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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 17 2016, @10:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the making-a-search-for-the-HQ-easier dept.

Google is going ahead with delayed plans to expand its London offices, saying it will build a 10-story building on the site in a move that the U.K. government called a vote of confidence in the country's post-Brexit future.

The company, the largest unit of Alphabet Inc., said it would be able to house as many as 7,000 workers at the London campus after the expansion -- 3,000 more than a spokesman said it currently employs in the U.K. Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai described the plan as a sign of the company's commitment to the country.

"Here in the U.K., it's clear to me that computer science has a great future with the talent, educational institutions, and passion for innovation we see all around us," he said in a statement.

Speaking at an event that included London's mayor Sadiq Khan and prominent entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, Pichai was optimistic about the U.K.'s future in technology despite the June vote to leave the European Union, and he said Google was committed to remaining in the country for years.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/google-affirms-plan-to-expand-london-campus-with-new-building
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/google-to-create-new-london-headquarters-and-3000-jobs-at-kings-cross-a3396496.htmlr


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  • (Score: 2) by theluggage on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:32PM

    by theluggage (1797) on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:32PM (#428488)

    But they'll make up for it in imaginary tax. Its the finance department that need the advanced mathematicians to work on their new theory of quantum revenue dynamics (you can know where the profit was made or how much it was, but not both at the same time).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:42PM (#428497)

    Sooo, regular corporate accounting? I know, its not as sexy of a name...