Simon Steed's Blog About Stuff! » money http://blog.xploiter.com i.e. anything interesting... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:15:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3591 B&B nationalisation is confirmed http://blog.xploiter.com/general-stuff/bb-nationalisation-is-confirmed/ http://blog.xploiter.com/general-stuff/bb-nationalisation-is-confirmed/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:18:55 +0000 Simon Steed http://simonsteed.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/bb-nationalisation-is-confirmed/ I’m glad my mortgage is not with B&B:

Mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is to be nationalised, the government has confirmed.

Under the arrangement, the government will take control of the bank’s £50bn in mortgages and loans. Shares in the company have been suspended.

B&B’s £20bn savings business and branch network will be bought by rival Abbey, which is in turn owned by Spanish banking group Santander.

B&B is the latest bank to fall victim to the crisis in the financial sector.

“Following recent turbulence in global financial markets, Bradford & Bingley has found itself under increasing pressure as investors and lenders lost confidence in its ability to carry on as an independent institution,” said the Treasury.

more from the bbc website : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7641193.stm

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