Blog Index

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part Five: The Stuarts After the Tudors, England went through a period of massive turmoil under the new Royal Household of the Stuarts.  Throughout the 17th Century, the Royal Household (the Crown) and Government (Parliament) were at war, both figuratively and literally. How The…

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part Five: The Stuarts After the Tudors, England went through a period of massive turmoil under the new Royal Household of the Stuarts.  Throughout the 17th Century, the Royal Household (the Crown) and Government (Parliament) were at war, both figuratively and literally. How The…

Our biggest stories of the week are … How The City Developed, Part One: The Romans In Roman Times, the centre of London was at Cornhill, where the Bank of England is based, and Leadenhall market, where Lloyd’s of London is based.  At Leadenhall, the Romans built a Basilica, a combination of a town hall…

Our biggest stories of the week are … As my SEPA gently weeps … I hosted a dinner last night with a focus upon developments with SEPA and innovation. What innovations has SEPA introduced? Long silence. To be honest, there are some – the ability to cash concentrate direct debits into the most efficient… Four…

Our biggest stories of the week are … As my SEPA gently weeps … I hosted a dinner last night with a focus upon developments with SEPA and innovation. What innovations has SEPA introduced? Long silence. To be honest, there are some – the ability to cash concentrate direct debits into the most efficient… Four…

Our biggest stories of the week are … Should a bank be called a bank After Richard Branson's Virgin Money successfully acquired Northern Rock, loads has been written about the takeover. Much has been negative, saying that the Chancellor did a bad deal and ‘gifting’ the bank to Virgin, losing £400 million in the process…….

Our biggest stories of the week are … The Bible says bankers' bonuses are OK … I was listening to a sermon yesterday. The sermon quoted a lengthy section of the Gospel according to Matthew, where three servants are given their master’s wealth to look after whilst he is on travels. Two of the servants…

Our biggest stories of the week are …   That European Joke (Part Two) I’ve been loathe to talk too much lately about the Eurozone as it’s just too darned depressing. What with Greece slipping and sliding away, Italy bunga’d out and now France being challenged, it’s just a crazy, crazy moment in history…. A big…