Barclays boosts support to UK businesses and consumers with further £45bn lending

C. S. Venkatakrishnan, Group Chief Executive, says lending increase reinforces Barclays’ investment in our home market, the UK. 

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Our news

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Barclays announces multi-year partnership with Scotland's national stadium

Barclays will become the headline sponsor of Hampden Park, Scotland’s iconic national stadium.

 

 

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Barclays to acquire leading US Personal Loan Originator Best Egg

Best Egg is a leading US direct-to-consumer personal loan origination platform with a focus on prime borrowers.

Our UK unlocked insights

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2025 in 25 Charts: Building confidence to invest for growth in the UK

Barclays Strategic Policy Group has published a visual summary of the UK economy in 2025, using 25 carefully selected charts to highlight the key trends, challenges, and opportunities that shaped the year...

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Consumer Spend Report: 10 spend trends that have defined 2025

Health and beauty’s unstoppable rise, savvy savers and much more, 2025’s defining trends rounded up. 

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Business Prosperity Index: 10 business trends that have defined 2025

Confidence, uncertainty, tariffs and the rapid rollout of AI, these are the 10 business trends that have defined the year.

Our Sustainability insights

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The Barclays Climate Tech podcast

The ultimate guide to taking a climate tech company from idea to IPO. Covering topics ranging from securing investment, to hiring the right people and building a secure supply chain, join Barclays’ Daniel Hanna and Steven Poulter as they talk to leading climate tech founders and get the scoop on how they overcame different challenges and scaled their businesses, sharing lessons learnt along the way.

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Empowering local government to accelerate regional decarbonisation 

Sophie Fry, Head of Sustainability Policy Development, explores how providing local government with greater resources, policy coherence, and access to private finance could accelerate regional decarbonisation and drive the UK’s net zero transition.

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We have been thinking about sustainable finance the wrong way. Here is what actually works.

Sustainable finance has focused on global mitigation and trillion-dollar targets but, at COP30, the focus shifted to a more pressing question: how do we finance resilience in specific locations, under real constraints, with structures that work.  Daniel Hanna discusses.

Investment Bank insights

View thought-leading highlights by our market experts and analysts from across Barclays Investment Bank.

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Q1 2026 Global Outlook: As goes AI...

What’s powering global growth in 2026? Our Q1 Outlook breaks down the AI boom, China’s tech push, and Europe’s resilience. See what it means for markets.

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Barclays Brief

This podcast series is your weekly source for differentiated perspectives, delivered in sharp, scenario-driven insights into the forces shaping tomorrow - so you can make smarter decisions today.      

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Shareholder Activism sees busiest Q3 on record

Our Investment Banking Shareholder Advisory team’s report shows elevated CEO turnover, increased board seat wins and the better quality of independent Director appointments.

About Barclays

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Our Strategy

We have a clear plan to improve our operational and financial performance, and improve total shareholder returns. To do so, over the next three years we will make Barclays Simpler, Better and More balanced.

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Our Structure

We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank.

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Addressing climate change

We have a clear strategy to meet our ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050: by achieving net zero operations, reducing our financed emissions and financing the transition.

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How Barclays supports the defence sector

With increasing geopolitical threats, the provision of financial services to the defence sector is increasingly important.  Find out more about the work we do.