Barclays Corporate – Company Profile

Barclays Corporate is the global corporate banking arm of the Barclays Group. We provide integrated banking services to businesses, charities and public bodies that turn over more than £5m a year – influencing the deals, developments and decisions that help shape the world around us.

What is corporate banking?

When it comes to banking, businesses have the same basic needs: somewhere to deposit and access their money; the means to make and receive payments; opportunities to save and invest surplus cash; foreign exchange; funding for large purchases and investments; protection against unforeseen events. The larger and more sophisticated the organisation, the more complex their requirements, requiring a more specialised portfolio of products and services. This is corporate banking.

As a corporate bank, our aim is to act as a trusted financial partner for our clients, delivering integrated solutions that help them achieve their goals to help maximise our client’s success.

For instance, when Domino’s Pizza wanted to build a state-of-the-art dough production facility, we were able to provide the funding, helping them secure a 19.3% increase in sales within a year. Or when The Economist Group decided to bid for the influential Washington publisher, Congressional Quarterly, we provided a series of flexible financing options, helping to ensure the success of the deal. And when Celtic Manor came to us with plans to transform their 17-bedroom hotel into 400-room resort, we helped make it happen, setting them on their way to becoming one of the world’s leading golf venues.

Our industry expertise

We currently work with around 35,000 clients worldwide – including some of the world’s most successful businesses. At the heart of these relationships lies the capability to deliver specialist expertise in virtually every industry sector, from Agriculture, Oil and Gas to Healthcare, Professional Services, and Transport and Logistics.

Global coverage

As a leading global corporate bank, we offer support for businesses operating multi-nationally or looking to trade overseas from a UK base. Our global network stretches to more than 27 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the USA.

We also operate in locations throughout the UK, providing an expert local presence for businesses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Our values

Our clients’ success is our success, built on:

• Client Focus
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Meritocracy
• Execution

Corporate social responsibility

At Barclays we recognise the important role that we have to play in adding value to the economy and to society as a whole.

We believe that we can make the biggest difference to society when we focus on the areas where we can share our core expertise to make sure our actions really count. We invest in projects that build financial capability and inclusion because that is where we believe we can make the biggest social impact for the communities we serve. Making good financial decisions is an essential life skill and supporting people to build their financial knowledge and confidence can empower them to reach their goals.

Through our flagship UK community programme, Barclays Money Skills, we’re investing £15m over three years to help one million people build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to manage their money more effectively. We’re also contributing our time, energy and resources to make sure Barclays Money Skills makes a long term positive difference for society.

Barclays employees are pledging to help and we support them with volunteer toolkits, time off and grants to help them work with vulnerable groups in their own local communities. Over the past five years Barclays employees have given over one million volunteering hours. We know that they have a huge amount to give, so by helping them share their expertise we can reach many more people in the local communities we serve.

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