Nov 5, 2025 | All Members, Pay
You simply couldn’t make this stuff up! Accord’s General Secretary went cap in hand to Lloyds asking for its help in getting his members to vote in its pay ballot. How low could Accord sink? Members will recall when Accord’s General Secretary took to the stand to...
Oct 27, 2025 | All Members, Pay
Given the economic uncertainty why would you agree to another 2-year pay deal for staff in grades A-C when the Bank is only proposing a one-year pay deal for staff in grades D-G? That’s what the Bank-approved staff unions have agreed, again. Equally, staff won’t be...
Oct 20, 2025 | All Members, Pensions
In the past we’ve highlighted several individual cases of members grappling with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) to get answers to straightforward questions or queries resolved quickly. In all cases the problems have been created by WTW in the first place. Emails and...
Oct 17, 2025 | All Members, Pensions
Many members regularly get early retirement pension quotations so they can keep track of their pension benefits. Willis Towers Watson (WTW), who are responsible for administering the pension schemes on behalf of the Trustee, changed the way those early retirement...
Oct 13, 2025 | All Members
The decision of Lloyds Banking Group to abandon its joint venture by taking full control of Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW) after just 6 years is humiliating. No amount of spin on the part of Mr Barua, CEO of Insurance, Pensions and Investments, can turn it into a...
Oct 10, 2025 | All Members
Members will be aware that one of the issues we deal with daily is abusive customers. The standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker in England and Wales is being introduced as part of the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill. However, staff who work in bank and...
