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Still time to apply for a share of the bear's £10k

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:20 GMT

Still time to apply for a share of the bear's £10k
Manchester Evening News - May 22, 2013

There is still time to apply for a share of £10,000 from our community cash programme. We have teamed up with the Vernon Building Society for a second year of the Vernon Jubilee Fund. The scheme first ran in 2012 for the Queen's Jubilee and the Vernon ...

BOE to Reveal UK Banks' Capital Holes in Transparency Test

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:16:06 GMT

BOE to Reveal UK Banks' Capital Holes in Transparency Test
Bloomberg - Jun 18, 2013

The lenders also include Standard Chartered Plc, Nationwide Building Society and Banco Santander SA (SAN)'s U.K. unit, according to the person, who requested anonymity because the details haven't been made public.

Will the real Ed Miliband please stand up?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:42 GMT

Will the real Ed Miliband please stand up?
New Statesman - 9 hours ago

“All the evidence shows that Ed Miliband is odds-on to become the next prime minister, even if he doesn't quite win a majority,” says Andrew Harrop, the general secretary of the Fabian Society. “But the politicians and journalists who saw him as ...

A profile of Professor John Pendry, pioneer of metamaterials

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:57 GMT

A profile of Professor John Pendry, pioneer of metamaterials
Imperial College London - 10 hours ago

Even as a grammar school boy growing up near Manchester - living with his oil rep father, secretary mother and younger sister above his grandmother's sweet shop - he had a practical bent.

Neville Richardson resigns from non-executive role at M&S Bank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:50 GMT

Neville Richardson resigns from non-executive role at M&S Bank
Financial Times - 13 hours ago

... from a subsidiary of HSBC amid criticism of his past performance. Mr Richardson, the former boss of Britannia Building Society who went on to run the combined “supermutual”, has stepped down as a non-executive director of M&S Bank, a joint venture ...

Former Co-op boss steps down from M&S role - Manchester Evening News

SDS at Bonnaroo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:39:23 GMT

SDS at Bonnaroo
Fight Back! Newspaper - 1 minute ago

Manchester, TN - This past weekend Tennessee became a temporary home to over 100,000 people at the 12th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the U.S.

EVENTS CALENDAR: Writing workshop with Sandi Kahn Shelton, Weedstock ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:19:23 GMT

EVENTS CALENDAR: Writing workshop with Sandi Kahn Shelton, Weedstock ...
New Haven Register - 16 hours ago

Naugatuck: Naugatuck Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m. June 19, presentation by Priscilla Fox, $2, Naugatuck Historical Society Museum, 195 Water St., 203-729-9039. ..... Manchester: “David Hayes: Hanging Screen Sculptures”: outdoor sculpture, through ...

Adam Jupp on Co-operative

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:48 GMT

Adam Jupp on Co-operative
Manchester Evening News - Jun 18, 2013

Together, they have estimated the Co-op needs to raise £1.5bn to cope with losses it has been incurring on property loans, many of which it inherited through the 2009 takeover of the Britannia Building Society, as well as any future problems it could ...

CITY FOCUS : Anger amongst investors as mutual severs its bonds to plug £ 1.5 ... - This is Money
Co-Op Bank to Trade Shares in London as It Raises Capital (1) - Businessweek

New CEO for Manchester University Press

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:48 GMT

New CEO for Manchester University Press
University of Manchester - Jun 18, 2013

... of Pinter Publishers Ltd at the age of 23, her management of Leicester University Press, and as founding publisher of Bloomsbury Academic, through her work for the Soros Foundation (Open Society Foundation) in revitalising publishing in 30 post ...

Coordinate Metrology Conference Announces Speakers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:07:30 GMT

Coordinate Metrology Conference Announces Speakers
Ten Links - 5 hours ago

BENBROOK, TX, Jun 19, 2013 - The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced it has filled all twenty-seven speaker slots at the 2013 Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) being held from July 22 - 26, 2013, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel ...