Customers

• Wright Group

A London bus with a Belfast plate? Might seem unusual but there’s a good reason for it. Wrights group, a 70 year old family-owned business based in Ballymena, are the people behind this new icon of London’s roads and Bank of Ireland UK are proud to have supported them for the last four decades.

Having started in a backyard in Northern Ireland, Wrights Group is now a global exporting success story. And Bank of Ireland UK is a proud supporter. Today, every fourth bus in the United Kingdom on a Passenger Service Vehicle chassis has rolled off the Wright bus production line.

In 2016, Bank of Ireland UK’s innovative funding facility supported Wrights group to deliver over 300 environmentally friendly electric hybrid New Routemasters to London as part of their contract with Transport for London.

Bank of Ireland UK has also provided smart financing for Wright Group that’s helped them open up new markets as far afield as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and India.

• First ever AA Mortgage

Bank of Ireland UK celebrated the first anniversary of its financial services partnership with the AA by launching the AA’s first ever mortgage product. This mortgage range is exclusive to AA members and rewards them with unique benefits not previously seen in the UK market.

• Perfect Travel Companions

In 2016, Bank of Ireland UK’s joint venture with the Post Office, First Rate Exchange Services, continued to reach milestones, having exceed one million Travel Money Card sales. The popularity of the new Travel Money Card is testament to the importance of pre-paid cards as a travel option for customers. Initially launched in 2011 with Euros, US dollars and Sterling, the card expanded in 2012 to include 5 more leading currencies – Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, New Zealand dollars, South African rand and Swiss Franc, with new multi-currency functionality expected to launch in 2017.