By Matthew Champion.
Environmental protestors from London's Climate Camp have glued themselves to the trading floor in RBS and stripped naked at a PR company employed by E.On.
On a day of direct action in the City at the end of the week-long Climate Camp, activists are blockading the headquarters of RBS in the City.
Demonstrators unfurled a banner reading 'RBS: Under new ownership' after, dressed as construction workers, using step ladders and bicycle locks to seal the entrance to the Bishopsgate building.
More activists then managed to superglue themselves to the floor inside.
'RBS is 70 per cent owned by the public but it is completely against the public interest for our money to be used to fund climate change,' said protestor James Clarke said.
'Yet again, the banks are putting profit over people.'
Over in Victoria Street, activists went naked and occupied the roof and lobby of PR firm Edelman, the firm behind media at the Kingsnorth power station.
'Edelman PR are nothing more than new coal spin doctors intent on making profit out of E.On's activities at the expense of the global climate,' said activist Alice Fielding.
At 10:47 BST the Metropolitan police said there were 100 people outside 250 Bishopsgate.
A message from Climate Camp posted on Twitter said one arrest was made and six court summons issued.
One of the arrested protestors, Chico Carino, told politics.co.uk: 'The police are at liberty to consider us criminals but the real criminals are people like E.On that RBS are funding.'
After leaving the City Demonstrators headed towards central London and the headquarters of oil giants BP and Shell.
They had previously spent the last week at Climate Camp on Blackheath.
Environmental protestors from London's Climate Camp have glued themselves to the trading floor in RBS and stripped naked at a PR company employed by E.On.
On a day of direct action in the City at the end of the week-long Climate Camp, activists are blockading the headquarters of RBS in the City.
Demonstrators unfurled a banner reading 'RBS: Under new ownership' after, dressed as construction workers, using step ladders and bicycle locks to seal the entrance to the Bishopsgate building.
More activists then managed to superglue themselves to the floor inside.
'RBS is 70 per cent owned by the public but it is completely against the public interest for our money to be used to fund climate change,' said protestor James Clarke said.
'Yet again, the banks are putting profit over people.'
Over in Victoria Street, activists went naked and occupied the roof and lobby of PR firm Edelman, the firm behind media at the Kingsnorth power station.
'Edelman PR are nothing more than new coal spin doctors intent on making profit out of E.On's activities at the expense of the global climate,' said activist Alice Fielding.
At 10:47 BST the Metropolitan police said there were 100 people outside 250 Bishopsgate.
A message from Climate Camp posted on Twitter said one arrest was made and six court summons issued.
One of the arrested protestors, Chico Carino, told politics.co.uk: 'The police are at liberty to consider us criminals but the real criminals are people like E.On that RBS are funding.'
After leaving the City Demonstrators headed towards central London and the headquarters of oil giants BP and Shell.
They had previously spent the last week at Climate Camp on Blackheath.
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