Linstock Communications » Financial Services

Linstock played a central role in helping us develop and then implement our PR strategy. Their relationship with the national and trade finance media has been critical in raising our profile and achieving our goal of championing the needs of our members. We also look to them to help us engage with a wider range of media and political stakeholders.

Chris Cummings, Director General, AIFA

18/05/12
Rescuing Northern Rock, the mortgage lender whose 2007 collapse fuelled the financial crisis, will ultimately cost British taxpayers £2bn, a report from the National Audit Office has found.
Source: Financial Times The Times The Daily Telegraph The Independent

18/05/12
HSBC sounded the alarm on the future of its UK business, warning it could become harder to invest in its home market once banks are forced to ringfence their retail operations.
Source: Financial Times The Times

18/05/12
Europe’s crisis of confidence spread from Greece to Spain yesterday as shares in a leading bank plunged and the Government’s cost of borrowing rocketed.
Source: The Times

17/05/12
A surprise drop in unemployment has given Britain a glimmer of hope in the face of chill winds from the eurozone. But analysts warn that the jobless total may rise further unless the economy recovers faster.
Source: Financial Times The Times

17/05/12
David Cameron will today warn that the single European currency could unravel in a way that “carries huge risks for everyone” unless the eurozone’s 17 members move rapidly towards full fiscal and political union.
Source: Financial Times

17/05/12
The Bank of England has reduced its forecast for UK economic growth and increased its inflation forecast, predicting inflation will remain above its 2 per cent target for another year.
Source: Financial Times

16/05/12
Shareholders in Europe’s listed companies will be given a binding vote on pay while those who invest in banks will gain powers to set a cap on bonus levels, under plans being drawn up by senior EU officials.
Source: Financial Times

16/05/12
News the eurozone managed to avoid slipping back into recession in the first quarter presented Britain’s coalition government with an uncomfortable question. Why is the UK in a double-dip recession when the eurozone is not?
Source: Financial Times

16/05/12
Some of the UK’s leading investors have warned against a possible “sweetheart deal” through which the government would sell shares in Royal Bank of Scotland to an overseas sovereign wealth fund at a cutdown price.
Source: Financial Times The Guardian

15/05/12
British capitalism can permit itself one cheer, according to Philip Stephens in the Financial Times. The recent clear-out of a clutch of overpaid, underperforming chief executives is good news for the market economy.
Source: Financial Times