Lloyds considers deal
A Lloyds spokesman said that Grainger had been picked as Lloyds’ preferred supplier for its “residential property asset management platform.”
The likely deal between the two companies will see Grainger manage a portfolio of homes on behalf of administrators for housing groups that had been backed by Lloyds.
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Hide AdThe Government has stakes of around 41 percent in Lloyds and 83 percent in rival Royal Bank of Scotland after it had to bail out both banks with taxpayers’ money during the credit crisis.
As a result of the state bailout, European regulators ordered Lloyds and RBS to sell off a host of assets.