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13.01.26 - 14:33
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Skyward Group Leverages Apollo Acquisition to Expand Skyward Specialty′s Life Sciences Solution Globally (GlobeNewswire EN)
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HOUSTON, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Group (Nasdaq: SKWD) (“the Group” or “the Company”), the unified specialty insurance organization whose operating businesses include Skyward Specialty and Apollo, today announced the global expansion of Skyward Specialty's Life Sciences insurance solution. Through this expansion, and by leveraging Apollo's Lloyd's Syndicate 1969, Skyward Specialty now offers enhanced multinational placements for U.S.-domiciled life sciences companies with international operations. This initiative marks the first strategic collaboration between Skyward Specialty and Apollo since the acquisition closed earlier this month....
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13.01.26 - 11:24
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Lloyds questioned by watchdog over use of staff banking data in pay talks (The Guardian)
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ICO says it is making inquiries with banking group over data privacy after it accessed 30,000 staff accountsThe information watchdog is questioning Lloyds Banking Group over a potential breach of privacy rules after it accessed data from 30,000 staff bank accounts during union pay talks last year.Lloyds – which owns the Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands – used aggregated salary, spending and savings data as part of a presentation to staff union representatives, which suggested that its lowest-paid staff had been in a better financial position than the wider population in recent years. Continue reading......
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13.01.26 - 08:36
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The hidden threat to the Lloyds share price in 2026 (Fool)
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As mortgages issued five years ago come up for refinancing, could this send the Lloyds share price higher – or is it a problem waiting to hit the stock?
The post The hidden threat to the Lloyds share price in 2026 appeared first on The Motley Fool UK....
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11.01.26 - 13:06
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The UK′s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris (The Guardian)
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When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we're near a point of no return. But there is hopeOver Christmas, thousands of people must have had much the same experience: a trip to see friends or relatives somewhere familiar, and the realisation that a once-thriving town centre is dangerously close to the economic point of no return, and a future of eerie silence.The massed emptying-out of places has been going on since the crash of 2008, but the latest chapter of the story is dramatic. In 2024, the UK lost about 37 shops a day: almost 13,500 retail stores closed for good – including branches of Lloyds Pharmacy, The Body Shop and Ted Baker – which was a rise of 28% on 2023. What we know so far about 2025 is of a piece: thousands of shops owned by major retail businesses closed their doors, and the list is full of equally familiar names – among them Fired Earth, New Look and the beauty chain Bodycare. Even some of the high street's staples are on their way out, as evidenced by the closure of ...
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11.01.26 - 08:18
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Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike (The Guardian)
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Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rulesLloyds Banking Group boss, Charlie Nunn, could be in line for a maximum annual pay packet worth more than £13m, as he becomes the latest boss to benefit from the UK's controversial decision to lift a cap on banker bonuses.The bank's remuneration committee has begun drafting a new three-year executive pay policy that, for the first time, will take advantage of looser pay rules that have sent potential payouts soaring at rival banks. Continue reading......
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11.01.26 - 08:01
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I′m getting a stunning 8.9% yield on my fabulous Lloyds shares (Fool)
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Harvey Jones uses his holding in Lloyds shares to show the true benefits of investing in FTSE 100 dividend stocks, which steadily build over time.
The post I'm getting a stunning 8.9% yield on my fabulous Lloyds shares appeared first on The Motley Fool UK....
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09.01.26 - 19:24
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So the Lloyds share price made it past £1. Big deal. What next? (Fool)
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Believe it or not, the Lloyds share price is now almost double the lows it hit a year ago. But after such strong gains, surely 2026 could be a let-down?
The post So the Lloyds share price made it past £1. Big deal. What next? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK....
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08.01.26 - 18:36
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′Shadow fleet′ ships moving sanctioned oil reflagged to Russia at rising rate (The Guardian)
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Lloyd's List analysis suggests 40 suspicious vessels joined Russian registry last year, with 17 reflagged last monthForty ships accused of belonging to a large “shadow fleet” moving sanctioned oil for Venezuela and others were reflagged to Russia last year in an apparent attempt to gain Kremlin protection from American seizure.Analysis by the shipping intelligence publication Lloyd's List suggests that of those, at least 17 suspicious vessels joined the Russian registry over the past month, compared with 15 ships in the previous five months of 2025. Continue reading......
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