Tuesday 21 April 2009

Bankers...

Alan Dickinson, chief executive of RBS, will be the guest speaker later this month at the North Wales Business Club dinner at the Imperial Hotel, Llandudno, on April 30.

Club chairman David W Williams said: “We have sought to put in place a spring programme of speakers who we hope have direct and important relevance to all our membership and - not surprisingly - the Alan Dickson dinner has already sold out.”

Those wondering what part Alan Dickinson played in the catastrophic mess the banking industry has made of the economy might like to note the date. RBS has also announced that - to get round the government's mealy-mouthed insistence that they defer bonuses, simply because they nearly brought the UK to its knees - they intend to issue loans to replace the bonuses, and then simply keep the bonus when it was due to be paid. Nice to know he's accepting full responsibility.

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