if
it's about Cardiff..
Sport, Entertainment, Transportation, Business,
Development Projects, Leisure, Eating, Drinking,
Nightlife, Shopping, Train Spotting! etc.. then we want it here!
Hi Russell.
Hope that this comes off. Plaid have some great ideas, don't they? We have been talking to many of your councillor comrades and they think that we have better ideas than you! Fancy that! I'm sure you know who I mean. Enjoy your time in office, make the most of it.
PS well done for re-establishing that extra layer of top-level management, the other council employees have such strong feelings on that issue. The electorate will do too.
Toodle pip!
Ignore the Socialist Polyanna. His innovative radicalist party’s economic policies have been written in crayon on the back of a cigarette box. Whilst not a Labour man myself I can see that Cardiff has done much better under Labour than the LibDems or anyone else.
Ignore the Socialist Polyanna. His innovative radicalist party’s economic policies have been written in crayon on the back of a cigarette box. Whilst not a Labour man myself I can see that Cardiff has done much better under Labour than the LibDems or anyone else.
You are such a clueless attention seeker. You are ruining CCMB. One classic McKokiner-up today was your claim that LBG didn't have any historical relationship with Scotland.
Didn't Lloyds absorb HBOS? Which is an acronym for Halifax Bank Of Scotland.
Let's see you backtrack on that.
A really puzzling aspect to you is your favouring of Labour in Cardiff. Why do you think there has been such a massive revolt in their ranks in the past month? The likes of Goodway, Cook and Michael dont have anything other than their own interests at heart, in my opinion. Heather Joyce is a puppet and the fact that Phil Hawkins, who has only lived in Cardiff for a couple of years and has been harder to find than Lord Lucan in his own ward nearly beat her in a leadership contest shows how fractured and self-serving their many factions are.
Leave politics to the big boys mate, numpties are rumbled very quickly and you would last less time than a cornetto in a caldera.
There isn't mention of Halifax bank of Scotland at all. A few points
HBoS doesn't stand for anything least of all Halifax bank of a a scotand. That is a common mistake people make. If you knew the banking sector then you'd know that. The fact you don't speaks volumes regarding your knowledge
Clerical medical and the HBoS brand have been removed with Scottish widows or lbg being put in its place. Scottish widows is primarily based in Bristol and Aylesbury (equitable life) with an office in Edinburgh
The Bank of Scotland brand exists in Scotland only. This forms around 30% of the scottish branches the rest being lbg (formerly tsb or Halifax branches)
Lloyds banking group has no affiliation with Scotland. It is an English bank that has incorporated other banks along the way. Perhaps you can explain why you think lbg is a scottish bank?
HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Grouphaving been taken over in January 2009. It is the holding companyfor Bank of Scotland plc, which operates the Bank of Scotland andHalifax brands in the UK, as well as HBOS Australia and HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, the group's insurance division.HBOS was formed by the 2001 merger of Halifax plc and theGovernor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, and the formation of HBOS was heralded as creating a fifth force in British banking as it created a company of comparable size and stature to the establishedBig Four UK retail banks. It is also the UK’s largest mortgage lender. HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 saw the transfer of Halifax plc to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, which was now a registered public limited company, Bank of Scotland plc.Although officially HBOS is not an abbreviation of any specific words, it is widely presumed to stand for Halifax Bank of Scotland. The corporate headquarters of the group were located on The Mound inEdinburgh, Scotland; the former head office of Bank of Scotland. Operational headquarters were based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England; the former head office of Halifax. The group became part of Lloyds Banking Group through a takeover by Lloyds TSB. This came into effect on Monday 19 January 2009 after both sets of shareholders approved the deal. HBOS continues to operate as a separate organisation within the new group, although over time it is likely to be restructured.Lloyds Banking Group has stated that the new group will continue to use The Mound as the headquarters for its Scottish operations and will not cease the issue of Scottish bank notes
That's quoted from HBOS wikipedia page. So you are now a spammer as well as a troll
its quaint you've got to go to wiki to get your knowledge about a bank that has long since died...I've highlighted some important bits for you
B. Lee Dingobvious
HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Grouphaving been taken over in January 2009. It is the holding companyfor Bank of Scotland plc, which operates the Bank of Scotland andHalifax brands in the UK, as well as HBOS Australia and HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, the group's insurance division.HBOS was formed by the 2001 merger of Halifax plc and theGovernor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, and the formation of HBOS was heralded as creating a fifth force in British banking as it created a company of comparable size and stature to the establishedBig Four UK retail banks. It is also the UK’s largest mortgage lender. HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 saw the transfer of Halifax plc to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, which was now a registered public limited company, Bank of Scotland plc.Although officially HBOS is not an abbreviation of any specific words, it is widely presumed to stand for Halifax Bank of Scotland. The corporate headquarters of the group were located on The Mound inEdinburgh, Scotland; the former head office of Bank of Scotland. Operational headquarters were based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England; the former head office of Halifax. The group became part of Lloyds Banking Group through a takeover by Lloyds TSB. This came into effect on Monday 19 January 2009 after both sets of shareholders approved the deal. HBOS continues to operate as a separate organisation within the new group, although over time it is likely to be restructured. Lloyds Banking Group has stated that the new group will continue to use The Mound as the headquarters for its Scottish operations and will not cease the issue of Scottish bank notes
That's quoted from HBOS wikipedia page. So you are now a spammer as well as a troll
'LBG - the same as RBS but more so as LBG has no historical tie to Scotland. The mound will close as their will be no political consideration to stay there any more.'
