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| Sep 17, 2026 | ‘Hound of Hades’ private equity firm pursues Aldermore | Private equity firm Cerberus has teamed up with Warburg Pincus on a joint bid for alternative lender Aldermore, City AM can reveal, in a sale process that could value the company at more than £1.4bn.
The US private equity firm, named after ... |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Aldermore’s sale interest shows banks are over motor finance | Lloyds, Nationwide and Investec are all tipped to be circling Aldemore as its South African over prepares a sale. Samuel Norman takes a look at the runners and riders and what it could do for the market.
Has the banking industry finally mov... |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Can OSB’s new boss cut through the noise? | A FTSE 250 bank has a new boss and plenty of challenges to confront . In this week’s column, Samuel Norman looks at what could be next for OSB.
Enrique Labiano confronted a tricky inheritance when he got his feet under the desk on his first... |
| Aug 23, 2026 | - | "Travel solution cards are evolving from payment products into powerful travel companions. Everyday spending can now unlock flights, airport lounges, hotel privileges and experiences around the world. More importantly, travellers have ... |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Nationwide warns returns from corporate AI are still hard to measure | Nationwide has warned that the financial returns from workplace AI remain difficult to quantify, even as the building society rolls out the technology to around 16,000 staff.
Around 1,000 employees across the combined Nationwide and Virgin ... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Nationwide rebel claims he was offered sweetener to drop boardroom bid | A rebel Nationwide customer vying for a board seat at Britain’s biggest building society claimed it offered to help him land a directorship at another firm if he dropped his boardroom bid.
James Sherwin-Smith, who is on the ballot at next w... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Legado and Amiqus Partner to Streamline Regulated Onboarding in UK Financial Services Sector | A new partnership between two of Scotland’s fastest-growing fintechs is set to simplify the regulated onboarding of clients and customers for financial services firms as the sector faces increasing pressure to implement digital infrastructu... |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Multiverse Launches Edinburgh AI Tech Hub | Multiverse, the upskilling platform for AI and tech adoption, announced the opening of a new technology hub in Edinburgh.
Following its recent $70m funding round, the hub marks an expansion of Multiverse’s engineering footprint, placing an ... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Nationwide boss Debbie Crosbie banks £4.7m payday after Virgin Money deal | The boss of Nationwide has seen her pay almost double since the building society’s blockbuster takeover of Virgin Money.
Debbie Crosbie, who has steered the mutual since 2022, bagged a £4.7m pay packet in the last financial year, up from £2... |
| May 28, 2026 | Nationwide accused of picking ‘unfair fight’ with member board candidate | Nationwide has been accused of picking an “unfair fight” with one of its members who has sought to clinch a seat on the building society’s board.
The mutual has opted not to recommend the candidacy of James Sherwin-Smith, who is running to ... |
| May 27, 2026 | An Inspector Calls at Nationwide’s annual general meeting | In 49 days An Inspector Calls at the Nationwide annual general meeting and in this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at what he could be asking. Also on the agenda… after annual report season, it’s time for Starling to go full throttle on E... |
| May 21, 2026 | Nationwide income soars on consumer lending boost | Nationwide booked a hefty jump in its annual income as the building society benefited from a boost in consumer lending and clawed out a bigger market share of mortgage balances.
The mutual recorded a 22 per cent jump in total income to £6.4... |
| Apr 9, 2026 | UK’s best bank revealed – and it’s not a bank | The UK banking sector’s top bank has been crowned – and (spoiler) it’s not a bank.
A new report from Forbes and market research firm Statista analysed the global banking system for the world’s top names in the sector.
Over 54,000 people wer... |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Virgin Money swallowed up by Nationwide as top boss exits | The boss of Virgin Money is set to depart the firm later this years as the UK bank fully consolidates into the Nationwide umbrella.
Chris Rhodes took the reins at Virgin Money following its acquisition by Nationwide in late 2024. Before thi... |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Revolut and Nationwide sharpen swords in battle to bank Britain | If you had ‘Graham Norton sitting on a horse’ on your banking bingo card, congratulations.
The BBC chat show host has swapped his famous sofa with a more equine-shaped seat in a TV appearance already sparking chatter among the upper echelon... |
| Feb 19, 2026 | ITSX Summit | Just Two Weeks to Go! | DIGIT’s ITSX Summit returns to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh in just two weeks – register now!
