Yeovil in Somerset is not generally thought of as a banking hub. Yet the small town of 40,000 inhabitants is the centre of ambitious plans by Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, to take on Britain's high-street incumbents. On January 8th it made a ￡12.3m offer to buy Church House Trust (cht), a private bank based there.
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机译：萨默塞特郡的约维尔通常不被视为银行业枢纽。然而，这个拥有40,000名居民的小镇却是理查德·布兰森（Richard Branson）的维珍集团（Virgin Group）旗下维珍金钱公司（Virgin Money）雄心勃勃的计划的中心，该计划旨在接管英国的高街霸主。 1月8日，它提出了1230万英镑的要约，收购了总部设在此的私人银行Church House Trust（cht）。
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