Independent service quality survey results

Great Britain

As part of a regulatory requirement, an independent survey was conducted to ask customers of the 14 largest business current account providers if they would recommend their provider to other small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs*). We have published the August 2018 independent service quality results.

These results are from an independent survey carried out between September 2017 and June 2018 by BDRC as part of a regulatory requirement.

Santander UK have published this information at the request of the Competition and Markets Authority so you can compare the quality of service from business current account providers. In providing this information, we are not giving you any advice or making any recommendation to you and we can only give you information about our own products and services.

SME customers with business current accounts were asked how likely they would be to recommend their provider, their provider’s online and mobile banking services, services in branches and business centres, SME overdraft and loan services and relationship/account management services to other SMEs.

The results show the proportion of customers of each provider who said they were ‘extremely likely’ or ‘very likely’ to recommend each service.

Participating providers: Allied Irish Bank (GB), Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank UK, Clydesdale Bank, Handelsbanken, HSBC UK, Lloyds Bank, Metro Bank, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander UK, The Co-operative Bank, TSB, Yorkshire Bank.

Approximately 1,200 customers a year are surveyed across Great Britain for each provider; results are only published where at least 100 customers have provided an eligible score for that service in the survey period.

16,802 people were surveyed in total.

Results are updated every six months, in August and February.

*SMEs include businesses, clubs, charities and societies with an annual turnover/income of up to £25m (exclusive of VAT and other turnover-related taxes).

To find out more visit BDRC-group.com/business-banking-service-quality

Northern Ireland

As part of a regulatory requirement, an independent survey was conducted to ask customers of the 5 largest business current account providers if they would recommend their provider to other small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs*). We have published the August 2018 independent service quality results.