Oct 27 2009 | Financial
Barclays has agreed to buy the banking business of insurer Standard Life for £226 million. Read
Oct 27 2009 | Financial
Part-nationalised Bradford & Bingley is set to divide its £50 billion balance sheet into good and bad assets in an effort to speed up the repayment of an £18.4 billion loan. Read
Oct 27 2009 | Financial
The number of West Midland firms becoming insolvent dipped slightly in the last quarter but experts are warning of a second wave of companies getting into trouble as the economy picks up again. Read
Oct 27 2009 | Financial
Companies in the West Midlands are preparing for growth despite believing the effects of the downturn will last until the latter part of 2010 or into 2011. Read