The Co-operative Bank offers a comprehensive, first class corporate banking service to businesses and organisations of all sizes and across many sectors. Our success is based on offering a traditional relationship banking service - building long-term relationships and working in partnership with our customers.

The Co-operative Bank is different from many of its competitors, not least because we form part of the UK's largest co-operative business The Co-operative Group - voted UK's most ethical brand in 2008. We operate in a prudent and sustainable way, with the long-term interests of our business and customers in mind. In August 2010 The Co-operative Bank was voted Financial Times Sustainable Bank of the Year.

Since 2007, a period when many of our competitors firmly closed the door to companies wanting to borrow, The Co-operative Bank has increased business borrowing from £6.2bn to £8.7bn. Our sustainable business model and financial strength supported continued growth of our corporate banking division despite the economic turmoil where:

• the number of regional corporate banking centres increased from 10 to 20.

• there was a near three fold increase in corporate deposits from £1.4bn to £4bn as businesses continued their ‘flight to trust'.

The Bank's consistent approach in lending to companies has helped drive growth of the parent company, the Co-operative Financial Services (CFS). In our latest set of interim results, CFS reported a 34% increase in profits to £109.3m for the first half of 2010, up from £81.4m. We also continued to fund customer lending from customer deposits with a current funding ration of 110%.

Meeting your business needs

We can offer day to day banking services through to more complex financial packages.

A key strength of our Corporate Banking service lies in the wealth of knowledge and experience of our specialist banking teams. Whether you are looking for acquisition funding, require lending for a renewable project, or need advice on Private Finance Initiatives, we can help. Our specialist banking teams include:

• Acquisitions, MBOs.
• Charity banking
• PFI
• Property finance
• Public sector banking
• Renewables / carbon reduction finance
• Syndications
• Treasury

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Service you can count on

The quality of our relationship management teams sets us apart. Our formula is simple - experienced Relationship Managers based in 20 Corporate Banking Centres around the UK. They operate small portfolios and typically look after the same business for five years and more. A recent customer satisfaction survey carried out in 2009 by The Leadership Factor, an independent research company found that:

• 89% of customers say their Relationship Manager keeps their promises and commitments
• 88% of our customers are happy with the level of expertise of their Relationship Manager
• 84% would recommend us. In fact, 44% have done so in the past 12 months.

Awards

The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) received the prestigious Platinum Plus Award from Business in the Community (BitC) in 2009. It's the highest status that can be achieved by any business.

The Co-operative Group was named as the winner of the Climate Change award, completing a double honour at the BitC's Awards for Excellence.

Contact us

Please feel free to contact one of Corporate Relationship Managers, Steve Pamely, John Crittenden, Mike Gammon or Andy Benson to discuss any aspect of your banking requirements.

Birmingham Corporate Banking Centre
0121 212 1900