30/08/2012

Other News In Brief

New Barlcays Chief Executive

Barclays has appointed Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive.

This follows the resignation of former chief executive Bob Diamond after the Libor interest rate-fixing scandal.

Mr Jenkins is currently in charge of Barclays Retail and Business Banking. He has been a member of the group's executive committee since 2009.

New Record Label For Elbow Singer

Elbow's Guy Garvey is set to begin a new record label solely for vinyl EPs. He aims use it to revive the format.

The singer told the BBC he intends to challenge fellow artists to try out the multi-track format.

(GK)


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