Corporate Banking for Agriculture Sector

Agriculture

With a 250-year heritage working alongside the agricultural industry, you can rely on Barclays to understand your needs.

Barclays are committed to helping your business achieve better results. We have a strong, experienced team who have an in-depth knowledge of agriculture finance and of your industry itself.

    500+ Years cumulative experience across our team.¹

As one of our Agriculture clients, you can also take advantage of:

  • our support, however remote your location. Our dedicated Relationship Directors cover the whole of the UK
  • industry knowledge that allows us to constantly anticipate and react to sector developments. For example, Barclays saw the need for and launched a dedicated proposition for the Estates sector 
  • our ability to recognise your needs and respond to them quickly. With over 500 years’ total banking experience and over 200 years’ experience within agriculture, our team have a genuine insight into the challenges facing the sector, from weather concerns to skilled labour shortages
  • the chance to work with a trusted partner to the sector. More and more agricultural businesses are seeing the benefits of banking with Barclays. Our lending to agriculture clients increased by more than double the industry average in 20112

Read the UK Agriculture Sector outlook PDF† (141KB)


Specialist expertise across the sector

Whether you run an agribusiness, a private estate or are involved in food production or a renewal project, we believe you can benefit from our experience and wide-ranging, flexible services:

Agribusiness

Dedicated to the sector with over 200 years’ experience

Estates

Discreet services for large-scale landowners

Renewable Energy

Supporting businesses working with pioneering technology


Contact our Agriculture Team

Tim Seely, Head of Agribusiness

Tim Seeley - Head of Agribusiness
 
Tim has worked for Barclays for 35 years. He has been Head of East Anglia for five years. Tim also heads up the National Agribusiness Team in the UK, which has seen him develop the National Estates proposition and move corporate banking forward, providing an acknowledged and focused specialist service for customers in the agribusiness sector.

To find out what our Agriculture Team can do for your business, email Tim or call our dedicated team on 0800 015 4242*

If you have a turnover of less than £5m, please visit Business Banking.


1
Source: Barclays, July 2012
2Source: Barclays Agribusiness Management Information Portal, Bank of England lending statistics, 24 July 2012

How can we help?

If you are new to Corporate Banking at Barclays, call us on: 0800 015 4242*

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