Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[alphorn] 10/2/2021 10:52

LLPE goes xd tomorrow with a 5.8% yield so those dividends are maintained.

[freddie01] 10/2/2021 10:51

Bentley Motors to welcome biggest trainee intake ever

Bentley Motors has announced the company’s biggest-ever intake of trainees, coinciding with National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 Feb). In 2021, a total of 112 recruits will start their careers at Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, working across all sectors of the business.

The future talent will consist of apprentices, undergraduates and graduates, taking up positions in departments including engineering, production, marketing and communications, project management, human resources and health and safety.

However, the largest intake will be in digital and technology, accounting for approximately a third of the total number of trainees, as Bentley focuses on candidates with the required skillset to help shape the company’s ambitious Beyond100 strategy.

Dr. Astrid Fontaine, member of the board for people, digitalisation and IT, said: “Bentley Motors is committed to continuing its focus on engaging only the finest talent, and this year will be recruiting more new trainees to its future talent programme than ever before. In the rapidly changing world of automotive, mobility and services, we will invest further in digital experiences that already exist as part of the programme. These will be vital in transforming Bentley’s entire operations to lead sustainable luxury mobility into the future.”

Bentley’s future is underpinned by ambitious targets set out in last year’s ground-breaking Beyond100 strategy. The company plans to become a global leader in sustainable luxury mobility, reinventing every aspect of its business. This includes becoming end-to-end carbon neutral by 2030, and moving to full electrification through its full model range in the same timeframe.

To help design and build these cars of the future, the company will focus on greater diversity, upskilling in some areas and attracting a wide range of the best talent from all walks of life, including digital innovators and creative thinkers.

In January, Bentley was again recognised for the tenth consecutive year as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute – the only car brand to feature on the elite list. The Institute recognises employers globally who make every effort to continuously improve colleague experiences through digital transformation, enhance recruitment processes, as well as nurturing and developing talent.

Lilly-Ann Hulse, a digital and technology degree apprentice, added: “The breadth of projects I have worked on during my 18-months so far at Bentley has even exceeded my own expectations and I’ve found it so very rewarding. There is so much innovation happening in the automotive industry, and particularly at Bentley, that I feel like I am really part of something extraordinary, and the support I have received as part of the programme feeds me with enthusiasm for my future career at Bentley.”

Candidates can apply for one of the future talent opportunities by visiting www.bentleycareers.com.

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[maxk] 10/2/2021 10:51

Working class hero news...




JP Morgan hires Chuka Umunna

Former Labour MP and shadow business secretary will take up a new role helping the US bank meet clients' ESG needs


By
Simon Foy
10 February 2021 • 9:18am




JP Morgan has hired Chuka Umunna in Europe, making him the latest former politician to take up a top City role.

The former Labour MP and shadow business secretary will lead the US investment bank's environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities with clients, the Financial Times first reported. He leaves a similar position at PR firm Edelman to take up the newly created role.

JP Morgan European boss Vis Raghavan said in an email that Mr Umunna will "work closely with the firm's regional and global ESG stakeholders and partner with teams across all lines of business to help our clients successfully navigate the evolving ESG landscape".

The appointment comes just a week after it was revealed former chancellor George Osborne is set to become a full-time banker at boutique merger house Robey Warshaw.

Mr Umunna will join Sajid Javid at JP Morgan after the former chancellor took up an advisory role last summer.

The position will see Mr Umunna play a key role in the bank's drive to boost its ESG credentials, making him one of the most senior black bankers in the City.

Last year, JP Morgan was the biggest underwriter of global green bonds, with 6.1pc of the market, and it co-structured the UK's first green gilt issue in January

[mikemichael2] 10/2/2021 10:51

Coffee from a kettle? Yuk.

[utrickytrees] 10/2/2021 10:46

As much as I would like to plough more funds into UK equities I'm just not getting the returns :(. So I've just put this years isa allocation into a global fund. Come April I'm considering getting out of UK equities (with the possible exception of BT) and ploughing it into a US fund.

[scruff1] 10/2/2021 10:35

Cant agree with this conspiracy malarky. Dont think politicians are clever enough - certainly not our current crop - worst in my lifetime. Then again I've got a sneaking susoicion the Yanks really did land on the moon.

Just heard super idiot Shapps say its no longer about the number of case but the variants. FFS where is this going?

[psychochopper] 10/2/2021 10:34

Talking about insanity ...

...”Colin Kaepernick joins SPAC craze”

How intense do you like your insanity, sir?

[pal44] 10/2/2021 10:23

Haha Min2 does make his own tea and toast. What jam does he like ? Apricot or strawberry??

[utrickytrees] 10/2/2021 10:14

I've had a kettle & toaster for fkin years mate it's no big deal.

[minerve 2] 10/2/2021 10:05

Brexiters will be please to hear I bought two UK built appliances yesterday and I am very happy with them. A new Dualit toaster and kettle. Both are actually designed so most parts are replaceable which I'm impressed with. I hate throwing stuff away which can be fixed but most modern designs almost make fixing impossible.

Right, now for a coffee and toast using them.

[scruff1] 10/2/2021 10:05

diku
I totally agree with your sentiment. Unfortunately imo this is the most undemocratic process that I can remember witnessing in my lifetime. They havent listened (as far as I am aware)tothe expert views. Yes the views of the epedemiologists. But not the industrialists, the self employed, the arts etc. They have been totally deaf. The Opposition is missing in inaction. The government are making daft laws at will.
As far as I can see there has been no discussion of our future. Just an attempt to keep us from moving around. If variants keep arriving as flu does and it appears they will what do they plan for the next 10years? People are more expert at living their lives and assessing their risks that modern controlling governments want to allow us.
And this is a Conservative Govt ( supposedly) ffs

[gbh2] 10/2/2021 10:04

Our 12 week wait between jabs is going to allow many more virus mutations to develop.

[stonedyou] 10/2/2021 09:56

Vaccine war ERUPTS: Brussels chief threatens UK with export ban - 'Still on the table'


GERMAN MEP Manfred Weber has threatened the UK with yet another export ban on vaccine doses from the EU, moments after Ursula von der Leyen renewed her apology for triggering Article 16 of the Brexit protocol.


The European Commission President told MEPs this morning that she "deeply regrets" making the mistake of triggering Article 16 of the Brexit deal last month. Mrs von der Leyen threatened the UK with an export ban of vaccine doses from the EU to Northern Ireland, jeopardising the fragile peace on the island of Ireland. The Commission chief renewed her apologies for the huge mistake made.


But moments after she apologised, Mr Weber demanded the ban is still on the table should the UK refuse to send over to the EU doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

He said: "We support cooperation with other states but without being naive as Europeans.

"An export ban on European-produced vaccines must remain on the table in our view.

"If the United Kingdom is not willing to deliver doses to Europe, why should we deliver doses to the United Kingdom?"

Mrs von der Leyen acknowledged that the European Union was not where it wanted to be in the fight against the coronavirus.

She said: "We were late with the approval.

"We were too optimistic on mass production.

"And perhaps we were also too certain that the orders would actually be delivered on time."

[diku] 10/2/2021 09:53

Think it might be very easy to say this that and the other on ADVFN but if you are in that job under the circumstances one has to listen to so called expert views from all angles...then the mind starts to boggle...

[diku] 10/2/2021 09:30

What is somebody says they have loss of memory power...

[utrickytrees] 10/2/2021 09:07

Au revoir Eurostar.....zey av not a pot to Peeeez in loooool