News

Banking & Finance news stories:

• 14 Mar 2012
  Plastic implant liability update – did you pay by credit card?
  A quick update on our news story from 17 February 2012 about women who had paid for their defective breast implants by credit card.
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• 8 Mar 2012
  The Green Bank is coming to town!
  We were delighted to hear that Edinburgh will be the host for the UK’s new green investment bank (GIB), the first bank in the world dedicated to investment in green technologies and the low carbon economy.
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• 9 Feb 2012
  Coalition of the Unwilling agree a response to the inclusion of the aviation sector in the EU’s ETS
  Hostility to the inclusion of the aviation sector in the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme remains fierce, with opponents agreeing countermeasures which may be taken against the EU.
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• 6 Feb 2012
  Consultation on reduction of shipping emissions
  The European Commission has started a consultation on the measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector.
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• 2 Feb 2012
  New Civil Aviation Bill shifts focus to passengers’ interests
  The new UK Civil Aviation Bill makes its way through Parliament, with an impact on the regulatory framework of the UK aviation sector.
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• 2 Feb 2012
  Changes to accounting standards
  At the end of January, the Accounting Standards Board published revised proposals for the future of financial reporting standards.
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• 26 Jan 2012
  Indian PM Manmohan Singh Makes Twitter Debut
  Within hours of opening his account late on Monday, Mr Singh, Prime Minister of India, had tweeted three times and gained 6,000 followers. Surprised? We're not.
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• 13 Oct 2011
  Free banking – the end is nigh?
  John Lunn discusses the potential consequence of implementing the Vickers report.
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