London — Facebook will open a new London headquarters next year and create another 500 jobs, the leading social network said Monday, despite uncertainty over Brexit. The group said the move would take its UK workforce to 1,500 staff, adding that the UK "remains one of the best places to be a tech company", amid ongoing jitters over the nation’s looming exit from the EU. The news comes one week after US tech giant Google confirmed it would expand its vast London campus in a move that could bring 3,000 more jobs. The Facebook announcement will be confirmed later at the annual meeting of top business lobby group the Confederation of British Industry, which is the country’s top employers’ organisation. "The UK remains one of the best places to be a tech company and is an important part of Facebook’s story," said Nicola Mendelsohn, the company’s vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "We came to London in 2007 with just a handful of people, by the end of next year we will...
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