FCA expands Leeds office with plans to add 100 staff

Comes as the regulator builds on its footprint in the city

Isabel Baxter
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to further expand its Leeds office and base a further 100 members of its workforce in the city.

The regulator said it will increase the floor space of its 6 Queen Street office by nearly 5,000 square feet – an additional 35%. The refurbishment project will begin late summer, and the new space will open in the autumn. FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi said: "We have really benefitted from having a base in Leeds – both in the breadth of talent that has joined the FCA and the different perspective our Leeds colleagues bring to the full breadth of our work. "This further expansion is testament to the success of our Leeds office and the warm welcome we have received." Mayor of West Yorkshir...

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