Originally Posted by djfingerscrossed
On an unrelated note has anyone heard anything more about the HSBC situation? Be a shame to see it go as no doubt it will make potential applicants think twice.
Still a bit of a murky puddle at the moment. I spoke to somebody at the bank today who conducts the initial interview for the loan, and they said it was stopping permanently at the end of September...apparently not purely due to the credit crunch but she wouldn't mention any more. Take this info with caution, because decisions are made above their heads so they could possibly have it wrong...
Someone applying now might shed some more light on to it, because the likelyhood of applying today, having stage 2/3 and stage 4 and getting an interview at HSBC before end of Sept is slim. Surely they must brief people at the intro meeting at stage 2 as to what is happening with finance.
At what stage do you get more info on modular / integrated route? The 'what happens next' pack (as far as I can see) only has a modular and integrated colour coded timetable and nothing else on the topic.