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Motherwell-based customer service outsourcing company Ascenso has future-proofed its business with a ‘green’ tech investment thanks to £500,000 funding from HSBC UK. The firm has used the funding to lease 700 laptops and upgrade tech equipment for its staff as they continue to supp

HSBC is trialling Zoom-free Friday afternoons for some of its staff in an attempt to tackle working from home fatigue and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Industry insiders have said that HSBC’s UK bank is piloting the move as part of a task force looking at the future of work for employe

A Starbucks franchise business has opened a new drive-thru and café in Glasgow, adding to its growing portfolio of locations throughout Scotland, thanks to funding from HSBC UK. Glasgow-based OCO Westend, one of Starbucks’ longest licensed partners in the UK, opened its new store in Pol

Scottish family-run fresh produce, farming and haulage business Stewarts of Tayside has invested in new machinery to significantly boost the scale and quality of its production, following six-figure backing from HSBC UK.

Bladnoch Distillery, one of Scotland’s oldest single malt whisky distilleries, is targeting international growth after securing a £10 million loan from HSBC UK. The distillery, based in Wigtown, Galloway, will use the asset-based lending facility to support its overall growth strategy, w

HSBC UK and JP Morgan have announced that thousands of their employees will work from home permanently in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s chief executive, revealed in a letter to shareholders that 10% of the US investment bank’s 255,000 employees

Commercial decorating contractor Bell Group has completed a management buy-out with the support of a seven-figure loan from HSBC UK.

Dandara Living has secured a £60 million Green Revolving Credit Facility from HSBC UK allowing the firm to build 342 Built to Rent (BtR) apartments in Glasgow's West End.

An independent family retail business in Moray has been supported by a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from HSBC UK to help see it through the pandemic. J.P.Pozzi - the family’s award-winning Buckie newsagent, gift shop and coffee shop - and its sister company Bijou by

Anime Limited, a Glasgow-based anime distribution company, has received a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from HSBC UK to support the business throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and take advantage of the recent growth in customer demand for anime internationally. The company,

HSBC UK has today launched a £650 million fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland, part of a broader £15 billion lending fund to support SMEs across the UK. The move is part of the bank's commitment to help British businesses innovate and grow as the country looks

Team Magnus, a Scottish junior sports and adventure goods firm with operations globally, has secured a £175,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) from HSBC UK to meet the exceptional demand for its products, and to safeguard several jobs. The firm, which is based in Auchterarder a

H&I Adventures, an Inverness mountain and e-mountain bike (e-MTB) guided tour company, has secured a £100,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from HSBC UK to allow the business to continue trading through COVID-19 and safeguard several jobs.

HSBC is set to cut its office space by nearly half over the next few years in anticipation of the long-term workplace changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank, which is Europe's biggest, will abandon 40% of its offices in London and other cities around the world but keep its headquarters in

Ewen Stevenson, the chief financial officer of HSBC will donate the first year of his pay increase to charity, according to the bank's annual results.  Mr Stevenson is set to receive a £147,000 pay rise, increasing his base salary to almost £1.1 million. HSBC's annual results state