Best business bank accounts?

Anyone got advice please on the best/worst business accounts out there?

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I'm very happy with Barclays, have 2 businesses with them and they have been great.

Well I know a lot of people have been unhappy with Santander and when they first took over Abbey they were a pain.

However they improved greatly and from a personal perspective we haven't had any problems for quite some time and the internet banking system they have is fine.

Good luck.

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I bank with the Bank of Scotland, by and large it is free banking unless your account goes below £5k then there is a £15 monthly fee. As I only except either BACS or debit / credit card payments no other charges are applicable. The downside is that there are few branches, and you have a so called virtual bank manager, the only time I've ever heard from them in the last 10 years was when I won a £50k job and the money was paid upfront which sent alarm bells ringing.

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Went went with Barclays. x2 accounts.
They lost a form for one account and filled in the form wrong for the other account...delaying the opening of both accounts by 2 weeks.

Other than that, since the accounts have actually been open I am very pleased so far.

Fingers crossed teething problems were just bad luck.

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i think Barclays bank is best bank of UK....

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ok- Barclays internet banking not working today, logged on eventually then it keeps chucking me off saying browser inactive, when it is very active and I trying make a payment!!!
now on hold trying to speak to a human...........
thanks for waiting.......sorry for the wait..........
Still waiting and not impressed.

Finally made payment using telephone banking. Apparently internet banking down all morning and they do not know when it will be up again....

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I think thats every bank, utility or major company in the UK.

"we are experiencing high call volume today, thankyou for your patience..."

You experience it every day, employ more bloody people!

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Hi, I haven't experienced any problems with Lloyds TSB over the last 5 years, the online banking is easy enough to use and if you opt for the electronic business tariff as long as you pay people by BACS/ Direct Debit etc this reduces your charges greatly as these are free of charge.

I think the best banks are those that don't go bust and don't charge you to give them your money