A technology-based firm needs a bank manager who understands the issues you face and can call on scientific expertise to help assess your proposal. HSBC Bank sponsors Chairs of Innovation at both Brunel University and the University of York. 

• Professor Clive Butler was appointed as the HSBC Chair at Brunel University in December 1998

• Professor Tony Robards was appointed to the HSBC Chair at The University of York in November 2001

These Chairs provide HSBC with a two-fold service: 

1. A training programme for our managers in the issues you face as a technology-firm

2. An initial appraisal of the technical and commercial feasibility of proposals submitted by businesses such as yours.

These initiatives give us renewed strength to help innovators and technology-based firms. For more details contact either your local HSBC branch, or your nearest Technology Banking Manager