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Shawbrook is a fast-growth specialist bank, with a purpose to power ingenuity to create opportunity, every single day. 

It provides savings and lending to entrepreneurs, businesses, and individuals across the UK. The culture at Shawbrook is one which allows its team to flourish; they like to make things happen and believe that anything is possible while remaining practical and friendly. 

Shawbrook offers its customers the best of both worlds in today’s modern world; the ease and efficiency of cutting-edge technology delivered in partnerships with the UK’s best fintech companies, combined with the all-important human touch, which enables the bank to develop genuine and meaningful relationships with its customers. 

The business has grown rapidly over the last 11 years and over 1000 people now work at Shawbrook, across lots of interesting areas including tech, finance, operations, marketing, and human resources. 

The products it offers are diverse from savings accounts and loans for weddings and new cars, to complex financial credit facilities for businesses requiring significant investment and mortgages for landlords with multiple properties.

It is a privately owned business and has offices in Brentwood, London, Redhill, Manchester and Glasgow. 

Check out this short video where last year’s candidates talk about their experiences & the Shawbrook team describe more about the Thrive apprenticeship programme!