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NatWest was the UK's biggest casualty of the 2008 global financial crisis

NatWest share sale to test UK equity market upswing

Britain's plans to sell shares in NatWest bank to the public this summer will be a test of a long-awaited upswing in the UK stock market that saw the FTSE-100 hit a record high this week - months after similar milestones for benchmark indexes elsewhere.

Business • 29 Apr 24

The UK government's voting rights in NatWest has fallen to 48.06%

NatWest bank returns to majority private control

The UK government's stake in NatWest Group has fallen to below 50%, returning the lender to majority private control for the first time since it was bailed out by UK taxpayers at the height of the global financial crisis over a decade ago.

Business • 28 Mar 22

Lloyds said the UK taxpayer had made a profit of almost £900m on the original £20.3 billion of cash pumped in as part of its rescue

Lloyds Bank confirms return to private ownership

Britain has sold its last remaining stake in Lloyds Banking Group, making it the first to re-emerge from UK state ownership in a symbolic step for the country's recovering banking sector.

Business • 17 May 17

Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio says he takes 'grea pride' in the bank's progress

UK should make at least £500m from Lloyds bailout

The UK government will make at least a £500m profit from its bailout of Lloyds Banking Group, its chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said, as the lender nears a return to private hands.

Business • 11 May 17

The UK government has reduced its stake in Lloyds Banking Group to 3.567%

UK government cuts stake in Lloyds to below 4%

The UK government said today it has further reduced its stake in Lloyds Banking Group, a day after the bank posted its highest profit since before the 2007-2009 global financial crisis.

Business • 23 Feb 17

Uk Government Stake

NatWest share sale to test UK equity market upswing

NatWest bank returns to majority private control

Lloyds Bank confirms return to private ownership

UK should make at least £500m from Lloyds bailout

UK government cuts stake in Lloyds to below 4%

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