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Completion of the acquisition of Tesco's retail banking business and commencement of long-term strategic partnership with Tesco

Barclays Bank UK PLC has successfully completed the acquisition of the retail banking business of Tesco Personal Finance plc.

 

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General Motors and Barclays sign long-term credit card partnership agreement

North America’s largest automaker is joining forces with Barclays to build loyalty and engagement with millions of GM customers .

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1 in 6 Homeowners intend to move in 2025, as growth in mortgage and rental spending slows

Rent and mortgage spending increased 1.8 per cent year-on-year last month, the lowest rate since August 2024, according to Barclays Property Insights.

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Navigating the UK housing market: challenges, optimism, and resilience

Lesley Cappellaro, Intermediary Regional Manager at Barclays, shares how her team helps clients tackle property market challenges.

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Raising the bar: the evolution of the British pub

Rich Robinson, Head of Hospitality & Leisure at Barclays UK Corporate Bank, explores the evolution of the British pub, and shares his views on what is driving the industry’s growth.

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In the Field: GeoPura

Barclays’ Steven Poulter gets a taste of GeoPura’s success on a visit to their Hydrogen Power Unit production facility in Newcastle, as their CEO, Andrew Cunningham, shares his outlook on the UK’s hydrogen sector and the power of partnerships.

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Boosting the energy efficiency of UK homes

UK homes account for 15% of all national carbon emissions. Barclays sets out five recommendations to help the Government address the structural and behavioural challenges hindering efforts to accelerate progress in making homes more energy efficient.

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Turning the UK’s hydrogen ambitions into a reality

Barclays makes policy recommendations to UK government to support the scaling of private finance to deliver a pragmatic approach to clean hydrogen.

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Investment Bank insights

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

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AI revolution: Meeting massive AI infrastructure demands

With AI adoption picking up pace, Barclays Research examines new, urgent questions about the technology’s massive infrastructure demands, and how the public and private sectors might work together to deliver AI responsibly and sustainably.

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The next wave of AI: Demand and adoption

Our Research team explores the evolution of AI from chatbots to agents to robots, driven by soaring demand, falling costs and increasing enterprise adoption.

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Q1 2025 Global Outlook: Room for optimism

See where our Research analysts see opportunities and risks for the global economy as the election cycle ends.

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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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