By John Walker on May 17, 2012
Aldermore, one of Britain’s leading challenger banks and a participant in the government’s National Loan Guarantee Scheme, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised £36 million of new capital.
The investment, (made by funds controlled by Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a leading private investment firm), strengthens Aldermore’s position as one of Britain’s most strongly capitalised [...]
Posted in Business Banking, Deals and Agreements, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Lending and Borrowing, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Loans and Finance, Public Limited Companies - PLCs, UK | Tagged Aldermore, AnaCap Financial Partners, Centerbridge Partners L.P., challenger banks, credit quality, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, Phillip Monks, retail banking depositors, SMEs, Tier 2 bonds |
By John Walker on March 1, 2012
One thousand young people in the UK with no prior work experience or qualifications are being offered their crucial first career opportunity from today.
Applications are now open for the Barclays Apprenticeship Programme offering 1,000 places for young people to build a career in banking. The first Barclays apprentices to join the £20m programme will start [...]
Posted in Adult and Other Education, Business Banking, Education and Human Capital, Employment Levels, Financial Services, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Private Sector, Recruitment, Skills and Training, Staff, Training, UK | Tagged Antony Jenkins, Barclays, Barclays Apprenticeship Programme, Barclays Retail and Business Banking, National Apprenticeship Service |
By John Walker on November 29, 2011
The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Critical Infrastructure, Distribution Channels, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Financial Capital, Forecasts, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Industrial Relations, Inflation, Insurance, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Monetary Policy, Morale, Organized Labour / Unions, Outsourcing, People and Players, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, UK Budget, Utilities | Tagged Air Passenger Duty (APD), Apprenticeship, Association of British Insurers, Autumn Statement, bank levy, Bank of England, Business Finance Partnership, Chancellor, Child Tax Credit, deficit reduction, enterprise, Enterprise Zones, free education, Free Schools, fuel duty increase, Infrastructure Investors Forum, infrastructure spending, Jobcentre Plus, Jobseeker’s allowance, Local Authorities, measures, mid-sized businesses, National Infrastructure Plan, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, OBR, Office for Budget Responsibility, Official Development Assistance, pension funds, Sector Based Work Academy, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), small firms, smaller businesses, Spending Review period, State Pension age, super-connected cities, tax relief, Work Experience, young apprentices, Youth Contract |
By John Walker on December 3, 2010
Responding to the implications of the heavy recent snowfalls, Barclays Business is offering a financial support package to all of its affected business banking customers.
Travers Clarke-Walker, Director of Product and Marketing, Barclays Business, said: “Snow is impacting across the UK, making it impossible for some businesses to operate. We can take some of the worry [...]
Posted in Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, Financial Resources, Scotland, UK |
By John Walker on October 18, 2010
Question:
How do I go about accepting credit card payments in the UK?
Open Reply:
Here’s an article (about accepting cards over the net) which may be of interest:
http://www.startinbusiness.co.uk/features/nettrading_060201.htm
Its been a long time since I was looking for a provider so I may be a bit out of touch.
Most UK banks have a merchant services division.
Here are some [...]
Posted in Business Banking, Debit and Credit Card Merchant Services, UK | Tagged Open Replies |
By John Walker on April 20, 2010
Barclays and Barclaycard are taking some additional measures to support their personal and business customers who are affected by the travel restrictions in place due to the cloud of volcanic ash moving across Europe.
Contacting Barclays
Barclays customers who are stranded abroad, have family stranded abroad or who may be affected by the volcanic eruptions should call [...]
Posted in Business Banking, Critical Infrastructure, UK |
By John Walker on November 20, 2009
Responding to the implications of the recent flooding across areas of the UK, Barclays Local Business has today announced that it will be offering a financial support package to all of its affected business banking customers.*
The package will allow businesses time to recover from the immediate impact of the flooding, or to bridge the gap [...]
Posted in Accommodation, Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Critical Infrastructure, Cumbria, Lending and Borrowing, UK | Tagged Barclays, Floods November 2009 |
By John Walker on April 20, 2009
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
“We expect this acquisition to be accretive [...]
Posted in Brands, Business Banking, Business Software, Contact Management, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, Deals and Agreements, Distribution Channels, E-commerce, Financial Capital, Governance, IT and Telecommunications Services, Information Security, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, North America, People and Players, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production, Production Facilities, Project Management, Public Limited Companies - PLCs, Recruitment, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Worldwide | Tagged audio webcast, Cloud Computing, Java, Open Source, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Solaris, Sun Microsystems |
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