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Major mortgage lenders chopping rates as competition heats up

Halifax, HSBC UK, Barclays, Santander and NatWest are among those to have made rate cuts this week, or outlined plans to do so.

The Independent UK

California’s Biggest Oil Well Owner Might Get a Pass on Plugging Its Wells

Increasingly, activists are turning to the courts to go after banks that finance fossil fuel production.

Capital & Main

‘I totally understand why people are sceptical’: the co-founder of collapsed energy giant Bulb on his new venture

Amit Gudka is reinventing himself after the failure of his energy firm by plugging into the global battery boom

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Billboards calling on Wimbledon to drop Barclays as sponsor appear near All England Lawn Tennis Club

The guerilla protest accuses Barclays of supporting the arms trade and contributing to global warming

Evening Standard

Pro-Palestine campaigners hold protest against Wimbledon sponsor

A GROUP of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Wimbledon with a giant tennis ball and strawberries “tainted with Palestinian blood” to…

The National (Scotland)

Artists target Wimbledon with graphic mock adverts over Barclays sponsorship

The All England Lawn Tennis Club has faced pressure to drop the bank as partners

The Independent UK

The no-deposit mortgage that lets tenants buy the home they live in … with a gift from the landlord

Under a ‘concessionary purchase’, property owners can agree a cut-price sale to incumbent renters to save costs

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Artists target Wimbledon’s ‘strawberries and cream image’ over link to Barclays

Spoof ads with tennis players appear near club in protest against sponsor’s ties to fossil fuels and arms companies

The Guardian - UK

“After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model”: South By South West ditches sponsorship by Army and defence contractors

South By South West drops US Army as sponsors

MusicRadar

Wimbledon urged to drop Barclays as sponsor over fossil fuel links

Climate groups and anti-war activists say bank using reported £20m deal to ‘hide its multitude of sins’

The Guardian - UK

Barclays and HSBC to cut fixed-rate mortgage deals

Other lenders likely to follow suit as analysts say cuts of up to 0.31 percentage points could fuel ‘summer of savings’

The Guardian - UK

'Expect further reductions': Barclays cuts mortgage rates in move likely to be followed by other lenders

The move follows an easing of swap rates in the City ahead of an expected Bank of England rate cut in August

Evening Standard

Why Walmart broke up with Capital One—and the dark horse bank that may stand to benefit

After Capital One generated $8.5 billion in credit card balances from Walmart customers, the bank squandered an exclusive deal, opening up a competition for the valuable market.

Fortune

Barclays to remove £5 monthly loyalty reward as part of ‘makeover’

The bank said it has been evolving its Blue Rewards scheme based on what it knows its customers value.

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‘I was abused twice, first by my partner and then by my bank’

Charities are calling for more help for women trapped with mortgages they cannot change because they are controlled by an abusive partner

Metal Hammer

“I don't believe that a company like Barclays, given their financial ties to war crimes, has any place at a metal festival.” Why the conversation around Britain's summer festival season has been all about Gaza, Barclays, and boycotts

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

Metal Hammer

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following artist protests and cancellations

Numerous artists had pulled out of major UK festivals due to their links to Barclays, who have invested in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel

The Independent UK

Latitude, Download and Isle of Wight festivals pull Barclays sponsorship

News comes after multiple musicians and comedians pulled out of the event

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The Guardian - UK

Barclays suspends sponsorship of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals

Move follows protests from bands and fans over the bank providing financial services to defence companies supplying Israel

Evening Standard

Hometree partners with Barclays in £250m deal to accelerate green home improvements

Long term loans on offer for solar panels and heat pumps

Evening Standard

Barclays told to review leveraged finance as UK probes industry

It’s the first of many such reviews the regulator is expected to launch into leveraged finance, which has long been the financing method of choice for private equity

The Independent UK

How can first-time buyers get ahead in the tough property market?

Property and mortgage experts offer their tips to cash-strapped would-be homeowners.

The Guardian - UK

Multiple bands pull out of Download festival over Barclays’ Israel ties

Acts including Speed, Scowl and Ithaca voice opposition to Barclaycard sponsorship over financial services provided to defence companies

Metal Hammer

“We will not take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.” Scowl, Speed, Zulu, Pest Control boycott Download festival due to sponsor Barclays investing in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel

Six bands withdraw from Download 2024 in solidarity with the Palestinian people

The Independent UK

Barclays branches across the country damaged by pro-Palestine activists

The windows of a branch of Barclays in Bristol were completely smashed, with red paint visible on the bank sign

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