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 <title>Barclays to can secured loans lender Firstplus</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Barclays has announced that it is to stop selling secured loans through its market leading Firstplus brand as a result of the downturn in the mortgage market. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The banking giant today confirmed that Firstplus will be closed to new business from 9 August, resulting in 300 job cuts. In addition, its Barclayloan and Fair &amp;amp; Square subsidiaries will also close to new business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneywise.co.uk/news-views/2008/07/08/barclays-to-pan-secured-loans-lender-firstplus&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:33:54 +0100</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Rebecca Atkinson</dc:creator>
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