Bank of England seeks PR support to promote diversity credentials
08 Feb 2012 | by Matt Cartmell
to pump at least 50bn into the economy by purchasing government gilts from pension funds and insurers ...
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The rebrand comes ahead of a divestment of the division by parent RBS, which has to sell the assets by the end of 2014 under the terms of its bail-out by the UK government in 2008. According to a report in the Insurance Times , it has changed its name from RBS Insurance Group to Direct Line ...
to pump at least 50bn into the economy by purchasing government gilts from pension funds and insurers ...
, alongside governments, that needs to be accountable in delivering a sustainable future and improved ... . This is a company that has taken a leadership approach to sustainability and plays a central role ...
The last Labour government took the decision to bail out banks such as RBS because the risk ... 's length from government and continue, to all intents and purposes, to compete internationally in the world ... managing comms around the contentious issue of bank bonuses. Once government decides to have an autonomous ...
it can least afford it. It also raises a number of governance issues that will be interesting to watch ... replaced Sir Fred Goodwin as chief executive in 2008 when the bank had to be bailed out by the Government, which now owns 82% of it. Despite the Government's share, it is a public company run by an independent ...
But the overriding themes can be predictable. Declining trust in governments? Dislike of bankers? Scepticism towards tabloids? Don't hold the front page. However, most striking from this year s report was the crisis in trust apparently facing business leaders. According to the UK survey, only 30 per cent ...
in disillusionment with both businesses and the Government in the UK. Only 30 per cent of UK respondents found CEOs ... -to-day priorities often take precedence, said Thorne. The Government did badly too, as 71 per cent said ... this was happening. NGOs fared better than government and business, with a 42 per cent trust level. Globally ...
RenewableUK has appointed the agency to support its media relations programme at a crucial time for the wind power industry. This year the Government will publish its wide-ranging electricity market reform bill, which could establish a long-term framework to shift the UK towards renewable energy ...
A deepening sense of distrust in both government and business has emerged among the British public...The UK research, which is published today, suggests that trust in UK government and business is down on a year ago. Just 29% of people expressed confidence that government is doing the right thing ... of government and what they think is actually being delivered. The public simply don t believe politicians tell ...
of the past, revealing Government plans to make shareholder remuneration votes mandatory. He also attacked ... -led Government, whose principals hold an inherently free market philosophy, to be pushing for pay caps ... bonus despite RBS massive losses, appalling reputation and the fact the Government is its largest ...