Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[utrickytrees] 08/3/2020 10:40

Had a Wkend in Newcastle last month I'd not been for about 10yrs. Very impressed.

[mikemichael2] 08/3/2020 10:39

Maybe ignorance is also part of it. You don't need 'sanitisers' a bar of soap is just as good.

[mikemichael2] 08/3/2020 10:32

CTR, by joining 'my waitrose' you can compile a list of favourites and receive a discount. Every month you also get a voucher for money off your bill if you spend a certain amount, this month £30 off your bill if you spend £150, and i think it was £15 off if you spend £80.

[careful] 08/3/2020 10:28

Leicester/Derby/Birmingham.

These cities each have a run down area and an executive area.
The professional classes and the wealthy living in these areas live in beautiful expensive properties on the fringes of each city.

It always amazes me how geographically close (say) the most exclusive Solihull millionaire mansion on the fringes of Birmingham is to the most dreadful run down crime ridden area of Birmingham.
3 miles at most.

Parts of London are even more extreme. Chelsea and Kensington, from slum to mansion.

[bargainbob] 08/3/2020 10:26

Uk the same , why the hell is Rugby getting played this weekend. After a Scottish woman player caught in in the game to Italy 2 weeks back.
Why is Cheltenham still on ?

My mate informed me Westminister had no hand gels , when raised Rees Moggs said it will be disscused at next weeks house agenda meeting . Wtf.

[minerve 2] 08/3/2020 10:19

About time Italy started to get aggressive with its virus response as it is obvious it has been sleeping on the job for the last month or two.

[bargainbob] 08/3/2020 10:14

Leceister was an experience hopefully i never have to repeat at night .

[crossing_the_rubicon] 08/3/2020 10:06

5XY

Will an Oil price war imminent, Poo, and stocks generally going to get a lot cheaper I suspect.

[xxxxxy] 08/3/2020 09:56

'Yalla Imshi 8 Mar 2020 9:53AM
Holding a decent cash pot and looking to buy-in? Ignore the market levels and go with the public sentiment. When we are all about to die (or so we will be told) that will be the time to buy' Daily Telegraph

[crossing_the_rubicon] 08/3/2020 09:43

"It's An Awful Situation": Washington Moves To Take Over Nursing Home At Epicenter Of Outbreak





"It's Like Scenes From A Mad Max Movie" - Americans Continue Epic Run On Costco




All Hospital Beds In The US Will Be Filled With Patients 'By About May 8th' Due To Coronavirus: Analysis



<----------------------------NHS will have same lack of capacity and be overrun.
Resulting in mortality rate soaring.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 08/3/2020 09:38

@Mike
"Waitrose, however has far better quality food, normal people and with their discounts works out just as cheap as the rest"

What discounts would these be?
Never seem to see any on the stuff I buy..Organic mainly.

[utrickytrees] 08/3/2020 09:35

5XY,Same for doctors, We only train 7k/yr but now recruit 9k from overseas. Notwithstanding the importance of foreign doctors to the the NHS it has to be said that the numbers of claims for negligence are disproportionately high & they dont stay for very long. My lads GF qualified on Wednesday probably cost 250k & took her 10yrs inc post grad degree yet we import doctors from India who spend 4 years studying medicine afterschool! Its madness 25% of student costs should be waived on qualifying with further reductions at 5/10 & 15 yrs service it would encourage more home grown talent to stay longer & reduce costly overseas recruitment.

On Lorry drivers, we pay the British drivers benefits because they've been displaced by Poles & Lithuanians & now were paying the benefits of the Poles & Lithuanians because they've been displaced by the Romainians who are soon to be displaced by the Syrians & Iraqis. In less than 10 years I dont expect to see a single lorry on the road, all deliveries will be piled high on Honda 50's because only the chinese & vietnamese will be working, everyone else will be on benefits.

