Stephen Hester

...with Robert Peston about economic recovery A slow, smooth recovery from recession would be far better than a rapid bounce, Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has said. He told BBC business editor Robert Peston that...

In this article: Royal Bank of Scotland, Recession, UK, BBC News Channel, and BBC

...banks are still not lending enough money to fuel a recovery. Mr Hester took over as RBS chief executive late last year following the departure of Sir Fred Goodwin. He had previously been chief executive of British Land and chief...

In this article: Royal Bank of Scotland, Philip Hampton, Mervyn King, Abbey National, and British Land

...confirmed the plans - which were reported on the BBC. But bank insiders have indicated that cutbacks are imminent as new chief executive Stephen Hester gets to grips with RBS's problems. Reports of the plan have alarmed politicians and union...

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...ministers on Saturday. The chief executive of RBS, Sir Fred Goodwin, is expected to resign to be replaced by Stephen Hester, the former finance director of Abbey who is currently chief executive of British Land. Earlier in the year, RBS...

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...GBP5 note Earlier, the new RBS chief executive Stephen Hester told the BBC that arrangements for Sir Fred's departure had been 'negotiated directly between past directors of this board and the Government and him'. Shadow Chancellor...

In this article: Royal Bank of Scotland, Paul Myners, Gordon Brown, George Osborne, Alistair Darling, and Ed Balls

...to "rebalance". In an interview with the BBC, he said he wanted to see a situation "where people can save more, borrow less, the balance of payments deficit closes, the Government gets its own deficit under control". "Arguably what we...

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...a year, despite only being 50. Stephen Hester, RBS's new chief executive, said that the pension arrangements for his predecessor came under a legal agreement that the government was part of. However, Chancellor Alistair Darling...

In this article: Royal Bank of Scotland, Balance sheet, ABN AMRO, Lloyds, Gordon Brown, and Recession