Business · Checked 25 Aug against Barclays’s own page

Barclays Business Current Account: £8.50 a month, free for the first 12 months, then the fee starts

Barclays Business Current Account: £8.50 a month Free for the first 12 months, then the fee starts. The free year is for businesses new to Barclays, and transaction charges apply on top of the monthly fee.

£8.50 a month

Free for the first 12 months, then the fee starts

No account fee for 12 months, then £8.50 a month

Worth knowing

The free year is for businesses new to Barclays, and transaction charges apply on top of the monthly fee.

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The details

Account type: Current account
Who can open it: Both
Free period: 12 months
Cash handling: Cash in at the Post Office, Barclays Collect or a self-service device: 60p each (Barclays' published charge).
Worth knowing: No account fee for 12 months, then £8.50 a month
Protection: FSCS Protected (Barclays' own statement).
Details: No monthly account fees for the first 12 months, then £8.50 per month, with transaction charges on top. 12 months of Sage accounting software free, then 50% off. Existing Barclays business customers aren't eligible for the free-year offer.
Source: Barclays's own page Checked 25 Aug · No commission

How MoneyHQ checked this

We read Barclays’s own page on 25 Aug and wrote down what it says: the figure, the conditions and the catch. Figures change, and the provider’s page is always the final word. The page we read is here. If you spot a difference, tell us and we will check again.

How it compares

6th of 8 by monthly fee, lowest first, among the business current accounts MoneyHQ has checked.

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Barclays Business Current Account (this offer)	£8.50 a month	First 12 months free	Sole traders and companies	25 Aug

Every figure is from each provider's own page, checked on the date shown on that offer. MoneyHQ orders this table by monthly fee, lowest first alone; commission never changes the order.

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