HSBC to keep its HQ in London

SnowTiger

HSBC has decided to keeps its HQ in London: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35575793.

xylophone

Goodness me - it was only a threat from a paper dragon....;)

planteria

Exactly as expected.
Excellent news though:T.

GingerBob_3

I wonder how fat the brown envelopes were that passed between HSBC and HM Government?

planteria

in which direction do you dream they were being passed?

GingerBob_3

planteria wrote: »

in which direction do you dream they were being passed?

You mean bribery and corruption didn't come into it? :rotfl:

CLAPTON

No-one surely believed that HSBC would relocate to Hong Kong.

EssexExile

Why on earth would the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation move to Hong Kong? Anyway, I thought they were going to Birmingham.;)
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/work-starts-new-hsbc-home-10005063

Anthorn

Shoulda gone to Milton Keynes
http://www.investmiltonkeynes.co.uk/business-activities/headquarters/

System

Great - I was kinda hoping they would relocate their HQ to HK so we'd only have to bail out the UK bit when it goes t**ts up.

CLAPTON

EssexExile wrote: »

Why on earth would the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation move to Hong Kong? Anyway, I thought they were going to Birmingham.;)
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/work-starts-new-hsbc-home-10005063

the UK bank HQ is indeed setting up in Birmingham whilst the global HQ stays in London