THE KING
CHEQUES IN TO NEW BANK H.Q.
If the King was banking on a warm welcome visiting a new financial institution in London’s Docklands, he was bang on the money.
Almost 30 years after inaugurating its previous HQ in Bishopsgate as the Prince of Wales, His Majesty was greeted with a round of applause as he officially opened the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s 26-storey base in Canary Wharf. In return, he applauded its work – founded in 1991 to help the markets in Europe’s former communist countries, the bank has shifted its focus onto the green economy and has created the London offices to be as sustainable as possible.