK’s top five banks were nearly £1bn behind their Project Merlin targets for lending to small businesses at the end of September, official figures revealed yesterday.Read
ECO-PROTESTERS brought a shale gas drilling site, near Southport, to a standstill yesterday, as a report revealed the firm had caused two earthquakes.Read
SCORES of environmentalists from across the country descended on Banks village farm near Southport to mount a protest against controversial shale gas drilling.Read
Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group is expected to face tough questions at its annual meeting today over a multimillion-pound pay deal for its new chief executive.Read
The state-owned company that runs nationalised Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford & Bingley today said both companies returned to profit last year.Read
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny may well get Europe to agree to cheaper rescue loans for Ireland, but he also needs concessions in reviving its banking sector if he is to persuade investors the euro zone struggler can avoid default.Read
Banking giant Barclays said today that it has reduced the bonuses paid to its staff, despite pre-tax profits rising by 32% to £6.1 billion in 2010.Read
I DON’T particularly like banks. My favourite gripe at the moment involves the NatWest on Castle Street. They’ve decided one queue of customers waiting to be served is far too inefficient.Read
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