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Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood

Birmingham Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:32:00 GMT

Former banker Fred Goodwin has had his knighthood removed, it has been announced.

Union leaders hit out at Stephen Hester's RBS bonus

Birmingham Post — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:35:13 GMT

Union leaders have vented their anger at the size of the bonus given to RBS chief executive Stephen Hester.

RBS boss Stephen Hester given near-£1m bonus

Birmingham Post — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:45:14 GMT

The boss of a taxpayer-funded bank has been awarded a bonus worth £963,000, around 60% of his entitlement, following political pressure to limit the payout.

Royal Bank of Scotland shares soar after £5bn sale

Birmingham Post — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:40:14 GMT

Taxpayer-funded Royal Bank of Scotland has seen its shares climb five per cent after announcing its biggest ever single disposal – the sale of its aircraft leasing business for nearly £5 billion.

Week Ahead: Focus on banks' third quarter results

Birmingham Post — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:30:00 GMT

Quarterly results from Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland will provide focus this week while economic growth figures for the third quarter will provide a highly-anticipated insight into the health of the UK recovery.

P&D Engineering acquires new unit thanks to RBS funding

Birmingham Post — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:46:00 GMT

Funding agreed with engineers

Midland firms suffer as FTSE endures terrible week

Birmingham Post — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:05:18 GMT

The FTSE 100 Index is on track to suffer one of its worst weeks since the height of the banking crisis in October 2008 after suffering further falls today.

Five hundred RBS jobs to go in Telford as call centre is closed

Birmingham Post — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:37:00 GMT

Union leaders have warned that confirmation of 700 job losses at three Royal Bank of Scotland sites, including Telford, would be "devastating" for the local communities.

RBS chief Stephen Hester tells Birmingham audience: I wish I was unknown

Birmingham Post — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:21:00 GMT

Multi-million pound banker Stephen Hester says he wishes he was “unknown” to the public – and has spoken of his frustration at the storm over his salary package.

Banks 'not hit hard enough', says Commons committee

Birmingham Post — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:03:00 GMT

The Government did not do enough to punish taxpayer-backed banks when they failed to hit targets for lending to small businesses, according to MPs.