Entrepreneurs

There is no other bank like Barclays for the people who create and build businesses; our support for the entrepreneurial community goes beyond funding solutions, and includes expert advice and mentoring, leading insights, as well as access to essential networks. This commitment forms part of Barclays’ Citizenship agenda, and permeates across the group, from grass roots skills provision to product and thought leadership perspectives.

Barclays has a rich history, spanning more than three centuries, in supporting and driving innovation. Each year we support over 100,000 start-ups with nearly a third of these going on to export in their first 12 months of business. We have a relentless focus on pioneering innovation, and a commitment to fostering the emergence of new business and technologies today.

Barclays’ holistic approach is helping to establish a long-term pipeline of high growth businesses, ultimately driving job creation and economic growth at a local and national level. Since 2012, Barclays employees have volunteered more than 18,700 (18,710) hours to help deliver enterprise skills training in the communities in which we operate.

Our offering is uniquely based on our ability to help businesses no matter how large they grow, and our understanding of and support for the individuals behind them. Using our expertise to support progress in this way can make a powerful difference, and as such Barclays aims to be the partner of choice for people and organizations seeking to address social and economic challenges.

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Videos from this campaign

Energy | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact | Clean, Safe, Unlimited Energy for Everyone: Q&A with General Fusion

Jun 30, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact | Democratizing Manufacturing by 3D Printing From Trash: Q&A with re:3D

Aug 28, 2017 9:45 AM ET

Hundreds of millions of people still live in poverty without access to resources that would improve their livelihoods. Often, they have no choice but to rely on sporadic donations from aid agencies that may or may not actually address their needs. What if every household could act as its own factory and personally manufacture exactly what it needed to thrive?

Green Infrastructure | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact | The Next Generation of Rural Infrastructure: Q&A with Altaeros Energies

Jun 20, 2017 10:55 AM ET

Over half of the world’s population is still not using the internet. Seemingly something out of a science-fiction movie, Altaeros Energies has developed the world’s first autonomous aerostat system to deploy energy and communication to more people at a fraction of the cost. In other words, they have effectively created a really tall cell tower (up to 600 meters off the ground) that can provide as much mobile coverage as at least 20 ground-based cell towers. Not only that, but this tethered airborne platform can lift a lightweight wind turbine up into the sky where winds are strong and consistent, harnessing exponential amounts of clean energy.

Energy | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact | Turning Carbon Waste Into Usable Fuel

Jun 16, 2017 10:05 AM ET

Unreasonable’s CEO Daniel Epstein is joined at the fireside by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech and an alumnus of the Unreasonable Impact accelerator.

Environment | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact | The Car Service of the Future: A Q&A with Riversimple

May 30, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact: The Most Responsible Fabric on the Planet: Q&A With Thread

Apr 24, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Thread is bringing transparency and fair treatment back into apparel by producing fabrics transformed from plastic bottles found in the streets of some of the poorest communities on the planet.

Energy | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact: The Power to Transform 100 Million Lives by 2020: Q&A with d.light

Apr 17, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Energy is essential to generate a livelihood and improve quality of life. Over one billion people around the world, though, continue to live without access to electricity, the majority of them in Africa and Asia. According to the World Bank, nearly another three billion people rely on wood or other biomass for cooking and heating, which produces air pollution that causes millions of deaths every year.

Responsible Production & Consumption | Barclays

Unreasonable Impact: Crickets Could Solve Global Protein Scarcity: Q&A with Bitty Foods

Apr 11, 2017 9:05 AM ET

One in nine people still go to bed hungry every night. Because of rapid population growth, the demand for livestock is expected to more than double by 2050, making it increasingly difficult to supply enough protein to nourish everyone. This pressure on the planet also amplifies greenhouse gas emissions and water scarcity. We have no choice but to discover alternative ways to feed people.

Diversity & Inclusion | Barclays

LifeSkills Powered by Barclays: Tinie Tempah Offers ‘Work Experience of a Lifetime’

Nov 21, 2016 10:55 AM ET

Innovation & Technology | Barclays

Barclays Helps to Scale-Up the UK: Growing Businesses, Growing Our Economy

Mar 25, 2016 12:15 PM ET

Barclays is launching a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. It is part of a long-standing project partnership built with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.