Northern Ireland has one of the youngest and best educated populations in Europe, and outside of London, it is the UK’s leading region for attracting inward investment. Major sectors of the economy include agri-food, health sciences, professional services and ICT. Northern Ireland houses the UK’s centre of excellence for cyber security, and was ranked as Europe’s leading location for new software development projects (2003-2017, Source FT fDi Markets).
Barclays opened its first corporate banking office at Belfast in 1996, intended to provide services to local, British and international customers. The office was co-located with that of Barclays’ Mercantile subsidiary, which already operated a small office providing leasing and hire finance for corporate customers
Barclays are investing in the future of Belfast, supporting the ecosystem of Business Start-ups, Scale ups to achieve our goals to Accelerate UK Businesses, provide Digital Empowerment for Everyone, and Collaborative Innovation
Barclays is proud to work with businesses in Northern Ireland through our dedicated team in Belfast. Our corporate clients can benefit from support on the ground as well as our extensive global reach and the depth of our product base
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