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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Patrick Hill

Barclays senior staff party at Wimbledon with champagne as mortgage rates soar

Barclays has splashed out a fortune for bankers to live it up at Wimbledon for free as hard-up customers struggle to pay mortgages.

Senior staff have complimentary seats at the tournament in one of the venue’s executive suites costing up to £4,995 per person per day – and as much £95-a-bottle champagne as they can down along with luxury grub including caviar and lobster.

The jolly comes after the bank, which has more than 20 million UK customers, landed a Wimbledon multi-million pound partnership deal with the All England Club.

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