Berkeley's hunt

[vetran]

Can't say there were any Mexicans in "The Sweeney" as far as I can recall.

The tache was big in series 2.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Can't say there were any Mexicans in "The Sweeney" as far as I can recall.

[vetran]

The last time I ever went into Barclays in Neath one of the staff looked like a classic bank robber out of the 1970s "Sweeney", bald head & all.

Did he have the Mexican Moustache?

[DoctorStrangelove]

The last time I ever went into Barclays in Neath one of the staff looked like a classic bank robber out of the 1970s "Sweeney", bald head & all.

[NigelJK]

They've (Barclays) had 'technical' people in India for a while now.
I note that the share price jumped to £3 on the 'rumour' that they are about to report strong results based on lowering their 'operating costs'. Says everything you need to know about the state of play currently in this country.

[vetran]

Given the recent redundancies at both Barclays and Lloyds, I'm guessing the bean counters got it wrong. You do actually need technical staff to run your infrastructure, the more experienced the better.
Admin breeds admin, as they say.

Is it not run out of a trumphole country yet? Why have UK employees!

[NigelJK]

Given the recent redundancies at both Barclays and Lloyds, I'm guessing the bean counters got it wrong. You do actually need technical staff to run your infrastructure, the more experienced the better.
Admin breeds admin, as they say.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Lloyds & Halifax tits up today.

Makes one wonder what's going on. .

I keep my £5k next to the baked beans & the shotgun.

[vetran]

If you're fortunate to be in the position, don't keep your money in one place.

Also, this might prove useful to some people...

• Pay yourself an amount in cash every week (incidental cash) - let's say £100 every Saturday morning.
• Whatever is left in your wallet from the previous week put any notes into a pot and the coins into a jar.

The cash soon mounts up and you've always got some cash in the house for emergencies - I keep mine with the tins of beans, shotgun shells and emergency radios

hence the £85k limit.

As Mal says we are lucky.

[malvolio]

If you're fortunate to be in the position, don't keep your money in one place.

Also, this might prove useful to some people...

• Pay yourself an amount in cash every week (incidental cash) - let's say £100 every Saturday morning.
• Whatever is left in your wallet from the previous week put any notes into a pot and the coins into a jar.

The cash soon mounts up and you've always got some cash in the house for emergencies - I keep mine with the tins of beans, shotgun shells and emergency radios

I know several people who won't have £10 at the end of the week, much less the ability to put some of it aside...

[Zigenare]

If you're fortunate to be in the position, don't keep your money in one place.

Also, this might prove useful to some people...

• Pay yourself an amount in cash every week (incidental cash) - let's say £100 every Saturday morning.
• Whatever is left in your wallet from the previous week put any notes into a pot and the coins into a jar.

The cash soon mounts up and you've always got some cash in the house for emergencies - I keep mine with the tins of beans, shotgun shells and emergency radios

[vetran]

"Just use your other money!"

And you generally can't just rock up to a food bank and walk away with dinner for four. At many of them, you need a referral from social services or the like. Though if Barclays makes a sizeable cash donation to every food bank in the UK to cover the additional burden of their customers showing up, I daresay something could be sorted out

Totally true. you can also ask your doctor or the Job centre.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/de...g-a-food-bank/

This is why so many of us are lucky. If my Barclays bank account screwed up I would just use another one and pursue Barclays for compensation. So few people have this option. If you are thinking ok I might hit the 85K limit on this account you are blessed.

[NickFitz]

"Just use your other money!"

And you generally can't just rock up to a food bank and walk away with dinner for four. At many of them, you need a referral from social services or the like. Though if Barclays makes a sizeable cash donation to every food bank in the UK to cover the additional burden of their customers showing up, I daresay something could be sorted out

[sadkingbilly]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7dpdje6xo

the caring face of Banking:
'On X, the bank advised customers facing difficulties accessing their money to seek support from friends and family or to get in touch with food banks.

In response to one user who said they were unable to access their account, the bank posted a link to the Trussell Trust, a charity which runs food banks nationally.'

what a shower of berks.
or a wunch of bankers if you prefer.