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This is a list of operations and activities of HSBC Holdings plc, which collectively are often known as the HSBC Group, which has operations in 83 countries and territories as at 20 March 2008.

Country Operating company Established Company acquired Year of acquisition Locations Customers Staff Website
United Kingdom HSBC Bank plc 1836, Birmingham Midland Bank plc 1992 1,500 12,000,000 55,000 hsbc.co.uk
France HSBC France SA 1894, Paris Credit Commercial de France SA 2000 hsbc.fr
China HSBC Bank (China) Company Ltd 2007, Shanghai hsbc.cn

In The Times Good University Guide the university is ranked 12th overall in the UK, having been ranked 6th the previous year.[1] The University has also been recently ranked as the 9th best in United Kingdom by The Guardian University Guide 2008, becoming the East Midlands top rated University, having been awarded 6 Queen's Anniversary Prizes, a record only equalled by the University of Oxford.[2] The Good University guide also ranked it 11th earlier this year

It is the country's premier university for sports development, research and education.[citation needed] The University has the largest sports scholarship programme in the UK. Currently over 250 international athletes are studying and training there.

  1. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2714-2208873,00.html The Times Good University Guide 2007, overall table
  2. ^ http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/qap.html Loughborough University, Queen's Anniversary Prizes