Barclays

Barclays has posted its half-year results, showing a 22% increase in pretax profit to £4.6 billion, for the six months ending 30 June 2023.

Moray West, a significant offshore wind farm development, has secured a £95.5 million loan from Barclays to support the next phase of the project’s construction as part of a wider syndicated £2 billion loan injection which closed in April 2023. Moray West is situated 22km off

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays have announced the closure of 63 branches across the UK, 18 of which are located in Scotland.

More than half (55%) of Scottish small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) expect revenues to increase this quarter, when compared to Q1 2023, according to the latest Barclays Business Barometer.

Barclays Eagle Labs has launched its two-year programme of support for tech businesses, funded by the government’s Digital Growth Grant, to tackle some of the key issues businesses face and drive regional growth in the UK tech sector.

Unite the Union has revealed that the UK's four big banks, how banks have already made billions in extra profit from interest rate rises.

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are increasingly feeling positive about their future, following a difficult second half of 2022, according to Barclays' SME Barometer data. Over two fifths (41%) report feeling optimistic about their own business prospects, the highest level in 9 months, sinc

The total value of all contactless payments jumped 49.7% in 2022, as consumers embraced the £100 transaction limit and returned to high street shopping following the easing of all coronavirus restrictions, new data from Barclays has revealed.

Glasgow-headquartered Wholesale Domestic has consolidated its business resources after securing a £4.2 million loan from Barclays and is set for investment and growth in 2023 alongside the firm's 60th anniversary. The third-generation family business is a bathroom retailer and in addition

WB Alloy, a Glasgow-headquartered welding and cutting specialist, has expanded its operations through acquiring a 50% interest in TVC, an English data and welding inspection business, after receiving financing worth £4.8 million from Barclays.

Barclays Eagle Labs and AccelerateHER have announced a new partnership aimed at bringing more women into entrepreneurship and levelling the playing field for female-founded businesses. The two organisations will work closely together to deliver the Barclays Eagle Labs Female Founder Accelerator Prog

A new report has revealed that goods with a total value of almost £3.5 billion are awaiting completion in Scottish manufacturers’ warehouses due to supply chain delays.

Over half a million UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are spreading Christmas cheer among their workforces this year by giving the gift of time, according to the latest quarterly Barclays SME Barometer. 10% of the UK’s 5.6 million SME businesses said they’ll be gifting each em

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has fined Barclays £8.4 million for failing to comply with the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) because it did not provide retailers with full information about the costs of card services it supplied. The PSR has taken action as it found that the bank did no

72% of people living in Scotland are likely to do all or most of their Christmas shopping on Black Friday with 56% saying they will spend between £100 and £400 on the day, according to new data from Barclays. The figures also reveal that 36% of people living in Scotland will be relying o