http://www.bankstone.co.uk Bankstone Limited Website Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:38:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “When Black Friday comes,” predicted Donald Fagan, low-key frontman of the world’s most popular band named after a literary sex-toy, Steely Dan. “I'll collect everything I'm owed. And before my friends find out, I'll be on the road.” The obvious flaw in this plan, of course, is that there’s a good ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/when-black-monday-comes Fresh back from the Leuka Mini Masters charity golf event at Dukes Meadow, Bankstone’s Dickon Tysoe relates how one wag risked the ire of the event’s main sponsor, by noting that he’d known nothing about Bing until he Googled it. Has Dickon picked up any tips on how to run a ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/monkey-man-at-mini-masters “Euan has a stellar track record in leading thriving teams,” said Aon Specialty CEO Robin Hood recently of the leading risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human capital consulting services provider’s aristocratically-connected new Head of Upstream & Offshore Construction, Euan Nicolson. In this case, to be specific, Euan was ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/euan%e2%80%99s-aon-evidence-takes-40-winks-with-the-fishes Former M15 head Eliza Manningham-Buller (EMB to her friends) has claimed that that absolutely everyone – well, quite a few people – had to pay massively more – or rather, an average of 14.2% more – for their comprehensive car insurance policies in the second quarter of this year. She went ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/emb-confusion More and more car owners are opting to take out motor insurance. That at least is the claim from shadowy alien busting agency Men In Black. However improbable its source, this is clearly good news - because you’re kind of supposed to have insurance if you’re planning on driving a motor ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/motor-insurance-more-popular-than-ever Check your car insurance before heading off on a road trip warns Tesco Compare. Also: plan your route, get comfortable and take regular breaks. Check your car insurance before travelling overseas this summer warns the Car Insurance Mega Store. Apparently things can go wrong when driving on ‘The Continent.’ Check your car ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/car-insurance-checklist If you own a car and you're thinking of taking it to London – stop immediately. Go to Merseyside instead, where St Helens has been voted the UK’s most car-friendly town. Your vehicle will have a much better time there - but watch out for that volcano! Whilst full of praise ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/driving-hell The Court of Appeal has decided to reject Autofocus’ claim to witness immunity for a number of its former employees in its ongoing dispute with Accident Exchange over credit hire rates. Accident Exchange has said it is happy about this, and that it will continue pursuing Autofocus for damages and get ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/autofocus-hocus-pocus-nixed Bankstone’s is one of 25 teams already confirmed for this year’s Insurance Endurance karting event at Daytona Milton Keynes on 24 September. The Bankstone team are crossing their fingers that a freak combination of excessive weight, the wrong kind of weather, the distractions of food consumption, and general indolence will not ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/add-to-kart Killer deer are running amok on Britain’s roads. Or so claims that indubitable source of all that’s fit to know (and of all Bankstone News’ decent stories) the Daily Telegraph. Rogue ungulates are taking out 15 to 20 motorists a year, and seriously injuring a further 1,000, causing untold human misery, ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/deer-oh-deer-oh-deer