Alistair Darling
Britain economy set to exit the recession
Britain was on Tuesday expected to discover that its record recession officially ended in the fourth quarter of 2009 but the nation's huge debt...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown call for financial transactions tax gets cold shoulder
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown surprised G20 finance ministers by urging them to consider a tax on global financial transactions, but the idea got...
Bailout puts £1.5tn on UK debt
An estimated £1.5 trillion will be added to the national debt as a result of the financial crisis, the Office of National Statistics (ONS)...
British bank RBS signals new asset sales
Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland said Monday it will consider selling more assets than initially planned to win EU support for the state aid...
British government in £40 billion bailout to troubled banks
Britain's government will pour up to another 40 billion pounds into bailed out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock...
Lloyds could offload its insurance operations
Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Eric Daniels must keep many plates spinning to keep alive his hope of launching a record rights issue, and...
Tesco to create 800 jobs in Scotland
Tesco, the supermarket chain, announced the opening of a customer service centre in Central Glasgow with more than 800 jobs in personal finance.
The Scottish...
Challenges and opportunities facing the UK Insurance Industry
The Insurance Industry Working Group (IIWG) today published its report into the medium and long-term challenges facing the insurance industry.
The group was set up...
