HSBC

Cleaner praised for brutally honest note urging her ‘cruel’ boss to ‘be kind’ on her last day

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‘You are no better than me’: Retiring HSBC cleaner is praised for brutally honest note urging ‘cruel’ boss to ‘be kind’ after she ‘aggressively dressed her down in the office’ Twitter user Joe Cousins, from Southampton, shared his mother’s note online Cleaner said her manager’s ‘cruelty’ had prompted her to quit her work at bank … Read more

Extinction Rebellion protestors smash 19 windows at HSBC’s Canary Wharf HQ

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Extinction Rebellion protestors smash 19 windows at HSBC’s Canary Wharf HQ as they claim bank’s money is financing climate change Activists hammered oversized nails through some 19 windows in Canary Wharf  Protest on Earth Day claimed bank’s money is financing a ‘climate catastrophe’  Women stuck fliers to the windows before smashing them and sitting on … Read more

HSBC bosses forced to hot desk in Canary Wharf HQ cut back

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Bosses at HSBC have fallen victim to the bank’s cut back on office space as it continues its move towards home-working amid the pandemic.  Senior staff have been pushed out of their private offices on the 42nd level of the group’s Canary Wharf headquarters and will instead be forced to hot-desk two floors below. The executive … Read more

First-time buyers can get on the property ladder with just a 5% deposit under a new scheme

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95% mortgage deals backed by the state: First-time buyers can get on the property ladder with just a 5% deposit under a new scheme launching today High street banks including Lloyds, Santander and Barclays will start offering state-backed mortgages under a government scheme launching today Both first-time buyers and current homeowners will be able to … Read more

BA staff will continue work from home plan when Covid crisis ends

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BA staff will continue work from home plan when Covid crisis ends as airline explores sale of its HQ near Heathrow where 2,000 employees were based before lockdown British Airways bosses say home-working is one of ‘very few positive aspects’ of coronavirus pandemic Airline is looking at options for Waterside complex at London Heathrow Airport … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Pandering to drug dealers and oligarchs

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Bombshell revelations that a corrupt, money-laundering culture lies at the core of Britain’s biggest bank HSBC are a devastating reminder that the nation’s lenders have learnt nothing since the financial crisis of 2008 to 2009. Back then, the banks took us to the financial abyss by selling bad debt in vast quantities around the world, … Read more