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12 results found for '"Abbey National"' in Keywords.
City week (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
City Week. The week’s news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit. Presented by Tom Maddocks. The main topics are the elections, the value of the pound, and taxation. Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher...
City week (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
City Week. The week’s news as seen by LBC’s Financial Unit. Presented by Tom Maddocks. Report on inflation and interest rates. Chairman of Abbey National Building Society, Sir Campbell Adamson, has said...
Clive Thornton on urban regeneration (1981)
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- Interview
Clive Thornton of the Abbey National building society wants different financial institutions to be responsible for regenerating deprived areas. Female interviewer not identified.
Decision makers (1982)
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- Interview; Documentary
Decision Makers: Building Societies, presented by Peter Murphy. Examines 1982 annual conference of the Building Societies Association and looks at call for changes in the way building societies run...
New Abbey National cheque book account (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified spokesman for the Abbey National Building Society on its attempt to compete with high street banks by launching a new savings account with a cheque book facility which also pays interest. Male...
Lord Richardson warns building societies over expansion (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on a speech by Governor of the Bank of England, Lord Richardson to the Building Societies Association, in which he warned delegates about proposed expansion plans. Includes excerpt of speech and...
Abbey National robbery foiled in Stanmore (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report, following the trial, on the Abbey National armed robbery in Stanmore where local residents helped to foil and catch robbers Christopher Hague and Marek Raczynski. Police officers Stephen Jones and...
Campbell Adamson on Abbey National’s stock market flotation plans (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Danny Bowers interviews Abbey National Chairman, Sir Campbell Adamson on the building society’s plans to float itself on the stock market as a public limited company. Adamson on the flotation being...
Alexander Sandison on flotation of Abbey National on stock market (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Alexander Sandison representing the pressure group of members against the flotation of the Abbey National Building Society on the stock market as a public limited company. Sandison argues that the Abbey...
Abbey National flotation (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Abbey National flotation on the stock market will get under way in just over a week as expected, despite fears of a last-minute hitch. The Building Societies Commission (BSC) today gave the Abbey the...