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Success story: Barclays pay Hazel £9,000

When assistant hotel manager Hazel Park went for a meeting at her Barclays branch to ask for a loan, the sales advisor realised how important it was for her to get the money to help out her children and added a PPI policy to the loan with the minimum of explanation. Hazel’s position was a [...]


Lloyds blame PPI mis-selling costs for £570 million losses

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) have blamed the cost of paying thousands of clients for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance for reporting pre-tax losses of £570 million. Britain’s biggest retail bank, which is 41% owned by the taxpayer, announced it has set aside another £1.5 billion for PPI compensation, plus a further £400 million for [...]


FSA Probe Into LBG PPI Mis-selling Dropped

The Parliamentary Commission On Banking Standards which is currently investigating the British banking industry has revealed that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) dropped a two year probe into PPI mis-selling by the Lloyds Banking Group just as the credit crunch erupted. It has emerged that the FSA – as the regulator for financial services in [...]


GB joins the Warrington Christmas Toy Appeal

Big hearted staff at Gladstone Brookes have today joined in this year’s Warrington Christmas Toy Appeal aimed at putting a smile on the faces of underprivileged children this festive season. Collection boxes are being set up at each of the company’s three buildings in Warrington so staff can donate toys and games right up until [...]


Banks set aside another £1bn

When the Payment Protection Insurance scandal blew up in 2011 it was announced that between them the major banks in the UK were to put aside a massive £7.6 billion to cover PPI claims. After months of disputing the issue and a lengthy High Court battle, the banks had finally thrown in the towel and [...]


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