Taking place on 5 March, the conference will contextualise the evolution of the service desk and the future of customer experience and IT support.
T... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Banking and insurance to drive financial M&As after 2025 frenzy | Deals in the financial services sector are expected to be “robust” in the year to come, following a burst of activity from the banking and insurance sector in 2025.
UK banks, insurers and asset managers publicly disclosed 337 deals last yea... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Smartr365 Mortgage Technology Expansion | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Clover Security Raises $36 Million To Advance Design-Led Product Security For The AI Era | Clover Security has secured $36 million in new funding as the Tel Aviv-based company aims to redefine how product security is built for an accelerating AI-driven development landscape. The round was led by Notable Capital and Team8, with pa... |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Barclays and Santander top highest customer exodus after outages | Barclays and Santander recorded the highest net losses of current account switches in the second quarter of the year after outages disrupted thousands of customers’ online banking.
Over 22,000 users switched from Barclays in the three month... |
| Sep 30, 2025 | From an old laptop to global impact: How David Olaka Onwuka is driving wealth creation through technology and entrepreneurship | In the heart of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, stories of innovation often emerge from unlikely beginnings. For David Olaka Onwuka, the 2025 Tech Innovation Leader of the Year at the Africa Beacon of ICT Awards (BoICT) presented by Nigeria Commu... |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Challenger banks face ‘profitability trap’ at growth crossroads | The UK banking sector faces a profitability roadblock that will give the industry’s challengers an “existential” turning point.
Fresh data from KPMG suggests the industry’s average return on equity will fall to eight per cent come 2027 down... |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Atom chair: Big banks don’t know their role in economic growth | The chair of digital bank Atom has slammed Britain’s banking giants for failing to drive the country’s economic ambitions.
Lee Rochford, who had tenures at Virgin Money, RBS and BNP before Atom, said it was “increasingly unclear what role [... |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Challenger Banks Top CMA Banking Satisfaction Rankings | Challenger banks continue to lead the way in the latest set of banking satisfaction results published by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The league table is the 14th of its kind and sees Monzo ranked as number one for consumers... |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Nationwide wins big in mass switch from FTSE 100 banks | Nationwide has raided the customer base of Britain’s banking titans as current account switchers flocked away from legacy firms.
The building society welcomed nearly 73,000 switchers in the first three months of the year, compared to 17,000... |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Which UK banks are next in line for a takeover? | As the next wave of banking consolidation kicks off, specialist lenders are in the fray to be swallowed up.
The industry has seen a flood of mergers and acquisitions in recent years, of which the latest was a landmark tie-up between Santand... |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Why did Santander buy TSB? | Santander might have hoped its takeover of TSB would make waves across the banking industry, but analysts have dubbed it a more modest splash.
The deal, which is set to be worth £2.9bn when closed in 2026, will add TSB’s five million custom... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | The Shifting Sands of Banking: A Tale of Cuts and Consolidation | The banking landscape is changing. British banks are shedding jobs at an alarming rate. The digital age is here, and it’s reshaping the industry. In 2024, UK lenders saw their workforce shrink by 5.25%. That’s the steepest drop since 2018. ... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | British banks shed workers at fastest pace since 2018 | British bankers were on the chopping block in 2024 as UK lenders marked the steepest drop in headcount since 2018 amid an industry-wide digital push.
Total employee numbers at British lenders slumped 5.25 per cent to 580,371, falling to the... |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Challenger banks scout exit routes as giants circle Metro and TSB | Analysts are pencilling in a fresh wave of banking deals with challenger banks set for a market departure.
Moody’s analysts have said challenger banks will “seek exit after weak performance” as industry juggernauts set their sights on rampi... |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Deal fever: Banking giants plot takeovers to ramp up market share | British banking is poised for a major shake-up as top names go on the hunt for fresh acquisitions.
Lenders have been scouting new deals that would send shockwaves across the industry.
Much of the prospective dealmaking involves London lende... |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Nationwide to Greggs: King’s honours list champions UK business leaders | Entrepreneurs and company chiefs in tech, recruitment and banking have been recognised for their contributions to UK business in the King’s birthday honours.
