Bunhill: Protection at Abbey Life

PERHAPS the finance giant Abbey Life knows something the rest of us don't. Following the spate of seaside bombings they announced last week that they had decided to install a shatter-proof coating on the windows of their HQ building in Bournemouth as protection against terrorist attacks.

As financial institutions have increasingly become IRA targets, this seemed a sensible idea - at least until the events of last week. So has the work now stopped? Not a bit of it. 'Yes, yes, yes it's an ongoing process, and we will finish the building sometime in October,' enthuses a spokesman.