Sitting pretty: Enjoying the newly redecorated room at Barclays Premier Banking in Tadcaster Road, York, are feng shui advisers Caroline Hetherton, left, and Tricia Hawkins with centre manager Mike Cross. Picture: David Harrison

Barclays Premier Banking (BPB) in Tadcaster Road, York has undergone a feng shui transformation to arrange its work space for peak performance and maximum profit.

The bank, formerly known as Barclays Private Banking, serves those earning £40,000 plus and has about 2,500 customers in North Yorkshire. Now it has adopted the ancient Chinese art of placement after getting permission to knock three rooms together in the listed building.

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