Barclays Cycle Hire / Sponsor and partners

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. With more than 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs over 144,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for 48 million customers and clients worldwide.

Barclays has a long history of sponsorship and sees it as an important way to strengthen its brand and market its businesses. Barclays Cycle Hire and Barclays Cycle Superhighways are two schemes that will become well known very quickly and will make a positive contribution to London by offering sustainable and environmentally friendly means of transport. Both schemes will help Londoners and visitors to the Capital lead more active lives encouraging both commuters and occasional users to cycle more often.

For more information on Barclays please go to www.barclays.co.uk