The chairman finds little of interest for either SBP or the industry in last week's pre-Budget report
"Why is it that Gordon Brown never ever listens to us?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBlue Planet as we digested another less than inspiring pre-Budget report over a few glasses of Old Morose at The Sorrow Bucket. "If you're using the royal 'us' there," I said, "it's probably because you usually start your lobbying letters to him 'Dear Moron'. "If, on the other hand, you mean 'us' as in Her Majesty's financial services industry, I suspect it comes down to a couple of things. Partly habit - one gets the feeling he never actually listens to anyone, ex...
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