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Barclays

Barclays have more than 127,000 dedicated staff on hand to provide the best value service for their customers and clients. They offer Personal, Premier, Business and Commercial banking options, as well as a range of insurance plans to compliment these, such as their award-winning Payment Protection Insurance and business insurance. Barclays also provide home and contents insurance, vehicle cover and travel insurance policies, available quick and simple online applications.

Web Site: http://www.barclays.co.uk/

Current Accounts Are you looking for a no frills, simple bank account or an account that inlcudes travel insurance, discounts and deals? Whatever you’re looking for Barclays have a range of accounts that offer a variety of benefits. Accounts with no monthly fee Interest free overdraft up to £300 Up to £800 worth of annual benefits
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Barclays Online Tools

• » Barclays Branch Finder
  Find a Barclays branch, a cash machine or a Barclays Financial Planning Manager anywhere in the UK. Search by town/city, postcode or London street.
• » Barclays Guides & Forms
  Download and print useful forms, claim forms, free guides and more.

Barclays Awards

• » Best Offset Mortgage - November 2007
  Woolwich Mortgages scoops the Best Offset Mortgage accolade in the UK's Your Mortgage Awards 2007.
• » Best Business Bank of the Year - November 2007
  Barclays Commercial Bank is voted Business Bank of the Year at the UK's Accountancy Age Awards in recognition of its dedication to clients.
• » Structured Products Magazine Awards - November 2007
  Barclays Capital won more awards than any other bank in Structured Products magazine's Awards for Excellence in Europe. See a full list of the awards winners on the Structured Products website.
• » World Finance magazine’s first global awards - November 2007
  Absa Islamic Bank is recognised as the best Islamic bank offering within a conventional bank in World Finance magazine’s first global awards. A division of Absa, majority owned by Barclays, Absa Islamic Bank was judged on business performance, internation
• » Portuguese Association of Call Centres - November 2007
  Barclays Portugal is honoured for outstanding customer focus by the Portuguese Association of Call Centres. The customer relationship centre, Barclays 24, won the Best Customer Relationship Award.
• » Gold Standard for Technology - November 2007
  Woolwich Mortgages awarded the Gold Standard for Technology by Mortgage Strategy magazine.
• » Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year - October 2007
  Barclays Capital is named Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year in AsiaRisk magazine's annual awards. The award recognises the progress that Barclays Capital has made in building its Fixed Income business in Asia Pacific.
• » Corporate Bank of the Year - October 2007
  Barclays UK Business Banking team is named Corporate Bank of the Year in the South West region. The award recognises the combined strength of Barclays corporate and leveraged finance proposition.
• » Best Real Estate Debt House and Best Commercial Bank - October 2007
  Barclays Capital is named Best Real Estate Debt House and Best Commercial Bank in the UK by Euromoney magazine. These awards recognise Barclays Capital’s market-leading position in the core UK real estate finance market.
• » European Call Centre Awards 2007 - September 2007
  Barclays UK Business Banking team at Gadbrook Park, Cheshire, is named overall winner at the European Call Centre Awards 2007. The awards, organised by Call Centre Focus magazine, recognise outstanding customer focus.
• » Top places Where Women Want To Work - September 2007
  Barclays is recognised by The Times newspaper as one of the top places in the UK where women want to work.
• » Carbon Disclosure Project - September 2007
  Barclays is honoured as best in class in its approach to climate change disclosure in a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project.
• » Britain's Business Communicator of the Year - September 2007
  Deanna Oppenheimer, Chief Executive UK Retail Banking at Barclays, is named Britain's Business Communicator of the Year by the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB).
• » Best Banking Brand In South Africa - August 2007
  Absa, majority owned by Barclays, has been named the best banking brand in South Africa in the Sunday Times/Markinor Top Brands Survey.
• » Best Online Mortgage Provider - August 2007
  Woolwich is named Best Online Mortgage Provider at the Your Money Direct Awards in the UK.
• » Top Of Institutional Investor Magazine's II 300 List - July 2007
  Barclays Global Investors is ranked top of Institutional Investor magazine's II 300 list for the third consecutive year. The annual list ranks America's 300 biggest money managers.
• » Best Debt House - July 2007
  Barclays Capital was named 'Best Debt House', 'Best Commodities House', and 'Best at Risk Management: Western Europe' at the annual Euromoney magazine's Awards for Excellence.
• » Modern Great: Energy/Commodity Derivatives - July 2007
  Barclays Capital named Modern Great: Energy/Commodity Derivatives by Risk magazine.
• » Scorpio Partnership Award - July 2007
  Barclays wins the Scorpio Partnership Award at the Spear's Wealth Management High Net Worth Awards for its Voice of Client initiatives.
• » Environmental Leadership And Spaces for Sports - July 2007
  Barclays awarded for its Environmental Leadership and Spaces for Sports programme at Business in the Community Awards for Excellence. Barclays was also highly commended for its Ghana microfinance programme and work on employee health in Africa.
• » Best Communication of Shareholder Value - July 2007
  Barclays wins Best Communication of Shareholder Value and sector winner of Banks/Speciality & Other Finance at the IR Magazine Awards for 2006. James Johnson of Barclays is also awarded Best Investor Relations Officer at a FTSE 100 company.
• » Wealth Manager Of The Year 2007 - July 2007
  Barclays Wealth is named Wealth Manager of the Year 2007 at the Global Investor Magazine Awards.
• » Outstanding Achievement By The Lawyer Magazine - June 2007
  Mark Harding, Group General Counsel awarded Editor's Award for Outstanding Achievement by The Lawyer Magazine.
• » Clearing Firm Of The Year - June 2007
  Barclays Capital awarded Clearing Firm of the Year by Euromoney FOW.
• » Debt Provider of the Year - April 2007
  Barclays Capital named Debt Provider of the Year, BVCA Private Equity Awards.
• » Best Trader - April 2007
  Barclays Capital awarded "Best Trader" by Point Carbon.
• » Combatting Online Fraud - April 2007
  Barclays has won a prestigious award for its work to combat online fraud.
• » Annual Digital FX Awards - March 2007
  Barclays Capital won three awards at Profit & Loss magazine's Annual Digital FX awards.
• » Woman Banker Of The Year 2007 - March 2007
  Barclays Wealth Managing Director, Head of Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Soha Nashaat wins Middle East 'Woman Banker of the Year 2007'.
• » Debt Arranger of the Year - January 2007
  Barclays Capital named Debt Arranger of the Year by Acquisitions Monthly.
• » MBS Arranger Of The Year - January 2007
  Barclays Capital named MBS Arranger of the Year - Europe by ISR magazine.
• » Inflation Derivatives House of the Year - January 2007
  For the second year running, Barclays Capital has been named Inflation Derivatives House of the Year by Risk magazine.