FINANCIAL specialist Andrew Hartley is up and running as a senior relationship manager with the Lloyds TSB corporate team in Castle Way, Southampton.

Andrew, who spent 15 years with the bank in the City of London, is working closely with central south relationship director Mark Handscomb to support the requirements of large companies, mainly with turnovers in excess of £25m.

Andrew and his colleagues offer customers traditional and specialist funding support, ranging from treasury and risk management services to syndicated loans and structured finance, as well as direct access to specialist transactional and international services, which have traditionally been City-based.

Mark, whose team won a record number of new customers last year, is confident of attracting more large companies to the Lloyds TSB Corporate fold.

He said: "Andrew has an extensive knowledge of the large corporate sector and a great track record in delivering the kind of proactive, flexible service that adds real value to his customers' organisations."