Microsoft UK boss Clare Barclay and ceramics founder Emma Bridgewater, dubbed the ... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | The Tug of War: UK Firms, AI, and the Quest for Skilled Workers | The UK is in a bind. Companies are grappling with a shortage of skilled workers. This isn’t just a bump in the road; it’s a significant hurdle. Nearly three-quarters of British firms report difficulty in finding talent. The pandemic left sc... |
| May 31, 2025 | The Rise of Private Banking: Natwest and Nationwide Lead the Charge | In a world where financial institutions often resemble ships lost at sea, two banks have recently charted their courses toward brighter horizons. Natwest has finally returned to private ownership, while Nationwide Building Society has poste... |
| May 30, 2025 | Nationwide hands customers billions as FTSE 100 banks up shareholder payouts | Nationwide returned billions to customers in 2024 whilst the FTSE 100 banking juggernauts used excess capital to up payouts for shareholders.
The building society handed customers £2.8bn in the last year through a combination of reward sche... |
| May 29, 2025 | Nationwide posts bumper year after stamp duty rush | Nationwide Building Society bolstered its takings in the 12 months to March 31 2025, after a rush to beat the stamp duty deadline led to a surge in first-time buyers.
The firm said it served more first-time buyers than any other lender in t... |
| May 2, 2025 | The Mortgage Landscape: Navigating New Waters | The mortgage market is a shifting tide. Recent developments signal a change in the air. Sprive, a London-based startup, has just raised $7.3 million in seed funding. This money will fuel its ambition to revolutionize how people manage their... |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Sprive Raises $7.3M in Seed Funding | Sprive, a London, UK-based AI powered mortgage overpayment platform provider, raised $7.3m in seed funding.
The round was led by Ascension, with participation from Channel 4 Ventures, Velocity Capital, and Two Magnolias.
The company intends... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | The AI Revolution: Skills for Tomorrow's Workforce | Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a whisper in the wind. It’s a roaring storm, reshaping the landscape of work and opportunity. By 2025, AI is set to create 97 million new jobs globally. This isn’t just a statistic; it’s a clarion c... |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 21.3bn reasons why TCS partners with the London Marathon | Partnering with the London Marathon has helped b2b-focused TCS grow its brand value tenfold, says the company’s chief marketing officer Abhinav Kumar.
TCS can point to plenty of reasons for partnering with the London Marathon and other endu... |
| Mar 31, 2025 | TutorABC Expands Leadership Team to Drive Global Growth in Language Learning and Livestreaming E-Commerce Innovation | TAIPEI, March 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TutorABC, a global leader in online education and live-streaming e-commerce, has appointed George Loup and Maximilian Corbet Smith as Directors of Business Development to lead strategic global expansio... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | The Rising Tide of Taxation and Takeovers: A Dual Challenge for UK Businesses | The UK is navigating turbulent waters. Two significant currents are shaping the landscape: a crackdown on tax evasion and a surge in takeover bids. Both trends pose challenges for businesses and their leaders. On one front, the government i... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | The Cash ISA Conundrum: Savers Caught in a Low-Interest Trap | In the world of finance, cash is king. But what happens when that king is sitting on a throne of low interest? Millions of savers in the UK are facing this dilemma. They are keeping their hard-earned money in Cash ISAs that yield a mere two... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | The UK Market: A Battlefield of Takeovers and Trolley Wars | The UK market is at a crossroads. On one side, board members brace for a surge of takeover bids. On the other, supermarkets prepare for a fierce price war. Both scenarios reflect a landscape marked by vulnerability and competition. In the c... |
| Mar 24, 2025 | UK board members brace for wave of takeover bids | Non-executive directors of UK companies and bracing for a wave of takeover bids throughout 2025 as British firms face continual share price weakness.
As many as 80 per cent of non-executive directors said that their companies are more vulne... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Scotland's Export Surge: A Beacon of Economic Resilience | Scotland is on the rise. The winds of change are blowing through its economy, and exports are taking flight. In less than a year, Scottish businesses have secured £42 million in UK Export Finance deals. This is not just a number; it’s a lif... |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Scottish Business Exports Reach £42M in Less Than A Year | Businesses behind Scotland’s most emblematic exports have been able to grow thanks to £42 million in UK Export Finance deals brokered so far since the summer.
