The Woolwich

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The Woolwich was the trading name of the Woolwich Building Society, founded in 1847 as one of the first 'permanent' building societies. It is now a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC.

The Woolwich was one of the largest UK building societies, and was famous in the 1980s for its entertaining TV advertising incorporating the slogan “I’m with the Woolwich”. The Woolwich also sponsored local football team Charlton Athletic.

The Woolwich Building Society demutualised in 1997, giving up its mutual status to become a PLC. Woolwich PLC was formed, giving shares to investing and borrowing members of the society, and listing on the London Stock Exchange.

In 2000, Barclays bought Woolwich PLC which thus joined the Barclays Bank Group of companies. The Woolwich brand-name was retained after the acquisition, and the Woolwich Head Office remained in Bexleyheath, south-east London, five miles from the original office in Woolwich.

On June 28 2006, Barclays announced [1] that The Woolwich was to become the Barclays UK mortgage brand, supported by Barclays branches, and that Woolwich branches would be either closed or re-branded as Barclays. Associated changes to call centres may affect up to 1,200 jobs. [2] The Woolwich contact centre in Clacton-on-Sea will be the main loss of jobs, closing at the end of 2007. Woolwich accounts were migrated to Barclays during the first half of 2007.

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Barclays plc

Brands: Barclaycard • Barclays Capital • Barclays Global Investors • iShares • The Woolwich • Absa (South Africa)
Corporate Directors: Marcus Agius(Chairman) • John Varley • Naguib Kheraj Paul Idzik Gary Hoffman • Robert Diamond • Frits Seegers • Sir Nigel Rudd • Fulvio Conti • Sir Richard Broadbent • Richard Leigh Clifford • Dame Sandra Dawson • Sir Andrew Likierman • Stephen Russell • Sir John Sunderland • Danie Cronj
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17.3 billion GBP (2005) | Employees: 113,300 | Stock Symbol: LSE: BARC | Website: www.barclays.com

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Barclays PLC

Public (LSE: BARC , NYSE: BCS , TYO: 8642 )
Founded 1896
Headquarters London, England, UK

Key people Marcus Agius, Chairman
John Varley, Chief Executive
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Charlton Athletic

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Nickname(s) The Addicks
Founded 1905
Ground The Valley, London
Capacity 27,111
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Demutualization (or demutualisation) is the process by which mutual organizations or companies (mutuals) convert themselves to for-profit (or profit-making) public companies which distribute profits to their shareholders in the form of dividends.
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A call centre or call center (see spelling differences) is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone.
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Barclaycard is a global credit provider (credit cards and loans) owned by Barclays plc in the UK. The Barclaycard was the first credit card introduced in the UK, coming into service in 1966. It enjoyed a monopoly until the introduction of the Access card in 1972.
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Barclays Capital

Investment Bank
Founded 1997
Headquarters London, UK, Canary Wharf

Industry Finance
Products Financial Services
Parent Barclays Plc
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Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays plc.
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Barclays Global Investors is a subsidiary of British-based Barclays Bank which is in the investment management industry. It is the largest corporate money manager in the world, with over Â£936 billion (US$1.77 trillion) under management as of March 2006^[1].
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iShares is the brand name that Barclays Global Investors applies to its exchange-traded funds.

Each iShare fund tracks a bond or stock market index. The following stock exchanges list iShare funds: American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange,
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The Absa Group Limited (JSE: ASA ) (also known as ABSA or Absa) is the largest consumer bank in South Africa.

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Absa is based in Johannesburg and listed on the JSE Limited and is one of South Africa's largest financial services.
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Marcus Ambrose Paul Agius (born 22 July 1946) is a British financier and businessman, currently Chairman of Barclays. He has also been appointed the senior non-executive director on the BBC's new executive board.
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John Silvester Varley (born c.1956) is a British banker, currently Group Chief Executive of Barclays Bank.
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Robert Edward "Bob" Diamond, Jr. (born Springfield, Massachusetts, July 27, 1951) is an American banker who is currently a main board director of Barclays PLC, the third largest British-based banking group, with the titles of President, Barclays PLC; and CEO, investment banking and
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Sir Nigel Rudd (born 1946 in Derby, England) is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1982, he founded Williams PLC, a company which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000,
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Sir Andrew Likierman was the president of CIMA, and is currently a professor of management practice in accounting at London Business School.

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