Retail and Wholesale

Around two-thirds of the UK’s top 200 retailers, and 90% of FTSE 350 retailers, have a relationship with Barclays.

We are valued for our long-term commitment to clients in this sector. Our experienced Relationship Directors can work with you to progress your plans for growth and development, streamline your banking processes and identify cost and time savings.

Benefit from:

• Dedicated Relationship Directors across the UK and Ireland, including our experienced London team
• Networking opportunities and access to our industry contacts, plus regular sector meetings where industry experts discuss current issues and trends
• A range of banking and financing solutions to support your activities, including cash management, corporate lending, FX services and liquidity management.

Barclays was the first UK bank to create a retail and wholesale team with a specialist focus on food and drink. Since then, we’ve built a deep understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities in this sector.

Today, our National team of dedicated Relationship Directors provide extensive industry-specific banking experience – with the resources and insight to support your business through all trading conditions.

Benefit from:

• The support of a trusted voice within the food retail sector
• Valuable networking opportunities, including regular sector dinners where clients and contacts meet up to hear about and debate industry developments
• Tailored products and services to support and develop your business, including cash management, liquidity management, corporate lending and FX services.

Barclays has been committed to the motor retail sector for many years. Our team of experienced Relationship Directors work with motor businesses of every scale around the UK and Ireland, including dealerships, parts and accessories retailers and petrol station chains.

In highly challenging market conditions, we are committed to using our experience, solutions and services to help you enhance your operations and give your business a clear competitive edge.

Benefit from:

• A trusted voice within the motor retail sector
• Access to valuable industry contacts, including regular networking events
• Regular research reports and industry events to discuss issues and innovations
• A full range of banking and financing solutions, spanning cash management, corporate lending, FX management and liquidity management.

Barclays has been leading the way in specialist banking services for the household sector. Today 68% of the UK’s top 200 retailers work with us.

The household sector is very diverse so we offer banking and financing solutions to match. These range from comprehensive FX services to manage your currency risks – to corporate lending to grow your business, recapitalise, refinance or consolidate debt.

Benefit from:

• Our knowledge of the retail sector, including regular research reports identifying key industry issues and trends
• Valuable networking opportunities, including a range of regular industry events where you can meet peers and learn from industry experts
• A full suite of banking and financing products and services to support your businesses, including cash management, corporate lending, FX management and liquidity management.

We are valued for our long-term commitment to merchants, dealers and traders across this sector. Our experienced Relationship Directors can work with you to progress your plans for growth and development, streamline your banking processes and identify cost and time savings.

In highly challenging and uncertain market conditions, we are committed to using our experience, solutions and services to help you enhance your operations and give your business a clear competitive edge.

Benefit from:

• A trusted voice within the industrial wholesale sector
• Valuable networking opportunities, including a range of regular industry events where you can meet peers and learn from industry experts
• A full suite of banking and financing products and services to support your businesses, including cash management, corporate lending, FX management and liquidity management.

Consumer spending has been shifting online for several decades and Barclays has been at the forefront of supporting clients on this journey. We bank some of the most exciting and innovative marketplaces, platforms, e-tailers and apps who are revolutionising the way we shop and buy.

Barclays is uniquely positioned as the only major UK bank with an in-house card acquiring arm, Barclaycard. By combining our Cards & Payments solutions and our Corporate Bank, we are able to offer a unified payment solution for our clients. This means we are able to provide clients with online payment acquiring and gateway solutions, fraud tools, loyalty tools, customer spend data and insights, as well as day-to-day banking solutions.

Benefit from:

• Experienced teams who understand the challenges and opportunities of eCommerce
• Access to our range of partnerships, including with BigCommerce, Eagle Labs and Rise
• Tailored support and solutions for those with an omnichannel or pure play business model
• Our Relationship Directors can bring you expertise from across Barclays, including our Investment Banking and Wealth Management teams.