Santander is to enhance its offering for businesses through a new introducer agreement with Peninsula Business Services, a leading provider of employment law and Health & Safety services for businesses.
Peninsula Business Services, established in 1983, has grown to become a market leader in its field and over 28,000 businesses have now integrated Peninsula to work as part of their own HR and Health & Safety functions. Peninsula’s specialist teams provide support and guidance on all aspects of employment law and Health & Safety at work issues, offering a 24/7 advice service 365 days of the year.
The new service will be available to Santander Corporate & Commercial customers on a referral basis. Santander is committed to helping businesses prosper and has increased lending to businesses across the UK by an average of 20% per year over the last four years. It has extended £3.9bn of new facilities to UK corporates and SMEs since H1 2013.
Marcelino Castrillo, Managing Director of SME Banking at Santander, said: “We are delighted to increase the support we can offer our business customers through this new referral service. It can be difficult for businesses to understand how to best meet their obligations on HR and Health & Safety issues but the support services offered by Peninsula are designed to help businesses successfully overcome this.”
Peter Done, CEO of Peninsula Business Services, said: “We are pleased to partner with Santander to make our support services available to even more UK businesses. The employment law and Health & Safety services offered by our specialist teams provide UK companies with the knowledge and support they need to manage their business effectively.