🔹Negative market reaction -gilt yields & interest rate expectations 📈, £ 📉
🔹Dramatic tax cuts to get UK economy moving
🔹Govt taking less guiding role in economic management
@jamesrsproule has today's Fast Comment response to the Chancellor's plans
https://t.co/BLh63sqkA6
🗨We're pleased to say that once again @GFmag
has rated us one of the world's 50 safest banks.
Our success is built on the fact that we take a prudent approach to risk, and believe financial strength and stability are key.
▶ Read more here: https://t.co/reVI0LSAYk
Listen to our latest Green Conversations podcast episode hosted by Simon Thompson, Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute, in conversation with Richard Winder, Head of Sustainability at @HandelsbankenUK
To listen, visit: https://t.co/6VW27pKRKi
#greenfinance#podcast
Tune in for the latest episode of our weekly economic update with our Chief Economist, James Sproule.
In this week’s episode we discuss employment figures and ‘the great resignation’, Christmas retail sales, GDP and more.
We hope you enjoy listening!
https://t.co/YTxHGD5JfJ
For the H&B Strategy to succeed, the letter urges Treasury to:
- Scrap VAT on low-carbon products
- Introduce energy efficient stamp duty incentives
- Extend capital allowances for green energy solution investments
- Ensure 'polluter pays principle' is applied across the economy
B4NZ's letter reiterates the following policies in order to retrofit effectively:
- Use public investment for buildings to reach net zero in one go
- UKIB to provide loan guarantees for large-scale retrofit projects
- Improve clarity on future minimum energy efficiency standards
Following the Government's Heat and Buildings Strategy, banks and industry have written to the Chancellor calling for more clarity to enable finance and property owners to reach the UK's net zero ambitions through retrofitting. Read the full letter here: https://t.co/f9VAy7Ap2N
A long term plan is needed to provide certainty & support to SMEs in the #RacetoZero emissions.
Today #BankersforNetZero launch a briefing to set out practical ways UK government and banks can help.
Find it here: https://t.co/VbAcDxwl8J
#NetZeroSMEs#NoSMEleftbehind
Join us for our weekly economic update with James Sproule, Chief Economist of Handelsbanken in the UK.
We look at the high frequency data, house prices, PMIs, GDP and production, and what’s happening with share trading.
We hope you enjoy listening!
https://t.co/W4NZlpRkIs
The rise of green and sustainable finance – what does it mean for banks and their customers?
Join our Head of External Affairs, @richardwinder, and @ChtBankerSimonT, CEO of The Chartered Banker Institute as they discuss.
https://t.co/6i9dQCNdA2
We hope you enjoy!
"People are naturally motivated, it's important to trust individuals and remind them that the organisation cares about them" - Mikael Sørensen @HandelsbankenUK#CityWeek2021
"Ensure that your values and principles are firm and clear, you need to trust that people other than yourself are capable of driving culture" - Mikael Sørensen @HandelsbankenUK#CityWeek2021
Are we still shopping?
Tune in for the latest episode of our weekly economic update with @jamesrsproule, Chief Economist of Handelsbanken in the UK on Handelsbanken Insights.
We hope you enjoy listening -
https://t.co/YMd5rneb2e
What can we do to support a sustainable future?
In our latest podcast episode, we speak to our Group Head of Sustainability and Climate Action, Catharina Belfrage Sahlstrand, about what sustainability means for us at Handelsbanken.
You can listen here: https://t.co/Lc0wi5g6Ev
Pleased we could contribute to this thoughtful collaboration between @SMFthinktank and @charteredbanker - quite a range of perspectives on developing a post-pandemic stakeholder economy.
.@HandelsbankenUK CEO Mikael Sorensen says that a 'stakeholder company' means empowering employees, as well as serving customers and communities.
Employees "rise to the trust and respect they are given, fully owning their actions and the outcomes these produce", he writes.
There are steps you can take to keep yourself and your money safe from investment fraud.
Being aware of the red flags, such as if you are being pressurised to invest quickly or urgently, is one.
Find out more here:
https://t.co/bt9Mjpm7zS
Our 2020 results show steady year-on-year growth.
As we remain focused on supporting our customers via our empowered branches, we will be working on enhancing our digital capabilities, letting our customers choose how they want to engage with us.
https://t.co/JwKxio4vHZ