Dashwood: Lloyds chairman's office gets musical makeover

But his presence on Lloyds’ executive floor is interesting as he was the man who led the Royal Mail retail sell-off, something which UK Financial Investments is known to be considering for its remaining 25pc stake in the bank. My man at the Black Horse bank says they simply discussed old times. Of course they did.

Capt Mainwaring’s a banking role model

Even the busiest of modern day executives must have some down time.

Dashwood hears that a finance director of one of the major UK high street banks

is keen to ensure his non-British-born boss is au fait with local culture. Having already ensured the top dog had watched old episodes of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, to ensure an understanding of British politics, earlier this year he delivered the Dad’s Army box set to their office, in the hope of engendering understanding of the local bank manager concept, portrayed by Captain Mainwaring, right. Three months on, no mention has been made of this kind gift.

Is it too early to tell the CFO in question: “Don’t panic?”

Disunited and sick as a parrot

Barclays’ annual meeting last Thursday provided a pulpit for disaffected shareholders.

One of the most vocal alleged: “We are paying for Manchester United but we are getting Colchester United.”

The pay vote passed – despite more than a third of shareholders failing to back the remuneration report.

After a testing week at Canary Wharf and at Old Trafford, Dashwood wonders how Stephen Doherty, Barclays’ head of corporate communications and an ardent Man Utd fan, feels about such a comparison?

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