London finance exodus to...

[scooterscot]

Barclays plans 2,500 new jobs in Glasgow


Perhaps they realise that Scotland will become an independent country and join the EU.

[original PM]

That'll work well until they want to find an employee who can come to work

a) Sober
b) After the hours of 6pm
c) not impregnated by a relative
d) not under the influence of hard drugs

but yeah sounds like a great plan.

....

[Lance]

Barclays plans 2,500 new jobs in Glasgow


Perhaps they realise that Scotland will become an independent country and join the EU.

more likely it makes a cheap call centre. Assuming they can find anyone who's more understandable than Rab C. Nesbitt.

[scooterscot]

That'll work well until they want to find an employee who can come to work

a) Sober
b) After the hours of 6pm
c) not impregnated by a relative
d) not under the influence of hard drugs

but yeah sounds like a great plan.

....

In fareness that list could easily be London. Or Newcastle. Manchester... oh wait.

[tazdevil]

Perhaps they're getting into bed with Yorkshire/Clydesdale/... in which case that's another service downgrade

[GreenMirror]

Surprised at this. I thought offshoring to third world countries was done. I thought middle shoring was the way forward.

[scooterscot]

Surprised at this.

You shouldn't be, The sexiest UK accent has been revealed


Expect more London jobs to flee north of the border. That would be a laugh.

[Zigenare]

You shouldn't be, The sexiest UK accent has been revealed


Expect more London jobs to flee north of the border. That would be a laugh.

<ahem>Income Tax</ahem>

Personally, I like certain parts of Scotland, it's just the natives that need doing away with.

[jds 1981]

Banks already have large technology centres in Glasgow. Decentralisation has been going on for years, both within the UK and Europe.
London as a hub may eventually lose a dominance, but this to me appears to be a natural progression..

[LondonManc]

Banks already have large technology centres in Glasgow. Decentralisation has been going on for years, both within the UK and Europe.
London as a hub may eventually lose a dominance, but this to me appears to be a natural progression..

It's no different to the US model of having the front office in New York and the back office systems and staff at a cheaper location on their east coast, like North Carolina. Keeping back and front office locations in the same time zone and country provides far better value than offshoring to somewhere 5 or more hours away.