My comment above was just to show that you were completely, totally and utterly wrong when you said that. Bank of Scotland is a subsidiary of LBG. A wholly owned part of Lloyds Banking Group. So a large part of LBG does have a historical tie to Scotland. Just admit that you were wrong..
Or alternatively, obfuscate and dissemble just as you normally do when you are caught out...
PS 'mound will close'? Lol you mentalist
'LBG - the same as RBS but more so as LBG has no historical tie to Scotland. The mound will close as their will be no political consideration to stay there any more.'
My comment above was just to show that you were completely, totally and utterly wrong when you said that. Bank of Scotland is a subsidiary of LBG. A wholly owned part of Lloyds Banking Group. So a large part of LBG does have a historical tie to Scotland. Just admit that you were wrong..
Or alternatively, obfuscate and dissemble just as you normally do when you are caught out...
PS 'mound will close'? Lol you mentalist
why not put some context around it. the thread was about Scotland seceding from the union. My points were that London, being the financial capital, will take all that it wants from Edinburgh.
LBG is an English bank headquartered in Gresham Street London. The mound is a political gesture to Scotland and is used as a registered office of the banking licence of LBG that relates to the former HBoS operation. the FSA (as it was then) will not allow two licences to be held at the same premises. I don't know why.
this is not obfuscation, you clearly misunderstand. LBG is a UK bank and will remain a UK bank. If Scotland secede's from the union LBG will remain a UK bank and all that it owns will stay within the UK. There will be no reason for LBG (or RBS) to maintain UK wide operations in Scotland as Scotland will no longer form part of the UK. Hence those operations will move to London.
to suggest LBG has a scottish heritage is saying that LBG has a Welsh heritage because it took over HBoS (which owns the Bos brand which took over the Bank of Wales.
you really are wrong on this. LBG is not a Scottish bank. It is an English bank that took over a joint English/Scottish bank and is in the process (almost complete) of re-organising the old HBoS divisions into its own W&I, wholesale, retail and I&I divisions.
Jantra, you said: 'LBG - the same as RBS but more so as LBG has no historical tie to Scotland. The mound will close as their will be no political consideration to stay there any more.'
Wrong. Part of LBG, Bank of Scotland, is Scottish and therefore has a historical tie to Scotland. If you can not admit that then you have a big problem. A mental health problem.
Jantra, you said: 'LBG - the same as RBS but more so as LBG has no historical tie to Scotland. The mound will close as their will be no political consideration to stay there any more.'
Wrong. Part of LBG, Bank of Scotland, is Scottish and therefore has a historical tie to Scotland. If you can not admit that then you have a big problem. A mental health problem.
Bank of scotland is the brand name of lbg in Scotland. That is all. Lbg has a head office in Gresham street London. 25 Gresham street to be precise. The mound is a political concession and nothing more.
Argue the toss. I don't care. Your wrong. You know little of the lbg structure. That is evident
At least we can expect some activity here in the next 12 months. I hope (but doubt) that they've refused FOI requests because they've got something up their sleeves with regard to inward investment!
New college? Jantra is right been two years now an no commercial activity. Just show's Cardiff can't do much to attract businesses, probably offering incentives that's not really worth much. I dont see anything happening for a few years to come atleast
The plan to re-align the road through Callaghan Square can not have sped up any plans to start building. I wonder if that will ever happen...?
this is the Welsh public sector / civil service. lets not pretend they are good at what they do. The UK will take 16 years to build 100 miles of railway - we in Wales can only aspire to reach those sorts of standards
The plan to re-align the road through Callaghan Square can not have sped up any plans to start building. I wonder if that will ever happen...?
this is the Welsh public sector / civil service. lets not pretend they are good at what they do. The UK will take 16 years to build 100 miles of railway - we in Wales can only aspire to reach those sorts of standards
Having spoken to some people who have had some involvement with HS2 I think the Welsh civil service does pretty well in comparison.
The exact words were, "if you think the west coast mainline was a fiasco, then wait till you hear about Hs2"