Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[smartypants] 06/8/2020 09:54

Isn't it about now that the German car makers should be starting to kick up a fuss, and putting pressure on the EU's negotiators??

Germany urges Britain to be more 'realistic' in Brexit negotiations.

Expressing deep disappointment over deadlocked negotiations over Britain's future relationship with the bloc, Michael Roth said he was "disappointed that London is shifting further and further away from the political declaration agreed between us as a reliable basis for negotiations".

"I would like those responsible in London to be more realistic and pragmatic.

The Brits are known for the latter," he said.

[chavitravi2] 06/8/2020 09:51

Just bought a modest few more to round up my holding figure.

[maxidi] 06/8/2020 09:51

davidbrentsflipflop5 Aug '20 - 19:59 - 311881 of 311906 (Filtered)

another idiot gone...

[bbalanjones] 06/8/2020 09:44

Meanwhile . . . across the pond . . :-

[chavitravi2] 06/8/2020 09:36

Yes bought a few cans myself!

[mo123] 06/8/2020 09:25

BOE now accepts that its own predictions are less helpful than useful.

Where do they get these people from?

[freddie01] 06/8/2020 09:06

I read yesterday that a company was returning 45 million furlough funding but my poor memory can't for the life of me remember which one grahamite2.

Correction it was William Hill and 24.5 million.

[maxk] 06/8/2020 09:04

BBC spends £38 million on call centres and staff to chase over-75s for licence fee

Corporation begins sending letters to 4.5 million pensioners across the country, a process expected to take at least two months


By
Anita Singh,
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
5 August 2020 • 8:57pm



The BBC is spending £38 million on chasing over-75s for the TV licence fee, warning that it will "enforce the law" if pensioners refuse to pay but continue to watch television....

[maxk] 06/8/2020 08:49

Is there some sort of hook/catch to taking furlough funding?

[grahamite2] 06/8/2020 08:46

Interesting freddie. And note that The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph have returned all their furlough funding and withdrawn from the scheme.

[freddie01] 06/8/2020 08:26

The billionaire owners of Merseyside chain Home Bargains rejected furlough funds from the government and instead,

created a £30 million fund for its employees from their own funds.

This would pay full salary to workers who would have to self isolate for 2 weeks, as well as those with health conditions

or were older who would have to isolate for longer.

Those who didn’t need to self isolate get a 10 per cent increase in salary and 2 weeks bonus salary to compensate them during the period.

This is how you do ethical business in a pandemic…

[utrickytrees] 06/8/2020 08:12

xxxxxxxxxx Jock News xxxxxxxxxx


Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop set out the plans in response to recommendations from an advisory group led by former banker Freddy Goodwin.

Hyslop announced 'What can I say? Were delighted that weve managed to tempt one of Scotlands finest economic minds out if retirement to head up this project at a time that can only be described as a National Emergency. Both Nicola and I are convinced that with Fred heading up this project Scotlands Economic outlook will go from strength to strength.

[mikemichael2] 06/8/2020 08:03

If they go: 1. Who's money will they use? 2. Will the EU want them?

[mitchy] 06/8/2020 07:57

We should have a Stella day today.

[mitchy] 06/8/2020 07:56

No there are two Thursdays this week...ahem !

[xxxxxy] 06/8/2020 07:46

Neil Innes-Smith6 Aug 2020 3:06AMSpain, France, Belgium and Holland are all going through second spike in cases and the governments are likely to choke off recovery. But the resurgence in cases is not being matched by deaths which remain a fraction of March and April numbers.

[spoonfed1] 06/8/2020 07:41

Have really stuck with this one. Bought in again just before the management bought. In one way disappointed and another I think they see upside. This really testing patience !

[joy division still] 06/8/2020 07:38

Yup, stop whining and please just go

[xxxxxy] 06/8/2020 07:33

Rescuing the health sectorBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: AUGUST 6, 2020The last figures for UK output and incomes from the ONS take us to end May. They revealed an 18.9% drop in service activity in the 3 months to end May. Unsurprisingly  eating and drinking out and the motor trade led the falls, given the lock down impact. Less  predictably the other two sectors the ONS singled out as the main drivers of the collapse were health and education, down 31.4% and 37.8% respectively. Many other private sector service areas had much smaller declines thanks to working from home, using remote technology and identifying key workers to keep the service going.Getting health and education back to where they were should be a priority now. Ministers have said they want the full range of treatments to be available again on  the NHS, and to see the backlog of delayed operations and treatments being tackled. So far the NHS has struggled to get back to anything like the capacity before the virus. It has also been unable to fill the private hospitals contracted to support it.It is now policy to either have isolation hospitals for CV 19 or to have isolated and sealed  parts of hospitals to contain CV 19 patients and those helping them. This should enable normal infection control procedures to resume for all the other work the NHS does. Some of the shortfall in  work has been patients reluctant to attend medical centres and hospitals for fear of catching the virus when they already belong to an at risk group. The isolation strategy needs to reassure them.Remote technology has allowed many private sector services to continue as before, substituting remote communication for the previous client and customer contact that was common. The NHS is learning to use this technology for primary care and for consultations with hospital doctors. Where treatment needs contact in a hospital between staff and patient then the hospitals have expertise in infection  control and the staff must have access to high quality protective clothing and equipment.The private sector is still willing to offer capacity to the NHS to help with the backlog. This coupled with the extra money made available for CV19, winter pressures and other issues should enable the health sector to recover more quickly.It is important the government defends the proposition that choice is an important driver of innovation and Quality. Private hospitals can offer good service and extra capacity which the NHS buys into when it needs to.

[utrickytrees] 06/8/2020 07:18

Wasnt aware Aberdeen had a large immigrant population.

[hellscream] 06/8/2020 07:13

your pensions will pay for it.

[cheshire pete] 05/8/2020 23:31

Any of the clever folk on here worked out how the COVID debt is going to be paid for?
Way beyond my capabilities so while things unfold jumped on board the gold train, choo choo.