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Company announcement/sustainable

Barclays launches climate tech hub in Cambridge

Barclays has relaunched its Cambridge Eagle Lab with a renewed focus on helping high growth climate tech startups to connect, grow and scale. The site has undergone a significant retrofit, with the goal of reducing its carbon emissions by 90 per cent compared to 2018.

18 January 2024

Company announcement/retail

Barclays launches Eagle Labs Academy for budding tech entrepreneurs

Barclays Eagle Labs have launched an online skills platform for budding entrepreneurs looking to become the leaders of the next tech giants.

17 January 2024

Company announcement/sustainable

Barclays establishes new Energy Transition Group to support clients on the path to net zero

Barclays today announces that it is establishing a new Energy Transition Group, within its Corporate and Investment Bank.

17 January 2024

News/retail

Barclays opens new year with plans for more branch closures

Barclays has become the first high street bank to reveal more branch closures this year, with 20 new sites earmarked to shut.

17 January 2024

News/people

PayPal names Barclays vet Bladon UK CEO

PayPal has hired Barclays managing director of customer and digital, Simon Bladon, as its UK CEO.

10 January 2024

News/retail

Barclays set to shut more branches

Barclays is the latest UK bank to set out plans to trim its branch network in 2024, earmarking another 18 sites for closure.

05 December 2023

News/retail

Barclays to cut 900 UK jobs - union

Barclays is preparing to cut 900 jobs in the UK, according to union Unite, which has branded the decision "disgraceful".

28 November 2023

News/wealth

Barclays invests in WealthOS

Barclays has led a £2 million seed funding round for WealthOS, a cloud-native and API-driven core wealthtech startup.

22 November 2023

News/wholesale

Barclays launches online directory to connect businesses with investors

Barclays has launched a free online service that helps UK businesses connect to a network of investors.

01 November 2023

Company announcement/startups

HedgeFlows joins Barclays Rise Growth Academy

HedgeFlows, the fintech solution that offers a smart financial toolkit for small and medium-sized businesses, has been selected for Barclays’ prestigious 2023 Rise Growth Academy.

26 October 2023

News/retail

Barclays mobile banking goes down

Barclays' mobile and online banking services went down for around two hours on Tuesday.

17 October 2023

Company announcement/people

FCA fines and bans former Barclays CEO James Staley

The FCA decides to fine and ban James Staley

12 October 2023