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Barclays Half Year Results 2024

Barclays has announced its latest financial results. Read the highlights and download key documents.

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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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Empowering retail savers to engage with investing: why Barclays is campaigning for change 

What factors are preventing consumers from finding the right investment options? Sasha Wiggins, Chief Executive of Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, shares why she believes a “step change” is needed to tackle the advice gap and empower savers.

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“The biggest driver is confidence”: exploring what’s next for the property market

Mark Arnold, Head of Savings and Mortgages at Barclays UK, shares the bank’s latest property insights – and explores what is on the horizon for rental and mortgage customers. 

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Card spending returns to growth in August as the summer heatwave and ‘Sweet Treat Economy’ lift spirits

Grocery spending saw its highest uplift since March, fuelled by a surge in shopping for picnic and barbecue foods at specialist stores.

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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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Financial results

Our latest and archived financial results announcements, including management presentations, webcasts, scripts and other supporting information.

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