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Timeline GRG





                 November 2013


                 Lawrence Tomlinson releases his report instigated by Vince Cable,
                 which claimed that RBS profited from struggling businesses by

                 transferring them into GRG.

                 Cable instructed two consultancies, Promontory and Mazars, to

                 produce a report in relation to the GRG unit in RBS, on behalf of

                 the Financial Conduct Authority Lawrence

                 RBS undergoes an independent skilled person review of its

                 lending practices, following allegations that the Bank intentionally
                 put down good and viable businesses, in the interest of boosting

                 the Bank’s profits.




                 January 2014


                 In April 2014, RBS responded by calling in the law firm Clifford
                 Chance to do an “independent review” of the Tomlinson Report

                 and the treatment of businesses within GRG.

                 April 2014


                 In April 2014, RBS responded by calling in the law firm Clifford
                 Chance to do an “independent review” of the Tomlinson Report

                 and the treatment of businesses


                 within GRG.




                 July 2014

                 In July 2014, Chris Sullivan left the Bank.
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