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GOLDFISH staff affected by the planned closure of the Canary Wharf office have been told by Barclays that it would do its best to find them new roles.

Barclays, which bought Goldfish in February this year, announced it was proposing to shed 90 head office jobs at Hertsmere House on the Wharf, as well as 900 at its call centre in Cumbernauld, Scotland.

A spokeswoman for Barclaycard said: “The idea is that all the functions will be integrated with Barclaycard.
It’s just proposals at the moment, but if it goes through, we will do our best to find positions within Barclays for those 90 people.”

SIGN UP for a major corporate challenge next month and you’ll find yourself rubbing shoulders with one of rugby’s greats.

Rory Underwood, England’s flying winger during the ’80s and ’90s, is taking part in the Microsoft UK Challenge.

He will join teams from several Canary Wharf companies, including HSBC and Barclays.

The former sporting giant, who now runs high performance development consultancy UPH, said: “I’m really looking forward to it. I’m doing a couple of events, although I don’t quite know what they involve – but then that’s the whole point.