ON the same day that you reported on the bricked-up bank, an article on the financial pages of my daily paper stated the following.

A chief executive at a leading high street bank, who is to retire, will be paid £1.42 million pounds, could earn a bonus up to £4.28 million pounds, plus long term incentives which could net a further £6 million pounds.

Add to this a £15 million pound pension pot which will result in an income of £550,000 a year.

These are the same people who refuse to lend money to businesses. What hope is there?

BOB WOODLAND, Cavan Crescent, Waterloo Estate, Poole