Enabling companies such as Ferguson Whisky and manufacturing of fire and rescue v... |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Scottish Business Exports Benefit From £42M in Deals | Businesses behind Scotland’s most emblematic exports have been able to grow thanks to £42 million in UK Export Finance deals brokered so far since the summer.
Enabling companies such as Ferguson Whisky and manufacturing of fire and rescue v... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | FTSE 100 lenders pocket record total profit | |
| Jan 30, 2025 | UK mortgage approvals rise as buyers race to beat stamp duty changes | |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Scotland’s fintech hub is key to the UK’s growth mission | |
| Jan 20, 2025 | Smart Data Foundry Secures £3M for Financial Data Service | Smart Data Foundry (SDF) has been awarded £3 million funding to operate a new Financial Data Service, enabling more researchers to study the financial health of millions of households across the UK, by providing secure access to financial b... |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Unaffordable London house prices push first-time buyers to the north | |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Nationwide banks £2.3bn gain from Virgin Money takeover as profit tumbles | |
| Nov 26, 2024 | UK proposes earlier banker bonuses in bid to boost competition | |
| Nov 20, 2024 | International Fraud Awareness Programme Launched | As part of International Fraud Awareness week, 11 industry partners including BT, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Abrdn, TSB, Virgin Money, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, Fujitsu, Equifax and Dudley Building Society are collaborating to launch an in... |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Microsoft quietly assembles the largest AI agent ecosystem—and no one else is close | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating o... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | The Ada Scotland Festival 2024: A Beacon for Diversity in Tech | The Ada Scotland Festival is back, lighting up the tech landscape from October 1 to 11, 2024. This year marks the fifth anniversary of a festival dedicated to gender balance in technology. It’s a celebration, a call to action, and a platfor... |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Scottish Fintech Cluster’s New Home Unveiled | FinTech Scotland celebrated the official opening of the Fintech Ward in the heart of the newly opened Edinburgh Futures Institute with an event that also marked the launch of the FinTech Scotland Festival 2024.
FinTech continues to grow in ... |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Comment | Market Trends Bolster Scottish FinTech Aspirations | Scotland’s fintech sector continues to thrive. Earlier this year FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organisation, reported a 24% increase in jobs within the sector since 2021.
Scottish-based fintechs now employ over 10,500 people acro... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Britain's challenger banks boosted by capital rules revamp | Boards, Policy & RegulationRegulatory Oversight
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| Sep 6, 2024 | Nationwide’s Virgin Money Acquisition Expected to Complete Next Month | Nationwide’s £2.9 billion acquisition of Virgin Money is expected to be completed next month after getting approval from both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
The building society’s offer to b... |
| Sep 4, 2024 | SEK's Green Bond: A Step Towards Sustainable Financing | In a world increasingly focused on sustainability, the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) has made a significant move. On September 3, 2024, SEK issued a 7-year green bond worth EUR 500 million. This transaction marks SEK's first ... |
| Sep 2, 2024 | Outages Reported Across Major Digital Banking Platforms | Several UK banking giants, including Lloyds Bank, Virgin Money, NatWest, and Nationwide, were suffering technical issue on their online banking apps.
Earlier on Monday morning (2nd September), users reported problems with their digital bank... |
| Aug 2, 2024 | FuturePlus Secures a 7-Figure Upround and Partners With Virgin StartUp, Teaching Businesses to Profitably Integrate Sustainability Into Their Operations | By Staff Reporter
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The Sustainability Group, developers of sustainability management an... |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Shot Scope: Revolutionizing Golf with $8.5 Million Boost | In the world of golf, precision is key. Every swing, every putt, every yard matters. Enter Shot Scope, a Scottish tech firm that has just secured $8.5 million in Series B funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Edinburgh-based Shot Scope raises €7.8 million Series B to make golfers improve their game | Golf technology firm Shot Scope has raised €7.8 million in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested €3.69 million. The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, Th... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Scots Golf Tech Firm, Shot Scope, Raises $8.5M in Funding | Golf technology firm, Shot Scope, has raised $8.5m (£6.6m) in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested $4m (£3.1m).
The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, T... |
| Jul 25, 2024 | ESG management platform FuturePlus closes £2.7M Seed raise | The Sustainability Group, developers of sustainability management and ESG reporting platform FuturePlus, has closed its latest round.
