• We recognise that a trusted relationship needs local connections. That’s why we have a comprehensive network of corporate offices and branches across the South West of England and South Wales.

        Our award-winning corporate banking teams are based in the key economic centres of Cardiff, Bristol, Gloucester, Plymouth, Exeter and Taunton; people with the specialists who can help your business succeed.

        Our relationship directors are available to offer support and guidance. Working alongside our local product teams, they provide corporate banking and finance solutions tailored to your specific needs – from risk management and structured finance to cash management and international trade.

      • Area Directors

       

      • Video

        Good Energy Sector Video Poster

        Helping Good Energy with Financial & Intellectual Capital

       
     
      • We are committed to helping your business succeed. Building a strong relationship with you, so that you can achieve your objectives, is very important to us. We do this by working with you over the long term and understanding your business. Here are just some examples of how we have helped our clients in the South West of England and South Wales.
       

      • Case Study

        Int. Plywood Ltd

        Lloyds Bank offered a great all-round package from a locally based team

        Int. Plywood were keen to make their financing more straightforward and bespoke

      • Case Study

        Flybe

        Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline and the UK’s number one domestic carrier, is set to open its new multi-million pound state-of-the-art

        Flybe continues to go from strength to strength

      • Case Study

        Cadbury House Hotel

        An ambitious new project will expand the glorious Cadbury House Hotel by more than 60%.

        A new era in Cadbury House Hotel’s banking relationship
       
     
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    • Liquidity Articles

    • emerging-insight-hero-panel

    • Emerging Markets Articles

      • Winning in Emerging Markets

        Winning in Emerging Markets

        - 07/11/2011

        Spotting and Responding to Institutional Voids, by Tarun Khanna and Krisha Palepu from Harvard Business School

      • Avoiding the Unexpected

        Avoiding the Unexpected

        - 07/11/2011

        Multi-nationals should be wary of assuming that their normal approach to tax structuring will be appropriate when investing in emerging markets

      • New Horizons

        New Horizons

        - 07/11/2011

        European companies look to emerging markets for growth

      • Building the Supply Chain of the Future

        Building the Supply Chain of the Future

        - 07/11/2011

        Many global supply chains are not equipped to cope with the world we are entering.

      • The Sky's the limit

        The Sky's the limit

        - 07/11/2011

        To Kishore Lulla, Executive Chairman of Eros International, India is more than an emerging market.

      • Pre-emptive action

        Pre-emptive action

        - 07/11/2011

        Paying Chinese suppliers in US dollars might look attractive to Western companies

    • FD Gameplan Landing Page Hero Panel

    • FD Gameplan Risk Management Articles

      • Risk Management - An Integrated Approach

        Risk Management - An Integrated Approach

        Kevin Lester and Alexander Haigh - 15/06/2011

        Nothing focuses attention on an organisation's financial risk management capabilities like a bout of sustained market volatility.

      • Banking Insight - Clare Francis

        Banking Insight - Clare Francis

        Clare Francis - 14/06/2011

        Clare Francis, Managing Director, Head of Financial Markets Sales & Derivatives Structuring, Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets, on financial risk management moving up the corporate agenda.

      • Changing roles: Risk Management and the Treasurer

        Changing roles: Risk Management and the Treasurer

        Andrew Woods - 13/06/2011

        The role of the treasurer has been constantly evolving. The original responsibilities of the treasurer were more operational, focused on transaction execution and nostro management.

      • Protecting innocent from risk

        Protecting innocent from risk

        Sandy Scott and James Davenport - 13/06/2011

        With its raw materials sourced overseas and an expansion into Europe, innocent’s Finance Director James Davenport is navigating risks in increasingly volatile markets.

      • Through rain, wind and snow

        Through rain, wind and snow

        Helen Sanders - 13/06/2011

        The days of cheap, readily accessible cash are over.

      • A new risk equation?

        A new risk equation?

        Economist Intelligence Unit - 13/06/2011

        Safeguarding the business model – how risk management practices at UK firms have been impacted by the recession.

     

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      Welcome QuoteWelcome to Long View

      If you were asked to pick a defining characteristic of today’s business environment, you might point to its turbulence – unpredictable, unprecedented and, it seems, unlikely to go away. The aim of Long View is to help you establish a vision for your business through that turbulence.

       

      Read a selection of articles from our special report on the growth agenda, in the winter edition of Longview. 

    • Long View articles

      • Made in Britain - Evan Davies

        Made in Britain - Evan Davies

        - 09/12/2011

        MADE IN BRITAIN is for anyone interested in Britain’s economy, and how our nation earns its living.

      • Committed to Growth

        Committed to Growth

        - 09/12/2011

        Every year, Profit Track measures the pivotal role leading businesses play as creators of wealth, jobs, innovation and expertise

      • Motivating business growth

        Motivating business growth

        - 09/12/2011

        Leaders shouldn't restrict their peoples' thoughts of the future, but validate them

      • How to be 'The Hottest' - International Plywood

        How to be 'The Hottest' - International Plywood

        - 09/12/2011

        It’s no mean feat being Britain’s fastest growing company during a recession.

      • Where will growth come from?

        Where will growth come from?

        - 09/12/2011

        Given stream of negative domestic economic news, it is reasonable to ask where UK growth is going to come from in the coming years.

      • The analyst - Hamish Stevenson

        The analyst - Hamish Stevenson

        - 09/12/2011

        When people ask Hamish Stevenson what he does for a job, he tells them: “I run the Olympic Games for private companies.”

     
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