I can barely 解任する 'Tell Sid' 株 申し込む／申し出s of the 1980s 収容する／認めるs boss of NatWest
NatWest's boss has 認める he can barely remember the 'Tell Sid' 株 申し込む／申し出s of the 1980s ? even as the 明言する／公表する-支援するd bank gears up for one of its own.
Paul Thwaite said the 貸す人 was 'taking the necessary steps and 対策' to be ready as the 財務省 準備するs to offload part of its 火刑／賭ける to ordinary 小売 投資家s this summer.
The comments （機の）カム as NatWest's 株 price 殺到するd 6.1 per cent to 307.4p, its highest level for more than a year, thanks to 井戸／弁護士席-received first ４半期/4分の1 results.
The 株 have climbed 70 per cent over the past six months.
The 政府, which 効果的に nationalised the bank in a £46billion 救助（する） in 2008, is looking to sell a chunk of its 火刑／賭ける in an echo of the major privatisations of the Thatcher 時代 ? best remembered for the 'Tell Sid' 広告 （選挙などの）運動をする for British Gas 株.?
調印 off:?The 政府, which 効果的に nationalised the bank in a £46 billion 救助（する） in 2008, is looking to sell a chunk of its 火刑／賭ける
Thwaite, 52, said: 'I do ばく然と remember Tell Sid. I should 収容する／認める, I was pretty young when that happened. But more 本気で and more importantly the 小売 株 申し込む／申し出, should it happen, is an 適切な時期 because it その上の 減ずるs the shareholding.'
At its 高さ, the 政府 owned 84 per cent of Natwest ? then known as 王室の Bank of Scotland ? but a 漸進的な sale of the 株 has seen that 落ちる below 28 per cent. Chairman Rick Haythornthwaite this week 述べるd the 時代 of 明言する／公表する 支援 as a 'sorry tale'. But 業績／成果 has been 改善するing and 年次の 利益（をあげる）s for last year were the highest since 2007.
Yesterday, the bank 報告（する）／憶測d first ４半期/4分の1 operating 利益（をあげる）s of £1.3billion, 27 per cent 負かす／撃墜する from the same period last year but わずかに ahead of 分析家 期待s.
利益（をあげる）s were squeezed by 顧客s s hifting their deposits to higher 支払う／賃金ing 貯金 accounts 同様に as 猛烈な／残忍な 競争 for mortgage 顧客s.
New home 貸付金s nearly halved, from £9.9billion to £5.2billion, and Thwaite said there had been a 'conscious 決定／判定勝ち（する） to not compete across all segments' まっただ中に the squeeze on 利益（をあげる） 利ざやs in a thin market. More recently, however, mortgage 使用／適用s had 選ぶd up by 25 per cent.
Matt Britzman of 仲買人 Hargreaves Lansdown said NatWest was 'best of the bunch' の中で UK banks that have 報告（する）／憶測d first ４半期/4分の1 results this week.
