We’ve kept pace with the ever -changing marketplace for over 300 years, providing customers with the knowledge and products they need to help them secure growth, manage risk and enhance efficiency. This commitment to make the UK economy stronger and to support British business continues today. That's why we're investing heavily to become the leading through-the-cycle bank for corporate businesses.

We understand that businesses need a bank who can deliver on all fronts, adapting to meet the unique demands of every customer. We have the right people with the right skills to support business ambitions with a local network of relationship teams,product experts and sector specialists. 

Our RELATIONSHIP approach 

Each Relationship Manager works with a dedicated team of experts, providing customers with fast access to in-house specialists and resources across: banking, corporate finance, international trade, risk management and capital markets. 

This level of in-depth support means we can provide a banking service offering sophisticated products and service capabilities to support your business ambitions.

Essential Insight 

Our Financial Strategies team help our customers manage risk to optimise their balance sheets. They provide strategic guidance and analysis on a range of issues including international accounting standards, credit ratings, liability management, derivative structuring and regulatory change. 

These product experts, economists and structuring experts share in-depth analysis and reports on topical economic, financial and industry issues through a variety of publications and market updates. 

We also provide daily economic and market updates so our customers have the deep financial insight to respond quickly to changing market conditions.

Supporting sustainable growth

Although our 26,000 corporate customers’ needs are diverse, they all rely on our financial and intellectual capital, which is fully geared to:

• Secure domestic and/or international growth through financing organic and acquisitive expansion
• Manage risk by optimising liquidity, FX risks, interest rates and commodity exposures
• Enhance efficiency, streamlining transactions to respond quickly to changing market conditions.

Our £1bn ‘green’ portfolio 

The move to a low carbon economy offers our customers commercial opportunities, and we support their ambitions with one of the largest UK expert banking teams in this sector. We can supply specialist renewables financing and have a £1bn portfolio.

Find out more on how we are helping businesses with their sustainability challenges.

To find out more about how our long lasting relationships can support business ambitions, please contact us.