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HSBC to cut up to 25,000 jobs worldwide, including 8,000 in the UK HSBC to cut up to 25,000 jobs worldwide, including 8,000 in the UK
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Banking giant HSBC is to cut between 22,000 and 25,000 jobs globally including a reported 8,000 in the UK as part of an overhaul to slash costs and reshape the business. HSBC has said it will cut 8,000 jobs in the UK as part of 25,000 job losses worldwide as it looks to reduce costs.
The bank said it was planning a reduction of around 10% of its full-time workforce. The cuts will come from both the investment and retail sides of the banking operation and amount to about 10 per cent of the bank’s 266,000 employees.
It is thought 8,000 jobs could be impacted in the UK, where HSBC has around 48,000 employees. HSBC has said it needs to slash up to $5 billion (£3.25 billion) of outgoings in the next two years. It will sell operations in Turkey and Brazil as part of the cuts.
The group also announced aims to sell its businesses in Turkey and Brazil, which will see its workforce reduce by around another 25,000. HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, said the bank will turn its focus to Asia The bank will turn its focus to Asia, according to Stuart Gulliver, CEO. "Asia [is] expected to show high growth and become the centre of global trade over the next decade. Our actions will allow us to capture expected future growth opportunities," Gulliver said in a note to Asian investors. HSBC's shares in Hong Kong rose 0.8 per cent on the announcement.
It comes as the bank seeks to deliver annual cost savings of around 4.5 billion US dollars (£2.9 billion) to 5 billion US dollars (£3.3 billion) by the end of 2017. His admission may fuel speculation that HSBC could move is headquarters to Hong Kong. HSBC said in April that it would review its London headquarters. In a report on Tuesday, HSBC said it would reduce the cost of employment partly through the use of 'low cost/high quality locations'.
HSBC also confirmed it would finish its review of where to base its headquarters by the end of the year, after announcing recently that it was considering a move away from the UK due to regulatory and structural reforms. Unite, which represents thousands of finance workers across the country, said that the cuts show the workforce of banks is being punished for the misconduct of more senior staff. Dominic Hook, the Unite national office for finance, said that the job losses are a 'stab in the back'.
PA "After all the scandals of recent years, front line staff have suffered time and time again as they are forced to pay for the mistakes of others with their jobs, their terms and conditions and their reputation," Hook said.
He added that Unite was seeking to meet with Antonio Simoes, chief executive of HSBC UK, to demand that job losses managed through voluntary means.