Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[poikka] 03/2/2021 11:00

Trouble in Macron land.

"The French media is asking questions about why a French pharma firm has promised 100 million doses of its in-development Covid vaccine to the UK, when not a single order has yet been placed by France or the EU.

The Franco-Austrian Valneva - based near Nantes - has had substantial UK government financial aid of £14m to scale up its production site at Livingston in Scotland.

It also had UK help to roll out phase one and two trials of its viral vector vaccine. Results of these are due in the coming weeks and it’s hoped production could start in late summer.

Valneva director general Franck Grimaud said on BFMTV: "When we announced that we were developing our vaccine last April, we contacted several governments and institutions. It was the UK which was the first to give a comprehensive response, and we signed a pre-accord with them in July."

"It’s a failure for France. It hurts to see this beautiful business taking off for the UK," says Christelle Morancais, president of the Pays de la Loire region, who says she alerted the French government last June. "This company had solutions. [French President Emmanuel] Macron says we are at war - well in war you need different methods from our bureaucratic, technocratic form-filling."

Les Echos financial daily says: "Why has the French government not expressed interest in the Valneva project, leaving it to the British government to offer financial support and - logically therefore - reap the benefits a privileged partner?"

As if Macron wasn't unpleasant, his Minister for Europe, Beaune head is just beyond immature.

[diku] 03/2/2021 11:00

Is UK the only Country got different forms of strains and variants...or just too honest to inform others...and other Countries are just keeping it quiet about their strains and variants or just not understood...

[crazi] 03/2/2021 10:59

Wednesday 13 January 2021 11:55 am
Covid: UK trials new drug that could cut risk of severe illness by 80 per cent


The new drug showed "very significant" reduction in breathlessness in phase two trials

The UK has launched large-scale trials of a new drug that could cut the risk of Covid patients developing severe illness by as much as 80 per cent.

[minerve 2] 03/2/2021 10:58

You might be used to being shafted BECAUSE YOU ARE A CLOWN.

[gaffer73] 03/2/2021 10:57

I'm hopeful that the divi will return next year along with ii's as a result. If we have good results and a divi this should be 45p+

[cheshire pete] 03/2/2021 10:56

....like LLOY shareholders....used to being shafted....on topic, sadly lol.

[minerve 2] 03/2/2021 10:51

Boris and Govey: Please mummy can we have more time to learn how to put on our pull-up nappies?

EU: No, you are big boys now, time to accept the consequences of your own actions.

[cheshire pete] 03/2/2021 10:50

Have to say it was jolly decent of Michael Gove to stand up for the EU the other day saying they'd made a mistake....all tickety boo and pass the cucumber sandwiches please.
Would have been happier if he'd called a spade a spade and said what the rest of us really think.

[minerve 2] 03/2/2021 10:50

Poikka

"Looks as if the 'international community' were wrong when they criticised the UK's decision on a 12 week gap between jabs."

No they were not wrong.

The UK took another gamble with our lives and the roulette wheel again ended-up the right colour for them. Keep on taking chances and eventually you will lose.

What professional or sensible person would ignore professional advice and go with that of a politicians?

No wonder you haven't got anywhere in life, you are an utter fool.

[mikemichael2] 03/2/2021 10:45

diku3 Feb '21 - 09:41 - 331165 of 331169

Here we go again...rain rain and more rain...will it never ever ever never stop raining..

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Wait till next week, the beastfromtheeast is coming back.

[gbh2] 03/2/2021 10:13

It's the hedge Funds that drive the market, they make money both ways when there's no organised PI move against them ;))

[patientcapital] 03/2/2021 10:08

So who fancies a flight? Reminds one of the pilot asked why he only flew four engined aircraft. "Because they don't make one with five"."SpaceX has performed the latest high-altitude flight test of its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft, resulting in a huge explosion upon landing.The Starship SN9 prototype launched from SpaceX's Boca Chica facility in Texas on Tuesday, reaching a height of roughly 10km before belly flopping back to Earth. Before reaching the landing pad it performed a complex landing flip manoeuvre but failed to right itself properly and crashed on the landing pad." 'Independent'

[freddie01] 03/2/2021 10:00

Britten-Norman set to automate Islander aircraft


A consortium of British SMEs and academics have announced the formation of Project HEART as part of the Government’s Future Flight Challenge. The consortium will work on the project – Hydrogen-Electric & Automated Regional Transportation – over 5 years to create the foundation for a fully sustainable and scalable commercial aviation network that could connect the whole of the UK.

HEART aims to transform air transportation in the UK for cargo and passengers. The project will focus on transforming 9 – 19 passenger capacity aircraft and utilise up to 100 licensed General Aviation airfields around the UK. The partnership identified the main challenges facing regional air transport, aiming to address them during the project. Each member of HEART will focus on combating a specific issue including cutting carbon emissions to zero, reducing costs to operators and passengers, expanding regional airports and increasing the frequency of services.

As the UK’s only sovereign commercial aircraft manufacturer with over 65 years’ experience designing and manufacturing aircraft, Britten-Norman will work with Blue Bear Systems to automate the Islander. Known as a rugged workhorse, the aircraft serves in a variety of roles from passenger and cargo transport to medevac and search & rescue. Its adaptability, as well as short take-off and landing abilities, has made it the backbone of communities around the world. The project’s first milestone will be to demonstrate single pilot operations with an autonomous co-pilot providing access to more information and assistance than human perception alone can provide.

The project’s breakthroughs will allow regional air transport to compete with traditional ground services. A zero-carbon aircraft that was able to offer higher frequency services, with more day return scheduling and reduced travel times, could become a significant rival to road and rail journeys. This is critical to the UK’s levelling up agenda, improving transport links between the UK’s regions and cities.

Members of the project, led by UAV specialist Blue Bear Systems, include hydrogen-electric powertrain developers ZeroAvia and green hydrogen experts Protium, satellite communications authority Inmarsat, regional airline Loganair, regional airport group Highlands & Islands Airports Limited, award-winning architect firm Weston Williamson + Partners, global vehicle hire company Fleetondemand and Edinburgh Napier University.

Lara Harrison, Business Development Director of Britten-Norman, said: We are looking forward to working closely with Blue Bear Systems to produce the next generation automation for the Islander. Project HEART represents an important step towards the future of aviation in the UK. I look forward to the consortium working together to revitalise and expand the UK’s regional air transport network.”

[maxk] 03/2/2021 09:44

It's brexit wot done it diku. If only we had stayed in...it would be sunlit uplands.

[diku] 03/2/2021 09:41

Here we go again...rain rain and more rain...will it never ever ever never stop raining...

[crazi] 03/2/2021 09:32

Sold my Virgin this morning...

Lloyds will have good results as well. Record Mortgages over the past 6 months etc

Last time Virgin share price was at 150 back in November - Lloyds was at 40p... only 34p now - the usual underperformance driven by these MM's...

Get them cheap now before Results...

[xxxxxy] 03/2/2021 09:27

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[gaffer73] 03/2/2021 09:15

Good results from Virgin money.