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		<title>Lloyds announces 1,000 job losses</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2012/02/07/lloyds-announced-1000-job-losses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Days after making a commitment to its branch network and promising to keep the same number of branches for the next three years, Lloyds Banking Group says it is to make around 1,000 staff redundant, adding to the 28,000 job losses since the Lloyds TSB / HBOS merger, in 2008. According to trade union, Unite, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds commits to branch network</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has committed to keeping the same number of branches in its network for the next three years. The part state-owned bank has also pledge not to close a branch if it is the last one in a particular community. Commenting on the announcements, group chief executive, António Horta-Osório, says: “We want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds&#8217; head of wholesale quits</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2012/02/01/lloyds-head-of-wholesale-quits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has announced changes in its senior management structure as follows: Truett Tate, group executive director for wholesale, will retire this month. The sixty-one-year-old joined the group in 2003 as managing director, corporate banking, before being appointed to the Board in 2004. Andrew Gézcy, managing director of wholesale banking and markets, will report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unauthorised overdraft fees incalculable</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2012/01/18/unauthorised-overdraft-fees-incalculable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/?p=18069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Which? is claiming that it is virtually impossible to calculate unauthorised overdraft fees, or to compare charges between banks, as fee structures are so complicated. The consumer group asked a number of volunteers to work out the cost of an unauthorised overdraft with four different banks by giving them mock bank statements. Despite one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reshuffle at UKFI</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2012/01/12/reshuffle-at-ukfi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UKFI, which oversees the taxpayer&#8217;s interest in the UK&#8217;s rescued banks, has announced that Sir David Cooksey is retiring as chairman. Chief executive, Robin Budenberg, who joined UKFI in 2010 from UBS, will become chairman in his place. Jim O&#8217;Neil, who is currently responsible for UKFI&#8217;s investments in Lloyds and RBS, will become chief executive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds&#8217; group CEO to return in January</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/12/14/lloyds-group-ceo-to-return-in-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group will see the return of its group chief executive officer in January. Last month, António Horta-Osório had to take leave of absence on medical grounds but Lloyds&#8217; board has since completed a rigorous process, including obtaining independent medical advice, to assess his ability to return and effectively lead the group. Mr Horta-Osório [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-op preferred bidder for Lloyds&#8217; branches</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/12/14/co-op-preferred-bidder-for-lloyds-branches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/12/14/co-op-preferred-bidder-for-lloyds-branches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has named Co-operative Group as its preferred bidder for the 632 branches that it needs to sell under EC competition rules. The bank says it will now progress more detailed exclusive discussions with the Co-op, with the aim of agreeing heads of terms by the end of March 2012. At this stage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds earmarks £12bn for SME lending</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/11/23/lloyds-earmarks-12bn-for-sme-lending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has committed to lending at least £12 billion to help Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses in 2012. In addition, the group’s SME Charter now includes a pledge to invest £20 million in community finance projects. The bank&#8217;s group director, commercial, John Maltby, comments: “Times have been tough for Britain’s small firms &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds progresses group finance director appointment</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/11/22/lloyds-progresses-group-finance-director-appointment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/11/22/lloyds-progresses-group-finance-director-appointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it is in discussion with insurer RSA&#8217;s current finance director, George Culmer, regarding the post of group finance director at the bank. Mr Culmer would replace Tim Tookey, who is leaving Lloyds at the end of February to join Friends Life. Mr Tookey is presently interim group chief executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds names another interim group CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/11/21/lloyds-names-another-interim-group-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/11/21/lloyds-names-another-interim-group-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/?p=17635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the news earlier this month that António Horta-Osório has taken leave of absence on medical advice, Lloyds Banking Group has announced that David Roberts will become interim group chief executive officer if Mr Horta-Osório ends up being away for more than a few weeks. The post is currently filled by group finance officer, Tim [...]]]></description>
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