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RBS-owner NatWest Group has repurchased £1 billion worth of its shares from the UK government, further reducing the Treasury's stake in the bank from 14.2% to 11.4%. This marks a significant reduction in the Treasury's holding, which stood at approximately 38% in December 2023. The government

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NatWest Group has posted a 26% jump in third-quarter profits to £1.7bn, exceeding expectations and raising its income forecast for the year. This strong performance comes despite a challenging UK economic outlook and follows a trend of positive results from other major UK banks.

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Business activity among UK SMEs in the construction sector has expanded in the third quarter of the year with the NatWest SME Business Activity Index recording 55.1 in September.

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The UK government's stake in RBS-owner NatWest Group has been further reduced from 18.99% to 17.97%. The Treasury's sale of the shares comes after the new Labour government decided it will no longer go forward with plans for a public offering of the government's remaining stake to retail investors.

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NatWest Group's shares surged to 7.5% in Friday's morning trading after the bank reported positive first-half results, raised its annual outlook, and announced a £2.5 billion mortgage portfolio acquisition from Metro Bank. Despite a 7.7% drop in total income to £7.13 billion, NatWest's p

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RBS-owner NatWest Group has agreed to buy a significant portion of Sainsbury's banking business. The banking group will acquire approximately £2.5 billion of gross customer assets, comprising £1.4bn of unsecured personal loans and £1.1bn of credit cards balances, together with appr

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RBS-owner NatWest Group has bought back a further £1.24 billion worth of its own shares from HM Treasury. This works out to 392.4 million shares bought back from the government at 316.2p per share, and, combined with HMT’s ongoing trading plan, reduces government ownership in the bank to

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Public ownership in NatWest Group, owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has dipped below 27% for the first time since its bailout in 2008. The Treasury disclosed the sale of 0.98% of its shares, reducing its holding to 26.95%, as part of an ongoing trading plan.

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RBS-owner NatWest has been criticised for paying its new chief executive, Paul Thwaite, a salary of £1.2 million despite his "limited experience" as a lead executive. Advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) warned that Mr Thwaite's salary would be the same as that of his predece

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