BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.9B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Blimey, its Bingley! Bradford & Bingley plc (London: BB) offers residential mortgages, secured commercial property loans and loans to housing associations. It has changed from mutual ownership to bankhood and has nearly 600 branches throughout the UK. It offers mortgage and insurance brokering, as well as real estate agency, deposit, and counter services. It is also a leading provider of independent financial advice, with about 900 advisors on board. Founded in 1964, this Aś469.3 million company is based in London, UK, and employs about 3,000 people.
Group CEO
Steven J. CrawshawNumber of Employees 2,480
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities: 523991
News & Analysis
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Abbey owner to cut 1,900 British jobs next year
- 2008-12-13
BANCO SANTANDER, the Spanish owner of Alliance & Leicester, Abbey and Bradford & Bingley's saving business, plans to cut 1,900 British jobs next year, adding to the toll the credit crunch has taken on financial workers. The group, which shocked the market with an emergency 7.2bn (6.4bn) rights...
Title in my grasp, says Hamilton
- 2008-10-12
Briton snatches pole as Massa feels heat after tyre temperature problems. By David Tremayne at Fuji Having bided his time in the Q1 and Q2 qualifying sessions, with second- and third-fastest times respectively, Lewis Hamilton played second fiddle to Kimi Raikkonen during the first runs in Q3...
Lloyds banks pre-holiday gains on Exane upgrade
- 2008-05-24
MARKET REPORT Lloyds TSB was the focus in a mixed banking sector yesterday. The stock gained 3.75p to 395p and claimed seventh place on the FTSE 100 leader board after Exane BNP Paribas said "in a world of de- leverage and liquidity-constrained growth, Lloyds is still able to...
Banks' earnings downgraded
- 2007-10-24
--British banks' earnings continued to be downgraded as analysts tried to assess the credit crunch. Bear Stearns reduced its estimates for Alliance & Leicester, Bradford & Bingley, Lloyds TSB and Northern Rock on expectations of reduced lending and tighter margins. Credit Suisse has also sounded bleak on the issue.
Liquidity misery sparks bank takeover talk.
- 2007-09-19
State intervention may have averted banking collapses, but the liquidity crisis has fuelled takeover rumours John Adams Northern Rock's need to seek emergency Bank of England funding heralded a grim week for the UK's mortgage banks. Shares in Bradford & Bingley, Alliance & Leicester...
Alliance & Leicester shares take a beating
- 2007-09-18
A&L tries to reassure investors w Panic knocks Pounds 1.2bn off bank's value w Rock slide continues By Sean FarrellFinancial Editor Panic among savers spread to investors yesterday as Alliance & Leicester's shares lost nearly one third of their value on fears it would be the...
Chancellor urged to cut stamp duty
- 2005-03-14
FIRST-TIME buyers want Gordon Brown to change stamp-duty levels in the Budget. Research by Bradford & Bingley reveals that newcomers to the housing market have just an 8 per cent chance of buying a property less than pounds 60,000 today, compared with a one in two chance 10 years ago....
Deals of the week: AND ONE TO AVOID
- 2004-12-11
Chelsea Building Society has launched new fixed rate bonds, but the rates are not great. The annual interest for lock-ins of one, two or three years, are 4.75, 4.8 and 5 per cent respectively. Not impressive when compared with internet savings account rates of more than 5.3 per cent from...
Evening Standard, London, market report column.
- 2004-09-02
By Steve Hawkes, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--Retail tycoon Philip Green broke cover to dismiss speculation he is lining up a bid for Sainsbury's today as shares in the supermarkets giant soared on talk of a potential takeover...
Potential for bad news: Sharona Talmor analyses the UK banks' latest results and predicts a mixed year for them. (Global Focus).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- 2002-04-01
THE UK BANKS' RESULTS season could best be summarised as a period focused on potential bad news. Firstly we looked at the provisions line; then we moved on to worry about costs and, if that did not disappoint, we fretted about underlying revenue growth. ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Steven J. Crawshaw | Group CEO |
| Tim Dawson | Managing Director, Mortgages |
| Alan Law | Director, HR |
| Chris Gillespie | Group Director, Lending |
| Chris Willford | Group Finance Director |
| Ian Campbell | Director, Group Property & Purchasing |
| Robert Dickie | Group Director, Operations |
| Rosemary P. Thorne | Group Director, Finance |
| Vicky Luttig | Manager, Public Relations |
| Alan Shankley | Secretary |
| David Bitner | Head, Product Operations |
| Jessica Bigus | Senior Press Officer |
| Nickie Aiken | Head, Public Relations |
| Sharon Keller | Press Officer, Mortgage Express |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Rod Kent | Chairman |
| George E. Cox | Board of Directors |
| Ian Cheshire | Board of Directors |
| Louise Patten | Board of Directors |
| Louise Patter | Board of Directors |
| Nicholas J. Cosh | Board of Directors |
| Stephen Webster | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Group CEO | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hrit, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Managing Director, Mortgages | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Director, HR | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Group Director, Lending | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Barclays PLC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Group Finance Director | Current |
| Barclays PLC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Director, Group Property & Purchasing | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Director, Group Property & Purchasing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Group Director, Operations | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Australia Bank Limited | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Group Director, Finance | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Manager, Public Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Head, Product Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Senior Press Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Head, Public Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Press Officer, Mortgage Express | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Chairman | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unisys Corporation | Managing Director | Former |
| Unisys Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| HIT Entertainment plc | Non-executive Director | Former |
| Hit Entertainment Limited | Non-executive Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bain & Company | Senior Adviser | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bbg.Co.Uk | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bain & Company | Partner | Former |
| Citibank | Former | |
| Brixton Plc | Chairman | Former |
| Somerfield PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| GUS plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hornby PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| ICAP plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| ICAP plc | Non-executive Director | Former |
| Kiln Group Plc | Chair of Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
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