Northern Rock plc - Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

Northern Rock plc - Strategic Analysis Review” is an in-depth business and strategic analysis of “Northern Rock plc”. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

Northern Rock plc (Northern Rock) is a banking firm. It is principally engaged in providing residential mortgage loans and retail savings in the UK. Its core mortgage lending business comprises more than 90% by value of the total loans and advances. It also provides portfolio of personal unsecured loans and secured commercial loans. The company offers its products and services through a distribution network consisting of more than 70 branches, in addition to postal, telephone and internet operations. In addition, the company distributes a range of household insurance and payment protection products mainly to the residential mortgage customers.

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Recent Developments

Oct 29, 2009: EC Approves Northern Rock Split
Oct 28, 2009: European Commission To Approve Northern Rock Split
Aug 05, 2009: Northern Rock In Troubled Waters

Scope

- Provides key company information for business intelligence needs
- The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Strategic and operational factors are considered.
- The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.
- The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.

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