Clydesdale Bank has reported a 53% jump in first-half pre-tax profit benefitting from a one-off gain from capital restructuring and lower impairment losses on credit exposures. 

Clydesdale Bank has reported a 53% jump in first-half pre-tax profit benefitting from a one-off gain from capital restructuring and lower impairment losses on credit exposures. Outgoing AIB head David Duffy is shortly set to join the British lender as CEO.