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- Diamond Geezer
- by 359Rabbit
- in Rabbitthought.blog.co.uk
- 118 days old
- Barclays Investment Banking; have paid their CEO Bob Diamond, more than £21m last year. His basic salary was £250, 000, plus he received shares worth £14.4m and a cash bonus of £6.5m. Not a bad job, if you can get it. I am a little unsure about the tax he will pay, I know he would pay tax on his salary and on his cash bonus, but will pay tax on... more
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- Arina
- by technomist
- in archipelago-of-truth.blog.co.uk
- 120 days old
- At 194 High Street is Arina, one of the most visually pleasing of the fabric shops in the High Street. The premises stand at the T junction with Westbury Road, facing Barclays on the corner to its left and CK Pots and Pans to the corner on the right. On the Arina side of the road, this shop can be found between High Street Kebabish and... more
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- Lloyds TSB
- by technomist
- in archipelago-of-truth.blog.co.uk
- 126 days old
- At 182 High Street, Lloyds TSB can be found between the Halifax and Fashion Fair. The TSB of the title refers to the Trustees Savings Bank, an institution which can trace its roots back to 1810 when the Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, set up a bank to help his poorest parishioners save for times of hardship. (A bit like the... more
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- CK Pots and Pans
- by technomist
- in archipelago-of-truth.blog.co.uk
- 128 days old
- On the opposite corner of Westbury Road from Barclays is a business with a large array of cooking pots and plastic wares beneath an awning, above which there is a sign with white letters in black lettering saying Clancy's Cut Price. In fact the outside pots are a spill-over of their cheaper ranges from the C.K. Pots and Pans referred to in the... more
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- Barclays
- by technomist
- in archipelago-of-truth.blog.co.uk
- 128 days old
- Barclays only opened their branch at 215 High Street, next door to Argos, a few months ago, possibly to relieve the pressure on their Hoe Street Branch. The Hoe Street branch is notorious for its queues out the door on Saturdays and the lack of privacy for customers speaking to advisers. They are open in the High Street, at the corner of... more
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- Argos 2
- by technomist
- in archipelago-of-truth.blog.co.uk
- 128 days old
- Life is too short to discuss Argos in any detail twice. This branch at 203-207 High Street is between Abbey and Barclays. It is much of a muchness with the other one down the hill, but opens half an hour earlier every morning except Sunday, when it opens half an hour later. On Thursday, Friday and Saturdays they shut at 6.00pm. more
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- From the Archives: ABN AMRO and Barclays Announce Terms of Merger
- by Mutimba
- in mutimba.blog.co.uk
- 130 days old
- Hello, Barclays bid for ABN AMRO was seen by many as one of 2007 most lucrative takeovers of the year. In putting technology to trial, I have used PDFmenot.com's technology to stick a flash version of their announcement here. If that is not readable, let's get back to it next time. After all, PDFmenot is its Beta version See you, Mutimba more