Overfunding in this round, The Sustainability Group secured a 5x increase in its valuation in just under 3... |
| Jul 7, 2024 | UK economy expected to ‘bounce back’ on services strength after April’s stagnation | |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Verizon Customers Report Outage in Georgia and Other Cities | By Aldohn Domingo
Published Jul 3, 2024 12:39AM EDT
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Verizon customers in Augusta, Georgia, and other cities are reportedly experiencing ... |
| Jun 28, 2024 | HSBC, Barclays, Virgin Money Hit by Massive Payment Glitch, Thousands in the UK Miss Payday Deposits | By John Lopez
Published Jun 28, 2024 11:53AM EDT
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Thousands of bank customers in the UK faced a major hassle on payday as a massive payme... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | CPO PLAYBOOK's 50th Episode: Featuring Nityo Infotech CEO Naveen Kumar | CPO PLAYBOOK Podcast Cover
CPO PLAYBOOK marks its 50th episode with an exclusive interview featuring Naveen Kumar, CEO of Nityo Infotech, discussing strategies for global expansion. This milestone showcases the podcast's ongoing succes... |
| Jun 13, 2024 | FinTech Scotland Launches ESG Innovation Challenge | FinTech Scotland, working with eleven industry partners, launches a new innovation challenge, focused on delivering positive environmental and societal outcomes.
Working in collaboration with EY, Morgan Stanley, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, ... |
| May 30, 2024 | FinTech Scotland Announces Winners of AI Compliance Challenge | FinTech Scotland’s Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL)—a collaboration in partnership with the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde—has announced the winners of its first innovation call, “Simplifying Compliance through the Applic... |
| May 23, 2024 | Growth across UK biz dips in May, in early blow to Sunak, shows PMI survey | |
| May 19, 2024 | Outgoing Virgin Money boss set for bumper payday despite bank’s plunge in value | David Duffy stands to have made up to £30m from his tenure as chief executive of Virgin Money by the time he retires from the role after six years following the bank’s takeover by Nationwide.
The 62-year-old banker could be set for a more t... |
| May 13, 2024 | BBVA could raise offer for Sabadell by selling TSB, analysts say | Analysts have argued that Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) could raise its hostile takeover bid for smaller domestic rival Banco Sabadell by selling its UK arm TSB.
Offloading the business, which Sabadell bought ... |
| May 9, 2024 | IBM Introduces New Microsoft Copilot Capabilities to Fuel AI-Powered Business Transformation | ARMONK, N.Y., May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of IBM Copilot Runway, a new offering from IBM Consulting designed to help enterprises create, customize, deploy and manage copilots including Copilo... |
| May 9, 2024 | IBM Introduces New Microsoft Copilot Capabilities to Fuel AI-Powered Business Transformation | ARMONK, N.Y., May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of IBM Copilot Runway, a new offering from IBM Consulting designed to help enterprises create, customize, deploy and manage copilots including Copilo... |
| May 6, 2024 | Nationwide called out over ‘sneaky’ tactics in £2.9bn Virgin Money deal | Baroness Sharon Bowles, a prominent figure on the London Stock Exchange’s board and a member of the House of Lords, has accused Nationwide of using “sneaky” tactics in its £2.9bn bid to buy Virgin Money.
British bank Nationwide has sparked ... |
| May 2, 2024 | Listed legal business NAHL reduces net debt by over £3m | Listed business NAHL, which focuses on the consumer legal services market, saw its revenue increase by two per cent over the last financial year to £42.2m.
The group’s profit before tax went up by 14 per cent to £0.65m, from £0.57m while it... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | AIM-listed Alpha Group plots move to London’s main market as fintech looks to expand | AIM-listed fintech and consultancy firm Alpha Group International has confirmed its intention to move to the premium list of the London Stock Exchange’s main market as its looks to expand.
The firm, which listed on the bourse’s Alternative ... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Nationwide branch ads starring Dominic West banned by watchdog as misleading | Adverts for Nationwide starring actor Dominic West have been banned by the advertising regulator in their current form for misleading consumers that the lender would not close branches like its rivals.
