tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post1848776599001203240..comments2024-02-01T09:25:16.606+00:00Comments on Bubb's Blog: Unions and BankersSir Stephen Bubbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575202213305419556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-42125040303539923502009-11-12T10:44:34.578+00:002009-11-12T10:44:34.578+00:00It is a very fair comment to make on the suport th...It is a very fair comment to make on the suport that banks make to charities . I acknowledge that . Indeed RBS are strong backers of acevo , as i commented recently after my breakfast with the great Hugh Biddel. So it<br />would be churlish of me to refer to the rather crude attempts by Llyods in Scotland to change the terms of their endowmnets to their Foundation in a very negative way , an attempt rightly rebuffed by the Foundation! <br /> Lets see what happens on bonuses . It might help your case if you did not try to defend them in the way they have been used before and stopped all that nonsense about if we take money away in tax or stop bonuses then all those wonderful top people ( ie the ones who got us into this problem) will flee our shores . Always a doddgy argument at the best of times , and now simplt absurd. <br /> And perhaps there is an opportunity for you to show support for our sector by ensuring the unclaimed assets are handed over and you supprot a Community Reinvestment Act . Now that would be progress!<br />And when is Angela going to come and speak to our members?Sir Stephen Bubbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575202213305419556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-1336525145645704472009-11-09T14:34:00.979+00:002009-11-09T14:34:00.979+00:00British Bankers' Association here. Oh by all m...British Bankers' Association here. Oh by all means keep on attacking us. But surely you cannot deny the banks contribute actively and generously to the voluntary sector.<br /><br />The March 2009 ‘Guide to UK Company Giving’, published by the Directory for Social Change, showed that Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC were the largest corporate charitable donors in the country in 2007/08.<br /><br />And although we have no idea what the 429,000 people working for the UK's banks spend their money on, we do know the banks were enthusiatic early adopters of give as you earn schemes.<br /><br />One further thought. The UK's banks have given several successive undertakings now not to return to the bonus culture of the past. It isn't at all clear there will be any bonuses to tithe.BritishBankershttp://www.bba.org.uknoreply@blogger.com