Results tagged “HSBC”
Roger Federer is favourite to win another Wimbledon title but don't ignore Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
That's the view of Tim Henman ahead of the start of the tournament next Monday. The former Wimbledon semi-finalist thinks five-time champion Federer has the edge on his closest rivals after his recent victory in the French Open.
It's been a good year for Brian O'Driscoll. Back in March, he captained the Irish rugby team to the Six Nations trophy and their first Grand Slam win in more than 60 years, when he was also named player of the championship.
And last weekend he helped Leinster to European Cup success against Leicester.
Gareth Edwards knows a thing or two about rugby and he thinks the British and Irish Lions can win their forthcoming tour to South Africa.
The legendary Welsh scrum-half is an ambassador for Wharf-based bank HSBC, who are sponsoring the Lions tour in June.
Amid all the economic gloom it is heartening to see a long-term success story continuing to flourish in the shadow of Canary Wharf.
Hall Marketing, based in Poplar, has been delivering cutting-edge training simulations to multi-national companies for over 30 years.
HSBC is toying with the idea of selling its Canary Wharf HQ - just four months after re-taking control of the building.
The company made a £250million profit on Metrovacesa's ill-fated £1.09billion deal for 8 Canada Square, but revealed this week that it could consider re-selling the 45-storey tower.
HSBC is to inform 1,200 UK staff they face the threat of redundancy in the next 12 months.
Many of the cuts will hit back office staff in locations such as Leamington Spa and Newport, but the bank confirmed under 100 would be based at its Canada Square headquarters in Canary Wharf.
Several lights on Canary Wharf's glittering skyline will blink out for an hour on Saturday (March 28).
Wharf tenants are among the organisations getting involved with the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour, which will see 2,398 cities in 83 countries switch off their lights at 8.30pm local time.
HSBC's Canary Wharf logo will be switched off for an hour next weekend as part of a climate-change initiative.
The Canada Square bank has agreed to black out its distinctive beacon to promote the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour event.
Following the death of a much-loved colleague to diabetes, members of HSBC’s graduate team were determined to help others with the illness.
After a year of fundraising at the bank, the team made more than £11,500 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
HSBC will be staying in Canary Wharf, at least for the next three years.
The banking giant decided to retain its London headquarters following a review published just before Christmas.
A leading banker at HSBC was found dead in a west London hotel room after a suspected suicide, it has been revealed.
Christen Schnor, who worked in the bank's offices at Canary Wharf, was head of insurance with responsibilities in UK, Turkey, the Middle East and Malta.
HSBC has re-taken control of its Canada Square HQ from stricken property company Metrovacesa, making a £250million profit in the process.
The Spanish firm bought 8 Canada Square for a record £1.09billion in April last year, but has been forced to return the building as it struggles with debts of more than £7billion.
Canary Wharf's HSBC staff suffered a major blow after the bank announced it was cutting its workforce by 500.
The decision, which was revealed on Monday afternoon, has been met with anger by union officers, particularly because of its timing.
HSBC is giving Tower Hamlets youngsters something other than money to bank on after signing up for a mentoring scheme.
Volunteers from the Canary Wharf-based bank have stepped in to offer careers advice and guidance to 60 students from Stepney Green school.
A banker who works at the Canary Wharf HQ of HSBC has appeared in court charged with strangling his wife at their London home.
Neil Ellerbeck was arrested on Friday after an ambulance crew found the body of his wife Katherine.
The days of waiting in line to do your banking could be coming to an end as HSBC launched its state-of-art branch in Canada Place.
Totally counterless, general banking at the store is machine-based, freeing up staff to deal with other enquiries.
HSBC has announced pre-tax profits in the third quarter of this year, despite writing off several billion dollars in US home loans.
The banking giant revealed it would be taking a hit on $4.3billion (£2.7billion) in loans connected to the US sub-prime housing market, which helped spark the current credit crisis when it collapsed last year.
BANKING giant HSBC is in talks to buy back its Canary Wharf headquarters according to a report in the Financial Times.
Spain's property firm Metrovacesa, which bought the tower for £1.1billion last summer, has until November to refinance an £810million loan from HSBC, which it used to purchase the building.
It is believed a sale is now the most likely outcome.
WHARF banks Barclays and HSBC have snubbed the Government’s bail-out plan.
BARCLAYS and HSBC are among the UK banks who have signed up to a rescue package drawn up by the Government.
