Its time to wake up. The finance industry cares about 1 thing and 1 thing only, their bottom line. The deputies appear to be under the misconception that these companies care about the island, they dont give 2 hoots what happens to Guernsey and frankly as more of them move away from the island as the world becomes more virtual and more and more back office will be shephered elsewhere, the mess left in their wake will be nothing short of cataclysmic. Its coming, so just hold on to your hats. The deputies will stand there bemoaning broken promises etc, but the reality is we need to protect whats left, if we are clever, and ruthless and stop cow towing to them, then we can mitigate the potential damage, but we all know its not going to happen, we'll stand idly by and watch them do it and in 5 years we'll have a deputy coming out in the press saying that they didnt see it coming! As for HSBC, well the one thing I am most suprised about is that its taken them this long to finally kill off what remains of Bank of Bermuda, I thought they would manage it in 5 years. A company that has a history of always hunting for the the cheapest labour, pioneers of the Indian call centre, and with a big history of going where its cheap regardless of the consequence. They will take advantage of the Limerick wage subsidy for as long as it exists and in 10 years time they will be onto the next jurisdiction There is an insect that HSBC remind me of.... Locusts
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