Results tagged “Barclays”

BARCLAYS has started a cost-cutting scheme which will see IT contractors paid 10 per cent less.

The bank, based at One Churchill Place, claims it was paying the workers too much.

THE Mayor of London has urged Canary Wharf companies to follow Barclays' lead by paying their contract staff more than the London Living Wage.

Cleaners and security workers are among those who will be paid £7.75 an hour by the Churchill Place bank.

MOTIVATED entrepreneurs are aiming to break down barriers with employers - starting in Canary Wharf.

Youngsters involved in social enterprise Elevation Networks launched their project at Churchill Place's Barclays headquarters this month.

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.