Abbey takeover 2004
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More jobs to go at Abbey
Abbey National yesterday warned that up to 2,000 jobs are to be shed this year, on top of the 4,000 which have gone since the takeover by Banco Santander 15 months ago.
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Abbey staff face threat of more job cuts
Santander today raised the prospect of further job cuts at Abbey, the British bank it acquired in an £8bn deal last year.
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Two years to turn around Abbey
Abbey National will take two years to turn around, its Spanish owners warned yesterday as they insisted they were making progress towards achieving their goal of making the bank the best on the high street.
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Abbey lights a flame to fan hopes
The bank is back in the black, but is paying out another £8.5m on rebranding in Banco Santander's red.
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In-profit Abbey updates image again
Abbey, the struggling UK bank bought by Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano last year, today announced another rebranding exercise.
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Banco Santander chief makes light of litigation
Emilio Botín, the boss of the new owner of Abbey National, faced his first criminal trial yesterday by joking with reporters, greeting the judges warmly and exuding confidence throughout.
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Job cuts on the way
Francisco Gomez-Roldan, the banker brought in by Banco Santander Central Hispano to run Abbey National, is expected to unveil his plans to turnaround the troubled high street bank next month.
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Chief of Abbey's new owner goes on trial
The chairman of the new owner of one of Britain's high street banks will be accused of misusing shareholders' funds in order to win a boardroom power struggle when he stands trial on corruption charges in Madrid this week.
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Investors should lose Abbey habit
People with a small holding in the bank are probably better off selling it, according to the experts. Jill Papworth reports.
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Abbey chief quits with £1m payoff
Angus Porter, the Abbey National director who played a crucial part in rebranding the high-street bank as Abbey, is leaving after 18 months.
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Santander 'broke Cuba sanctions'
Banco Santander Central Hispano, the Spanish bank which owns Abbey National, has been fined $20,000 (£10,000) by the US authorities for breaching trade sanctions against Cuba.
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Abbey National life arm survives takeover
The new Spanish owners of Abbey National will not be selling off its troubled life-insurance arm, despite speculation that they were keen to get rid of the costly operation.
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Investor tries to block Abbey deal
Holder of single share tells high court that Spanish criminal charges should derail £9bn takeover.
Are my old share certificates worth anything?