STEEPLE Analysis for Barclays Plc

Individual Coursework

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Structure of the industry...............................................................................................................3
Nature of the company.................................................................................................................3
STEEPLE analysis for Barclays Plc............................................................................................4
Micro-Economical factors...........................................................................................................7
Determinants of supply of business.............................................................................................7
Competitiveness of UK market....................................................................................................8
Fiscal policy.................................................................................................................................8
Business problems and challenges...............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is the encompassing of the factors which affect the company's
operations and includes customers, competitors, stakeholders, suppliers, industry trends and
regulations of the government. In this project the chosen organization is Barclays Plc which is a
universal bank headquartered in London. This organization is a part of the banking industry
which is a public limited company listed in the FTSE 100 Index. This organization consist of the
British retail banking operation for providing the consumer credit, wealth management and
corporate banking for both small and medium-sized business in UK.
MAIN BODY
Structure of the industry
The structure of the banking sector in UK fall under the restricted universal category.
This is due to the discouragement which the banks get for owning a commercial concern. In UK
the banking sector consists of the “big four” banks (Kokkinis, 2019.). These banks are the
HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, HBOS and Barclays Plc. The structure of the these
banks is affected by the financial activities that are provided by the society,
 Offering money transmission services through cheque books and credit cards.
 Personal loans, unsecured.
 Foreign currency exchange
 Investment management
 Stock Broking
 Provisional and underwriting of insurance.
Nature of the company
Being one of the top four organization in the banking sector Barclays Plc it has the nature
of focusing on prioritizing the services to the customers over anything else. In this sector this
organization has range of specialists to support the sector needs,
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