Bradford ? Bingley A history of how and when it all went wrong

The nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley brings the curtain down on one of Yorkshire's proudest companies and marks the end of Britain's great building society boom of the last decade. By Harry Wallop Consumer Affairs Editor Like its fellow northern lender, Northern Rock, B&B's demise can be laid at the door of a series of ambitious directors who seem to have forgotten the basics of banking and started to... [read full story]