全国的な members want 投票(する) on £3bn Virgin Money 企て,努力,提案

  • Building society surprised City by agreeing a 企て,努力,提案 for UK's sixth largest bank
  • 取引,協定 would create Britain's second biggest 貯金 and 貸付金s group
  • Baroness Bowles: 取引,協定 looks good on paper but members should have a say?

Commitment: Nationwide's Debbie Crosbie used to work for Virgin Money

かかわり合い: 全国的な's Debbie Crosbie used to work for Virgin Money

全国的な must give members a 投票(する) on its planned 引き継ぎ/買収 of Virgin Money, 政治家,政治屋s and 顧客s are 需要・要求するing this 週末.

The building society surprised the City last week by agreeing a £2.9 billion 企て,努力,提案 from 全国的な for Virgin, the UK's sixth largest bank, which was 設立するd by Sir Richard Branson.

The 取引,協定 would create Britain's second biggest 貯金 and 貸付金s group.?

It would catapult 全国的な into the big league of 小売 banking, with almost 700 支店s and £366 billion of 資産s.

全国的な has snapped up a number of smaller building societies in the past, 含むing Dunfermline, Derbyshire and Cheshire, without a member 投票(する).

But the Virgin Money 取引,協定 is easi ly its biggest, 主要な some of the 相互の's members ? who own the 商売/仕事 ? to 需要・要求する a 投票(する) on the 結果.

財政上の services 専門家 Baroness Bowles said the 取引,協定 looked good on paper but members need more 詳細(に述べる) and should have a say.

Bowles, who sits on the board of the London 在庫/株 交流, said the 取引,協定 could 伴う/関わる 'やめる a change in character for 全国的な, which would be jumping into the big bank league'.

She 追加するd there are 'obvious 利益s' for members 含むing more 支店s.

Bowles also questioned what was in it for members. 'Are they going to be better off by 存在 bigger?' she asked.

> What 全国的な's 企て,努力,提案 to buy Virgin Money means for borrowers and savers

Combination: 全国的な Building Society to create one of Britain's biggest banks with Virgin Money UK 引き継ぎ/買収

Other 全国的な members have taken to social マスコミ to 需要・要求する a 投票(する) on what they regard as a transformational 取引,協定.

'This may be within the letter of 全国的な's 支配するs but it is very far from 存在 in the spirt of a 相互の,' one said.

全国的な, led by 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Debbie Crosbie, 主張するs it has taken '広範囲にわたる' 合法的な advice ? 含むing from an 無名の 上級の lawyer ? that no member 投票(する) is needed under the 1985 Building Societies 行為/法令/行動する.

The society also argues that a 投票 would 'tie the board's 手渡すs' and 制限する its ability ever to buy a 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d bank. It 計画(する)s to 令状 to 14 million members in the next few weeks 輪郭(を描く)ing the 利益s of the 取引,協定.?

Former 商売/仕事 長官 Vince Cable said: 'My reading is that the 引き継ぎ/買収 will 強化する our biggest 相互の and seems to be 商売/仕事 sense.'

Crosbie, who is a former 長,指導者 operating officer at Virgin Money and therefore knows the 商売/仕事 井戸/弁護士席, said the 連合させるd group 'would bring the 利益s of fairer banking and 相互の 所有権 to more people in the UK,' 含むing a かかわり合い to keeping 支店s open when other high street players are の近くにing theirs.

She has until April 4 either to 明言する/公表する a 会社/堅い 意向 to 企て,努力,提案 or to pull out.

専門家s have said Virgin Money is now 'in play' and that 競争相手 入札者s may 現れる.

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全国的な may be 気が進まない to enter a bidding war if a third party were to enter the fray.

Branson 始める,決める up Virgin Money in 1995. The bank bought Northern 激しく揺する from the 政府 after the 2008 財政上の 危機.

It was itself bought by Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank for £1.7 billion in 2018 and is now about a third of 全国的な's size.

Virgin Money will remain a separate 合法的な (独立の)存在 within 全国的な with its own board and banking licence for the 'medium 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語'. The calls to give members a 投票(する) on the 取引,協定 come as a Mail on Sunday 分析 設立する that Virgin Money 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある David Duffy could be in line for a £12 million 支払う/賃金-off if the 現在の 申し込む/申し出 is 受託するd.

Duffy, who earned £2.7 million last year, has come under 解雇する/砲火/射撃 from Virgin Money's 株主s over his 支払う/賃金 and the bank's lacklustre 業績/成果 in 最近の years. If he were to leave as a result of a 全国的な 引き継ぎ/買収 it could 誘発する/引き起こす a big 支払う/賃金-off under the 条件 of his long 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 特別手当 計画/陰謀.