The Edge

Richard Northedge takes on corporate finance

Archive for the ‘Scotland’ category

Lloyds is Scottish too

The Scottish Nationalists trying to stop HBoS being bought by the English seem to have missed one important point. Lloyds TSB is Scottish.
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The HBoS job creation scheme

The former bankers trying to keep HBoS independent (ie, Scottish) really ought to know the difference between a job application and a takeover. And they have sent their application to the wrong address anyway.
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Recession? Let them play golf

Donald Trump is as good as Keynesianism and better than a sovereign wealth fund. Spending £1bn on a Scottish golf course for toffs is an ideal way to offset recession.
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