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Two of Scotland's most prominent bankers have joined forces in an effort to block the takeover of HBOS by its rival Lloyds TSB. The former governor of Bank of Scotland and the former chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland are planning to seek shareholder support to remove HBOS' existing management and put themselves in charge
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Some of the largest investors in the UK's biggest mortgage lender pour cold water on an alternative to it being taken over by Lloyds TSB
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A GROWING campaign to rid Scottish football stadiums of sectarian chanting has reached the top levels of the Irish government.
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Barry Robson insists that he never thought Scotland were out of the running to qualify for the World Cup after last week’s goalless stalemate against Norway.
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HBOS, Britain’s biggest home lender, on Monday formally rejected a proposal from the former heads of Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland to block its government-brokered takeover by Lloyds TSB. Peter Burt and George Mathewson want to step in to replace the current HBOS chief executive and chairman, the BBC said, and believe the [...]
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Two of Scotland's most prominent bankers are to appeal to HBOS shareholders to preserve the bank's independence as officials warned it could be in effect nationalised if its takeover by Lloyds TSB fell through
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Two former bank chiefs hoping to derail Lloyds TSB's takeover of HBOS refused to back down today despite Gordon Brown's dismissal of their calls for the bank to stay independent.
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Scottish bank grandees hoping to derail Lloyds TSB takeover demand full debate on the benefits of the deal.
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The two Scottish banking grandees trying to scupper Lloyds TSB's takeover of the rival HBOS said yesterday they have no plans to give up, despite the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Opposition leader David Cameron both agreeing there was no real alternative to the deal.
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LLOYDS TSB investors are expected to rubber-stamp the bank's takeover of rival HBOS this week after efforts by Scottish banking veterans to scupper the deal failed.
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The financier behind a move to find another bidder to take over HBOS says he was discouraged from finding an alternative.
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The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS appear to have abandoned their plan.
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The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS appear to have abandoned their plan.
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The two leading bankers who had hoped to stop Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS abandon their plan for independence.
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Two men call an end to their campaign following a government statement which raised 'hurdles' and that sent a clear message independence would not be supported
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Halcyon days are over for the club who dominated Scottish club rugby in the Seventies
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A group of Scottish businessmen has launched a lastminute legal challenge to the merger of HBOS with Lloyds TSB claiming that the Government's approval of the deal was illegal.
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More than 100 engineers were today working to restore gas to thousands of homes in Scotland which have been left without supplies as freezing winter weather sets in.
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Sir Sean Connery has given his backing to a legal bid to halt the merger of HBOS and Lloyds TSB campaigners said.
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JIM Flavin finally stepped down as DCC boss in early summer. The man who had ruled the conglomerate with a rod of iron since 1976 fell on his sword after a marathon fight against charges of insider dealing.
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When Samuel Peter and Vitali Klitschko climb through the ropes tonight for their World Boxing Council heavyweight fight at the O2 World Arena in Berlin it brings together two serious punchers in a division that is barely recognisable as the place where the greats of the ring once performed.
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As a long-term Scottish Nationalist, albeit one who rather implausibly can't stand haggis, Stagecoach chief Brian Souter is no stranger to the political world.
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Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a sweeping plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
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The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats renews his demand for a 2p cut in income tax as part of a "radical" economic package.
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A brilliant second-half comeback from Harlequins sealed their dramatic 29-22 Heineken Cup triumph against Scarlets at a stunned Stradey Park.
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Trevor Matthews, chief executive of insurer Friends Provident, is believed to be running the rule over HBOS's 59 per cent stake in St James's Place Capital (SJP), the wealth manager.
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The top executive directors of the eight banks that could take part in the Government's rescue plan were paid £72m between them last year. That's nearly £2m each. Many of them earned far, far more but this is the average. Over the same year, shareholders in most of those banks – namely Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Barclays – have lost their shirts. And let us not forget, the shareholders who invested in Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock, who have been wiped out by this banking calamity. In those cases, the chiefs left, albeit with big pay-offs.
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Northern Ireland's hopes of making the 2010 World Cup finals are fading after Slovenia strike late to win 2-0 in Maribor.
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World leaders, warning of a global economic downturn, pledged Saturday to work together to find solutions to what is unfolding as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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