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An interest rate rise would be good for Lloyds investors the bank need to start making some extra profits

A family-owned free-range egg farm in Oxfordshire has diversified its operations to help meet a significant uplift in demand for eggs during the pandemic, after securing support from Lloyds Bank.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/who-we-are/our-purpose/local-egg-farm-extends-its-range.html

LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways-owner IAG said it planned to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.20 billion) through a bond issue, strengthening its finances to help it survive the pandemic in case the travel downturn lasts longer than expected.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.globalbankingandfinance.com/british-airways-owner-iag-to-raise-1-billion-euros-in-bond-issue/

In January 2020 we reiterated our pledge to support British business by once again committing to lend up to £18bn in 2020.

As the impact of coronavirus emerged, we committed to support businesses with our own £2bn COVID-19 fund, which saw us grant more than 50,000 repayment holidays and overdraft extensions to businesses.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/who-we-are/our-purpose/supporting-british-businesses.html

London remains Europe’s major global finance centre despite Brexit hit

London has held on to the second spot in a respected international study of financial centres, despite the double whammy of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.

London sits behind only New York and remains Europe’s only major global financial centre, remaining a number of spots ahead of Frankfurt and Zurich.

British Airway intends to return its Airbus A380s to service, making it an exception to a trend away from operating the four-engined superjumbo among its European peers.

Lloyds is set to start Thursday in positive territory ahead of Bank of England rates decision

broker Peel Hunt now expects that pre-tax profits to rebound to £25.9m and adjusted EPS to 9.5p in 2021, close to pre-pandemic levels of £26.6m and 9.8p, respectively, in 2019.

It is worth noting too that analysts at Peel Hunt flagged some risk from foreign exchange movements, with current spot rates implying at least a £3m reduction in revenues, and a possible £1m impact on pre-tax forecasts for 2021. Yet AMS’ ongoing commitment to R&D, and a growing portfolio of new products, arguably make it a promising pick in the long-run. The shares are not cheap relative to earnings, although still have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Speculative buy.

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/03/17/ams-ready-to-capture-elective-surgery-recovery/

Good afternoon falklandinvestor that's good news don't want to miss out on the next rally

Britain's first shared bank branches are set to open their doors this spring. Experts hope the new bank hubs will provide a lifeline for customers and small businesses in some of the worst-hit areas

consolidation won't increase the share price nor will it increase the value of a share

consolidation

Be for the buybacks the share price went over 80p there's less share in circulation as Lloyds have done 3 or 4 years of buybacks this has increased the value of the shares

Sean Doyle said BA would not return to its pre-pandemic scale for some time.

“It will take demand two or three years to get back to where it was in 2019,” he said. “Our best guess is 2023-24.”
Business travel
British Airways has historically been highly dependent on Club World and First passengers, most of them flying on business, for a large slice of its profits.
But BA’s chief executive said business travel will lag behind the other two market segments: visiting friends and family, and leisure flying.

silverhorse
I'm with you adding more shares into the market is diluting the value of my holding bill keeps saying we have funds for 2021 then we have the money from Elizabeth hill this should be going into the pot or use for buybacks instead of screwing the shareholders over

Lloyds could well experience further volatility over the next 48 hours as investors position around the Bank of England event, due mid-day on Thursday.
Interest rates will come under scrutiny when the Bank of England delivers its latest decision on policy and offer guidance as to how that policy might change in the future.

FTSE 100 heads for flat open as traders await Fed meeting

EU's McGuinness expects deal on financial services pact with UK

https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/eus-mcguinness-expects-deal-financial-091424943.html

Air Atlanta Icelandic has acquired one of British Airways’ Boeing 747-400 full flight simulators following the retirement of the type from the UK carrier’s fleet last year.

Under a related agreement, the simulator will remain at BA’s Global Learning Academy at London Heathrow where the flag carrier’s engineering team will host, maintain and recertify it for UK and European qualifications.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/air-atlanta-icelandic-buys-boeing-747-simulator-from-british-airways/142889.article

Optimism is being generated by the country's rapid vaccine rollout which promises a sustainable and irreversible opening of the economy, a strong economic rebound could in turn drive inflation meaningfully above the Bank of England's 2.0% target, raising market expectations for future interest rate rises

I've just checked the charts its looking good to finish in the green today

Kammer

"""Lloyds we would expect re-rating the stock in the near future"""

https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/210362/the-outlook-for-uk-banks.aspx