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Barclays doubles investment in women’s football and renews sponsorship of Premier League

The new multi-year sponsorship deal will see Barclays continue as title sponsor of the Barclays Women's Super League and Barclays Women's Championship to 2028, doubling investment from the previous contract term

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Barclays discounts Green Loans For Businesses as part of longstanding commitment to finance UK agriculture

Barclays discounts Green Loans for Businesses as part of longstanding commitment to finance UK agriculture.

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The beauty boom: redefining consumer ‘essentials’ 

From shifts in spending priorities to the impact of social media – discover the trends that are transforming the health and beauty industry.

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Money mules: how to protect yourself against the wave of scams

Barclays research suggests that 15% of young people have been targeted by ‘mule herders’. Lending Fraud Director Neil Scriven breaks down the rise of this worrying trend.

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Graduating from a Junior Stock Market in the UK 

Our latest research shows removing unnecessary frictions for high growth companies looking to graduate into main markets could drive dynamism and agility within UK capital markets.

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Our Sustainability insights

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A systemic transition to net zero can power UK economic growth 

C.S. Venkatakrishnan shares his thoughts on how to accelerate decarbonisation in the UK to catalyse investment and drive economic growth.

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Making the UK a global hub for climate tech

Barclays details four key recommendations to help the new UK Government unlock financing critical to scaling next generation climate tech companies.

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Transition Finance – the backbone of the energy transition

Daniel Hanna, Group Head of Sustainable & Transition Finance, shares his insights on the role of transition finance in helping to maintain energy security while supporting an evolving energy sector.

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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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Setting the record straight on Barclays links to the defence sector

To address some of the concerns around our involvement with the defence sector, we’re sharing the facts on what Barclays believes and stands for.

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