Sab Midland Phone Banking!

First Direct, the armchair banking arm of the Midland Bank, are spending £3m on advertising over February and March. Midland bank are 1 of the 2 main targets of the Lloyds and Midland Boycott Campaign (LAMB), fighting against the banks stance on Third World Debt and their non-environmental lending policies.

During the TV ad nights First Direct will have an extra 100 staff on the phones. Ring them for a chat! None of them are told about the Lloyds and Midland Boycott. A blitz on these nights would raise awareness amongst ordinary staff, and pressurise management.

Call First Direct on: FREEPHONE 0800 242424. For example, ring in and say that the account sounds good, but are First Direct part of the HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), who are being particularly unreasonable about Third World Debt, and who also financed the Hawks deal to Indonesia. They are also the major shareholder in the Coalite plant in Derbyshire which spills out more dioxins into the atmosphere than any other factory in the UK.