Linstock Communications » Financial Services

We have worked closely with the Linstock team for the last three years to develop news angles and comment for the personal finance and investment media. In particular they have helped establish head of investment Rebecca O’Keeffe as a respected commentator in the national press. In addition to print and online, they have also helped us to raise consumer brand awareness via broadcast media.

Jeremy King, Publishing Director, Moneywise & Interactive Investor

08/02/12
George Osborne, the chancellor, warned on Tuesday night that enterprise could be stifled and jobs could be put at risk if an “anti-business culture” were allowed to take hold in Britain.
Source: Financial Times The Guardian The Times The Independent

08/02/12
Stephen Hester has revealed that the dramatic restructuring of Royal Bank of Scotland has cost £38bn in a rallying memo to staff days after the embattled chief executive waived a £1m bonus.
Source: Financial Times The Times The Independent The Daily Telegraph

08/02/12
Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos was struggling to maintain international credibility on Tuesday night, after missing a third deadline in a week to deliver an austerity agreement needed to release a €130bn (£108bn) bail-out package for his country and avert a debt default.
Source: The Daily Telegraph Financial Times

07/02/12
The head of Network Rail became the latest taxpayer-funded executive to be forced to waive a bonus when his company announced yesterday that he and five fellow senior managers would not be seeking a payout this year.
Source: The Guardian The Independent

07/02/12
China’s soaring growth rate could be cut in half this year if Europe’s debt crisis worsens significantly, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned yesterday.
Source: The Independent

07/02/12
Greece appeared intent on taking make-or-break talks over a €130bn (£108bn) rescue programme for the debt-choked country down to the wire last night as officials announced that the discussions would be delayed.
Source: The Guardian

06/02/12
Smaller companies are as despondent about the future as at any time since the economy plunged into recession three years ago.
Source: The Times The Guardian

06/02/12
The leader of Britain’s top employers’ body has called on politicians to stop bashing business for fear it is damaging the already-fragile economy.
Source: The Independent

06/02/12
The City’s banks and insurers were left reeling last night after the Financial Services Authority imposed a dramatic increase in their annual fees to cover a sharp rise in its regulatory costs.
Source: The Times

03/02/12
The economy will suffer a modest contraction this year, according to an influential academic institute that is the first to forecast a return to outright recession for the UK.
Source: Financial Times The Guardian Daily Mail