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.

The Co-operative Bank has been seen as a safe haven amidst the recent financial turmoil and as a result, customer deposits increased by more than 30% during 2008. In turn, this has helped us to ‘buck the trend' of market gloom and report a healthy 70% increase in underlying profits for 2008.

The bank is fully funded by customer deposits and not dependent upon the inter-bank funding markets. So during these unprecedented times we have been able to continue lending to our corporate business customers - supporting those with strong business strategies. Below are some recent examples of deals.

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/MBIs
• 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 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.**

**The Leadership Factor 2009

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:

As a keen supporter of businesses in Yorkshire, we have two Corporate Banking Centres based in the region.

Leeds Corporate Banking Centre
Richard Gandy / Pete Summers
Business Development Manager
01132 4655432

Sheffield Corporate Banking Centre
Steven Brown
Business Development Manager
01142 787077

*Source: The GfK NOP Ethical Brands Survey 2008 was conducted in the UK, covering a total of 3,000 respondents from March-April 2008.
The Co-operative Bank is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (No. 121885), subscribes to the Lending Code, is a member of the Financial Ombudsman Service and is licensed by the Office of Fair Trading (No. 006110).
Calls may be monitored or recorded for security and training purposes.
The Co-operative Bank p.l.c., P.O. Box 101, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 4EP. Registered in England and Wales No. 990937. Co-operative Financial Services Limited, Registered Office: New Century House, Manchester M60 4ES. Registered Number IP29379R