The Advertising Standards Authority (A... |
| Mar 24, 2024 | Atom Bank boss on rapid growth, London IPO and why high street challengers are a ‘dying breed’ | More than 250 miles from the Square Mile and Canary Wharf, one bank is doing things very differently.
Atom became the UK’s first app-based bank when it launched in 2016. It is headquartered in Durham, staff have a four-day working week, and... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Virgin Money agrees to £2.9bn Nationwide takeover | The board of Virgin Money has accepted a £2.9bn takeover offer from high street rival Nationwide to create the UK’s second-largest provider of mortgages and savings.
The takeover, which Virgin Money agreed to on a preliminary basis earlier ... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | The Notebook: Metro Bank’s cost-cutting drive spells trouble for challengers | Where the City’s brightest get a few things off their chest. Today, our fortnightly columnist Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, takes the pen.
Metro Bank announced further job losses last week, bringing the total... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Nationwide must act in members’ interests on Virgin Money deal | Sky News’ City Editor Mark Kleinman writes a weekly column for City A.M., this week on Nationwide, the ‘British ISA’ and Martin Gilbert’s latest venture
One member, one vote? Not in the case of Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building society... |
| Mar 10, 2024 | Richard Branson ‘set for £650m payout’ from potential Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money | Sir Richard Branson is set to receive upwards of £650m from a potential takeover of his challenger bank Virgin Money by Nationwide, it has been estimated.
The two lenders announced last week that Nationwide had agreed terms for a £2.9bn tak... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Nationwide agrees terms for £2.9bn Virgin Money takeover to create second-largest UK mortgages and savings provider | Nationwide, the UK’s largest building society, has struck a preliminary agreement to acquire Virgin Money, Britain’s sixth-biggest high street bank, valuing the latter at around £2.9bn.
The two lenders announced on Thursday that the potenti... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Кредитор Nationwide поглощает конкурента Virgin Money в сделке на £2,9 млрд | Nationwide Building Society согласилась на поглощение конкурирующего кредитора Virgin Money в рамках сделки на сумму около £2,9 млрд.
Сделка создаст вторую по величине ипотечную и сберегательную группу в Великобритании с общим объемом креди... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Nationwide & Virgin Money Strike £2.9BN Takeover Deal | The deal, which will eventually see the Virgin Money brand disappear gradually over six years, will also pave the way for the creation of one of the UK’s largest mortgage and savings groups.
Under the terms of the deal, Nationwide tabled a ... |
| Dec 7, 2022 | How The UK Government Can Fix Its Small Business Productivity Puzzle | Simple steps to help solve the puzzlegetty |
| Oct 7, 2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | September 2022 | Recruitment The Scotland 5G Centre
The Scotland 5G Centre has appointed three Business Engagement Managers to the S5GConnect Team – the Centre’s core programme deploying regionally relevant 5G innovation hubs and testbeds across Scotland.
A... |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Cambridge is UK’s top city for start-ups eyeing 2023 launch | Cambridge is UK’s top city for start-ups eyeing 2023 launch
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New research from Virgin Money forecasts that Cambridge will be the best city in the UK to start a business in 2023.
It beats, in order of priority in the t... |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Virgin Money Hires New COO from Thomson Reuters | Virgin Money has made a senior appointment by way of Sarah Wilkinson, who arrives via her previous role as chief information officer at Thomson Reuters and head of TR Labs, its technology research and innovation centre.
Prior to that role, ... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Brevel’s microalgae protein bags $8.4m, Brazil’s Agrotools closes $21m, CHONEX raises $6m | This past week, alternative protein raised more funding including Brevel’s seed round to further develop its microalgae-based protein ingredient, SCiFi Foods’ rebrand and major VC backer, and Cocuus’ 3D printing alt-protein tech. In agtech,... |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Virgin Money launches $251m Agri E Fund in a bid to help UK farmers hit net zero | Virgin Money, the UK-based digital financial services provider under Virgin Group, has launched a £200 million ($251 million) Agri E Fund, the first of its kind dedicated to supporting UK farmers with green loans.
Loans it disburses should ... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | CodeClan Welcomes New Partners After Reaching Two Thousand Graduate Milestone | CodeClan has revealed it has now produced more than two thousand graduates, playing a key role in producing talent for Scotland’s burgeoning technology sector.
Since launching in 2015, CodeClan, which recently celebrated its sixth anniversa... |
