Bank ditches UK firms trading with Cuba
* Duncan Campbell
* The Guardian,
* Monday June 16 2008

A Somerset health shop selling Cuban sugar and a London tobacconist
dealing in Habanos cigars are among British businesses told by a bank to
cut their ties with the island or move their accounts.

Lloyds TSB has written to customers who have dealings with Cuba saying
they will have take their accounts elsewhere, apparently in the wake of
threats by the US government, which operates an embargo against Cuba.

The US has said it will prosecute any businesses that have any dealings
with Cuba and also have a branch in the US.

The Queenswood Natural Foods company, of Bridgwater in Somerset, started
buying sugar from Cuba last year and has found it to be a popular line.