Interviews and Articles

The first part of Ivan Fallon’s ‘Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis’ is available to read here. The book is available from The Robson Press.

The first part of the Times’ serialisation of Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis, to be published by The Robson Press on June 25.

A new book by Ivan Fallon, Black Horse Ride, The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis, attempts to remind us of what actually happened in relation to Lloyds and HBOS, and how their merger was encouraged by desperate ministers and at first warmly applauded by the City, only to be castigated when all bankers became fair game.

Sir Victor Blank discusses the Social Mobility Foundation which he has chaired for over two years.

Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of the Wellbeing of Women foundation, hosted the annual cricket match in aid of the charity on Sunday 29 June, at Chippinghurst, near Oxford. The match was held to celebrate the life of Sir David Frost, who helped raise more than £10 million for Wellbeing of Women over three decades. Sir …

The subject of social mobility in the UK is too often treated as a general concept. It is now taken for granted and is in danger of becoming a glib phrase – if it hasn’t already. There is much agonising and philosophising about its existence, yet we see very little action. It is easy to …

Speaking to ITV News, Sir Victor said that the uncertainty for business caused by the possibility of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU is disastrous, and backed Ed Miliband’s pledge that a referendum would only be held by a Labour government if new powers were transferred to Brussels. Sir Victor said: “The uncertainty is disastrous for …

Speaking to ITN News yesterday, Sir Victor Blank welcomed the 19p increase to the minimum wage as a ‘small but very positive step’. Sir Victor said: One of the biggest problems I think we have is the growing division between the levels of pay of senior executives and the average level of pay. ‘If you …

The vibrancy of our creativity and entrepreneurialism in building the strength of our small and medium sized enterprises is essential to our economic vitality. It must be encouraged by incentives for investment and a supportive capital gains tax regime.

Joining an elite panel of guests from different backgrounds, including Theo Paphitis, Lord Howard and Peter de Savary, Sir Victor spoke to the Oxford Guild Business Society in the chamber of the Oxford Union in February 2013.