we must do something to avoid another wrekin construction, yes the bad firms should go bust in recessions, its essential natural wastage, but profitable firms with short term cash flow issues, must be given low cost loans, directly by the government if needs be

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Its not just happening in Shropshire, its happening all over the country. The government are saying that they are demanding that banks help businesses but the banks are not helping. We, the taxpayer, have bailed out these banks and now the banks are not playing ball.
Many more companies will go to the wall thanks to the banks.
I just hope that after the recession, companies remember the banks that refused to help/called in debts and do their business elsewhere.

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madness

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as the banks are refusing to play ball with companies why dont these fims sue them, as they must be breaking their terms and conditions of their respective bailouts and various other agreements.

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we must all do more

come on people shop til you drop!

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these banks are owned by the government on our behalf. it is time this wretched government ceased its patty fingers action with the banks and totally nationalised them and put in directors and management who will lend to business and their owners, er us.
if they would provide sensible mortgages and hp, we might go out and buy cars made in this country, otherwise vauxhall, honda, toyota nissan etc will close their factories in gb throwing hundreds of thousands of skilled workers on the dole. this is not the time for blaming governments, we are all in this together, when you go out to buy something from say a kettle or a washing machine or a car, buy a british made one, this way we help ourselves. i am backing britain was the slogan, it still is hopefully

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we need state owned banks again i believe to act as faciltators of economic growth not profit making entities in their own right

they should merely be a conduit for money to flow around, not take a cut off it every time, imagine canals, letting water and goods flow from a to b, we dont need no private banking, all we need is electronic accounts to hold and pass money around, this could be done through a not for profit operated web based company

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WhenI first started work in 1964, most people were paid in cash.
(in a little brown envelope – anyone remember?) and so

VERY few people had bamk accounts.

Maybe that is what we should go back to.

Banks have FAR TOO much influence on people.
Current accounts, credit/debit cards, direct debit (direct debit = the scourge of our times – FAR TOO many companies insist on payment by this method).

It’s all gone way too far in favour of the banks – and it needs to change – FAST.

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I know, I know – the people borrow, the banks lend – forgive me – my point remains.

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LONG PRISON SENTENCES FOR BANKING FRAUD….THEN OTHER BANKERS WILL BE AFRAID TO COMMITT FRAUD.

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