Secretary of State for the Department of International trade, Liam Fox made the announcement, outlining the government’s renewed ‘commitment to helping small business seize global demand for British exports.’ UK Export ...
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It approached the bank after outgrowing its former base and purchased a 21,373 sq ft unit on Gresley Business Park, Swadlincote. Director Paul Horobin said: “The assistance offered by NatWest has been brilliant. With their help we ...
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The partnership will also support the water brand’s packaging refresh; celebrating Harrogate’s heritage and highlighting its credentials as the original British bottled water. As part of its partnership with the England and ...
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Businesses will be encouraged to look at how they can improve the efficiency of their lighting as part of an energy audit programme launched by two banks. Natwest and RBS will offer their audits through Mentor, the RBS Group’s ...
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The move will see managing director Joanne Varey become majority shareholder while Stephen Bentley, who acquired Granby from the Omnicom Corporation, will become chairman and remain a minority shareholder. Craig Parsons, IT director at ...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to spend more than £300m on a new IT system as it prepares to sell off 314 branches under the Williams & Glyn's moniker. RBS is reviving the Williams & Glyn's name after 30 years, with the ...
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NatWest, a member of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), has funded new machinery for Derbyshire packaging company Custompak. Custompak managing director John Baldwin said, "Like many small businesses, it's been an uphill struggle but ...
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Nationwide Building Society has been hit by an IT glitch, with many of its customers flocking to social network Twitter to show their frustration. Chelsey Strode tweeted "thanks Nationwide for being a massive inconvenience", while Chloe ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the banking group that owns NatWest, has suffered another embarrassing outage when its computer systems crashed last night, leaving its 7.5 million customers unable to withdraw cash, access their current ...
Enhancing the efficiency of its accounts team still further, GlassGuard is pleased to announce the appointment of Lucy Smith as accounts administrator. “As a company that is committed to providing products of exceptional value ...
Direct Line Group (DLG) has appointed IT consulting firm Capgemini as a partner in a five year contract to design, deliver and run a new IT infrastructure, as it looks to move away from RBS's data centres. The £100m deal, which ...
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NatWest is today facing another significant outage, leaving customers unable to access online banking or use their debit cards. Customers have been complaining about the problems, with a number of readers contacting Computer Weekly to ...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)Group has teamed up with Visa Europe to bring mobile payments to customers through its TouchPay scheme. The banking group–which includes RBS and NatWest–has introduced TouchPay cases for Apple ...
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The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months,despite continued tough market conditions. With customer demands changing,banks have to innovate around things like mobile ...
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The IT failure that struck Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will cost the bank more than expected as £50m is paid to customers in compensation. The IT problems that struck in June meant customers of the bank and subsidiary NatWest had ...
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