Poll: Shareholders favour Olivant bid

A poll on the NRSSG website has shown that three-quarters of all Northern Rock shareholders support the bid to run the Newcastle-based bank by the Olivant consortium, led by Luqman Arnold. On the NRSSG online poll:

• No-one supported the bid by the Virgin Money bid led by Richard Branson.
• 75% of those who voted supported the bid by Olivant.
• 25% of those who voted supported an in-house bid.
• No-one supported nationalisation.