UK-based Barclays Bank PLC is one of the world's largest financial services companies.
We've been providing banking, investment banking and investment management for over 300 years. Today the Barclays Group operates in over 60 countries and employs more than 111,000 people worldwide.
We're a profitable and growing business. In 2005 we achieved a pre-tax profit of £5.3billion, a 15% increase over 2004. Our main operations are UK Banking, Private Bank, International Banking, International Retail and Commercial Banking, Barclaycard, Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors.
