Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[bargainbob] 02/1/2021 22:29

1.2 p divi is the expectation next update ,they owe the share holders .

[xxxxxy] 02/1/2021 21:39

Richard Williams30 Dec 2020 12:26AM@Hendrik Lagewaard Can somebody tell people in the EU that they may not be able to access vital services found in London or New York or its far far more costly to obtain. Buying  metals or commodities forward, insuring it, booking a berth, demurrage and underwriting in an hour with a discount house.. Forget it. No Contract  between two foreign parties, or arbitration of contract in English law. Access to finance and merchant banking, dozens of specialisations not found elsewhere in such concentration and availability. During Brexit nearly 100 000 jobs have been created in the City, many in FinTech.17LikeReplyanthony Blackburn30 Dec 2020 11:12AM@Richard Williams @Hendrik Lagewaard Richard - you seem  the only commentator that knows what the City actually does.! Skills that the EU(apart from the Dutch)hasn't got. Long may it prosper!1LikeReplyCity Boy29 Dec 2020 10:58PMThe City will be just fine.... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 02/1/2021 21:20

Companies will not have to produce paperwork from their suppliers proving that their goods are locally made and eligible for zero-tariff access to the EU until 2022. This eases the burden faced by car manufacturers and aerospace firms which import large numbers of parts from many countries.The Brexit deal agreed on Christmas Eve, secures tariff-free and quota-free trading between Britain and the bloc, but it also introduces new customs checks and paperwork at the border.The trading agreement between the pair includes a one year waiver on declarations on "rules of origin" conditions, which state how much of an item needs to be locally made in order to avoid tariffs.Under the terms, tariffs will be charged on goods that do not meet rules of origin requirements."This new agreement will mean that vital industries with complex supply chains, such as automotive, supporting thousands of jobs, have more time to adapt to the new relationship and build the requirements into their working practices," the UK government said.But, new government guidance, published hours before the new rules came into effect stipulate that exporters must still be "confident" that their goods meet the rules of origin when applying for zero-tariff access. "Businesses must make every effort to obtain suppliers declarations retrospectively."... More on Yahoo Finance...

[xxxxxy] 02/1/2021 21:16

Make UK...hTtps://www.makeuk.org/

[k38] 02/1/2021 21:10

jl5006 Do you trade, you hold long or both ?Usually I do not talk about my holdings here but i do make often comments (no advice given) on buy and sell.My last comment was (see) 320458.The average of my latest main (long) holdings is 42.5pBut I have recover my losses thanks to many opportunities to trade. At the moment I trade 136k bought at 28p 26p and 24p One thing.. I do not follow the so called experts. When comes to Lloyds I know when to sell and what chances I have of buying back lower and so on.

[maxk] 02/1/2021 20:47

It was the cost of doing business jl.

Do you really think it stopped at midnight on the 31st?

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 20:44

NB Albania CHB rates per week were ? does anyone know or care?

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 20:42

Now that child benefit payments cannot be sent back to EU countries when the child is not resident - how many have gone away on the last day?
What was the mad con that the EU refused to recognise?
Cameron did make a weak attempt - but for years we have been paying our CHB rates to unknowns in EU whether the kids existed or not

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 20:25

Never held to account
Never say never gecko says not yet over.

[scruff1] 02/1/2021 20:19

For what he did here never mind Iraq

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 20:05

careful asa - always preface with perhaps.
BTW B Liar should face the gallows for what he did to Iraq - shouldnt he?

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 20:02

Max
We were told not to grow not to grow and not to farm and produce meadow roaming beef.
farmers - such as Heseltine were happy to receive huge sums for NOT growing.
We lost out bigtime - u were here in the 70s?

[asa8] 02/1/2021 20:00

This country needs a revolution there needs to be a cull at the top first Blair should be shot for letting 6 million in for starters the bbc should be taken of air along with sky

[millwallfan] 02/1/2021 19:35

Jl5006. Same as me. 120,000 shares average about 59p

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 19:30

Shortly to be more.
No job no benefits
All will be difficult - sorry - horticulture under plastic is only labour intensive at harvesting time

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 19:27

Max we have 2 million unemployed!

[maxk] 02/1/2021 19:21

jl


We dont have cheap labour to work in the plastico.

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 19:19

I guess mathew is a remainer.
Nothing will ever stop the expediential management of the supply of goods from ROW.
Nothing will ever be better than routing all but the few supplies via channel ports.
We can grow what we need - incl ALL salad stuffs - they can grow them hydrowise in spain - we have both soil and water.

[maxk] 02/1/2021 19:09

Outside the EU, British businesses can have more influence in Brussels than ever

The UK is outside the single market, but the EU's lobbying culture means savvy companies won't lose out


MATTHEW LYNN
1 January 2021 • 7:00pm
Matthew Lynn





We will be frozen out of decision-making. We will be rule-takers. And our companies will have no influence over our biggest market.