[maxk] 08/3/2020 09:28

Serious Fraud Office probes Lloyds Bank property claims

The Serious Fraud Office has begun interviewing witnesses and is weighing up whether to launch a formal criminal investigation

By
Michael O'Dwyer
7 March 2020 • 9:30pm


Investigators at the Serious Fraud Office are examining allegations that Lloyds Banking Group and KPMG conspired to force the collapse of a property company by loading it with fees.

Officials at the white-collar crime agency have begun interviewing witnesses over claims Angel Group, which owned properties including an office block at Canary Wharf, London, was deliberately pushed into administration, The Telegraph has learnt.

The SFO has not launched a formal criminal investigation but is weighing one up after receiving a referral. It is understood the agency is conducting a “scoping exercise” and received details of possible leads from the Financial Conduct Authority.

[maxk] 08/3/2020 09:24

Lloyds Bank: the anatomy of a scandal

Lloyds continues to be plagued by allegations it mistreated businesses as it scrambled to survive after the financial crisis


By
Michael O'Dwyer
8 March 2020 • 5:00am




Allegations over Lloyds’ treatment of customers after the financial crisis have cast a long shadow over the Black Horse



The financial crisis isn’t over for Lloyds Bank. Profits have returned, the bailout has ended and the state has sold its shares. But the shadow cast by allegations that the bank ruthlessly mistreated customers as it scrambled for survival still hangs over it.

Avon and Somerset Police launched a fresh investigation last month into allegations of fraud in the bank’s Bristol unit, described by one source as a “mortuary&rdquo; where small businesses were sent by the bank to die.

More than a hundred former customers are believed to be in the early stages of pursuing a settlement with the bank over historic grievances.

Now the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is understood to be assessing allegations that Lloyds, with KPMG and other advisers, cynically destroyed the property empire of former client Julia Davey, The Telegraph can reveal....

[diku] 08/3/2020 07:59

Couch potatoes...




Won't shop in any of the discount retailers cos don't fancy fighting through cardboard boxes and people covered in tattoos. Sooner pay a bit more, go upmarket and enjoy the shopping experience.
We're being told now that the younger generation aren't interested in material things preferring instead 'life experience' type pursuits such as video games lol.

[xxxxxy] 08/3/2020 07:25

More training and jobs for UK citizensBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: MARCH 8, 2020Sir Iain Duncan Smith gave a good paper to the Seminar on Friday about controlling our borders and doing more to promote better paid work for people already legally settled in the UK.He told us that when he was Work and Pensions Secretary he drew attention to the large numbers of people in the UK in entry level jobs who do not go on to receive training and promotion as we would like. He highlighted the way for example we have been importing people to be lorry drivers. It is a short course to convert a car licence into a truck permit. This qualification opens up better paid jobs for those who try it from having no formal qualifications.  He asked his department to  buy up training places and making  them available to UK residents. They told him no-one would want to do it. He bought 100 places for a pilot and there was plenty of demand. His officials told him it would be wasted money as they would not stay the course. 85% successfully completed it. He proved that we can train our own lorry drivers at home.He then turned his mind to the shortage of nurses, where the UK has been raiding the health services of other, often poorer nations, to find us the nurses we need. It of course takes a lot longer to train a nurse. The same experience repeated. There were plenty of UK volunteers to train as a nurse. We need a system where the state pays if the person undergoing the training pledges to work for the NHS for a stated period after training. If they wish to avoid working for the NHS then they should have to repay the training cost.Some UK companies are great at training and growing their own talent. The public sector and the other private companies need to get better at it. It is high time we ended the cheap labour from abroad model, and spent more time and money on nurturing talent and encouraging qualifications at home. I understand why big business think free movement of labour to scoop people from low pay countries is a good idea, but it is more difficult to grasp why the Lib Dems are so keen on it.Iain recommended requiring everyone advertising a job here  to advertise in the UK first. He backed the  principles of the government's points based system for migration, saying we would need to  monitor levels.  He supported  ending right to benefits until someone has worked here for a number of years or become a citizen. He used Migration Watch figures to demonstrate the net cost to the UK of inviting in people to do poorly paid jobs.