Google spends £1b on London HQ
Google has spent a whopping $1 billion on a new London HQ. After renting out office space at the striking Central Saint Giles complex near to Tottenham Court Road - which also houses NBCUniversal - the technology company has bought the entire development, which was designed by the same designer of The Shard in the British capital and Paris' Pompidou centre, Renzo Piano. Ruth Porat, the chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google, said: "We have been privileged to operate in the UK for nearly 20 years, and our purchase of the Central Saint Giles development reflects our c...