Posts Tagged ‘banking’

Time for a healthy debate on ageing

Time for a healthy debate on ageing

The ageing population is not a time bomb. It is a reality which needs to be planned for in a holistic way. And we need to start planning for it now

‘We now have a skewed election which favours a discredited political elite’

‘We now have a skewed election which favours a discredited political elite’

As the new political year starts, Plaid Cymru PPC Jonathan Edwards reflects on how there has never been a time when the political and economic establishment has defending its own interests at the expense of Wales and working people

Checking the storm

Checking the storm

Vince Cable is widely credited with having seen the signs of the current economic crisis before any other politician. In an interview with WalesHome, he explains how it could happen again and what needs to be done to prevent it

The forgotten art of good leadership

The forgotten art of good leadership

From Sir Fred Goodwin to Mohammed Asghar, our leaders have become very good at bad or abusive authority. What example does that set the rest of us?

Goodbye – off you go

YOUR tears are once again being elicited by the callous bankers (substitute if required) that drove us into the swamp of recession, over talk of halting their expected huge remuneration for this year. In a move that speaks volumes about where its collective head is at, the board of RBS has taken legal advice after [...]

Dickensian Banks, Draconian Measures

Dickensian Banks, Draconian Measures

The latest movie adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is, perhaps more than ever this year, a parable for our times

Tears for Lenin

Tears for Lenin

Many in the West thought that the end of communism would signal happier times for those behind the Iron Curtain. But, for many millions, it signalled a return to how Russia was always run

No more socialism for the super rich

No more socialism for the super rich

With over £1.4 trillion of personal debt still in the UK, the CAB remains in the frontline of supporting people during the recession. Now it is putting forward a series of radical proposals to help turn around our fortunes

No more bull – let’s have our own stock exchange

No more bull – let’s have our own stock exchange

Until relatively recently, there were localised stock exchanges in the UK. In the first of two articles by Welsh Liberal Democrat AMs to coincide with their Autumn Welsh Conference, Jenny Randerson argues it is time to revisit this idea in Wales

The good Prime Minister

The good Prime Minister

The polls repeatedly tell us that Gordon Brown is universally unpopular. The Prime Minister is derided on a daily basis. Will the history books take a different view, particularly of his economic record?

Let them burn

Let them burn

Wall Street opens today amid fears that the fourth largest US bank is about to collapse. As opposition parties unveil plans for banking reform, we need to find out, rather than bail out, what will happen if banks are allowed to fail

Sales culture needs reform too

Sales culture needs reform too

Bonuses are just a symptom of an underlying problem with how banks operate