From Monday, the UK will have to start adjusting to life outside the European Union, and as it does so many of its most successful businesses will be regretting that they no longer have any input into the rules of the single market even though they will have to abide by them when selling into the rest of the continent.

But hold on. Maybe they shouldn’t worry. In truth, you don’t have to be a member to influence decision-making in Brussels. Not convinced? Just look at China. Or Japan, Russia or the US.

Brussels is the most intensely lobbied political centre in the world, and more easily shaped by commercial interests than any other legislative power. Paradoxically British business may find it can have more influence over European rules outside the EU than it ever could when we were a member. All it has to do is get out its chequebook and learn the rules of the game.

After four long, sometimes exhausting years, when everyone gets back to the office next week the UK will finally have severed its ties with the EU. We have a trade agreement but the EU’s rules will no longer be our rules, and nor will our companies automatically be allowed to sell their products across the single market.

From chemicals to pharmaceuticals, food, aerospace and automobiles, laws and product standards will be laid down in Brussels, and British companies will have to follow them, or else export elsewhere. British officials will no longer be able to fight the corner for the country’s businesses. Many will no doubt feel powerless.

And yet, there is a twist. It is wrong to simply assume that you have to belong to the EU to shape its policies. Take China for example. Plenty has already been written about its growing influence in Europe. It is building telecoms networks, integrating countries into its “Belt and Road” transport network, taking stakes in a range of important companies, and only this week agreed a huge new investment pact with the EU that, controversially, will give it even more access to Europe despite its terrible record on human rights and labour standards.

Last time I checked, however, China wasn’t a member of the EU. Neither, come to think of it, is Russia, which somehow manages to sell its gas unchecked across the continent, or Japan, which sells its cars in vast numbers, or South Korea, which dominates the mobile industry, or, of course, the US, which dominates the technology sector. None of them belong to the single market. But somehow or other the rules seem to work fine for them.

The reason is simple. Lobbyists and financial muscle count for a lot in Brussels, and often more than a few Foreign Office officials.

Transparency International calculates more than €1bn (£900m) a year is spent on lobbying in Brussels. To put that in perspective, it is a similar sum to the amount spent in Washington, usually known as “the swamp” for its addiction to money.

In truth, Brussels is more dominated by corporate special interests than any other political centre. It is the true home of pork barrel politics. Why? Because it is mainly run by a self-perpetuating bureaucracy, free of political scrutiny, not much in the way of electoral accountability, and with a largely docile press corps.

A revolving door between the Commission and the main lobbying firms ensures money usually gets its way. Make the right rules in office, and a string of lucrative “consulting” gigs will be waiting for you.

The game won’t be hard for British companies to master. There are really only three tricks you need to learn. First, hire the right insiders. One or two former commissioners and a handful of their officials on your team will make sure the right doors are opened and you can get the meetings with the people who matter.

Next, set up a neutral-sounding think tank to pump out the right kind of research. Papers that emphasise solidarity and shared European values, with some nods towards climate change, and which also happen, conveniently enough, to help out your particularly commercial interests. The Institute for European Competitiveness or some such should do the job nicely.

Finally, quietly pay all the bills for a “European trade association” that always comes up with recommendations that work for you. There are dozens to choose from, and most of them can be relied on to represent whoever happens to be paying the bills.

It takes a little getting used to. Westminster lobbying is so tame by comparison that initially companies may be surprised by how much they can get away with.

And, sure, it is expensive. There will be a lot of lunches to pay for, and a lot of “consultants” on fat contracts. But it will work.

Rules can be shaped for your industry and troublesome start-ups that might compete with you squashed.

The EU’s single market is not as important as it is sometimes cracked up to be. Its share of overall British exports has been falling for two decades and is still going down, while new trade blocs in Asia, Africa and South America are overtaking it in size and wealth.

But it is still a significant market, and one that most companies will want to sell into. We won’t have government officials representing us in Brussels anymore. Lobbyists will have to do the job instead. And yet, with the right budgets, paradoxically British businesses can have more influence over EU rules now that we are out than when we were in.

They just have to learn the rules of the game - and fast.

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 18:53

K 38
How long have you had a holding in LLOY.
U never refer to your losses.
Mine exceed 33%

[jl5006] 02/1/2021 18:51

Scruff
Fanheads or fans?
Dont see many bothering in the future
FA PC BLM mad - why go any where near -
FA just go a home game at Millwall - never have never will - those that never knew or understood - yet make the rules - that will never do.
Football was a game - now a game of silly ppl twisting any rule they think fit - for betterment - never.
Never put a prat in charge of building a tower block bcos he/she has a piece of papre.
Only experience matters - not colour not race not gender - yet all of those criteria are subject to Q.
Society can readily destroy its ethics - almost done - but just a tad left. Once gone forever forgotten.
take care maniacs of destruction