Tried so very hard to open a business account with Lloyds Bank. Spent almost six weeks and got absolutely nowhere with them. Tried calling branch. Hopeless. Mostly young inexperienced youngsters with no knowledge at all of banking or business in the real world. Had money and cheques waiting to pay in but could not get them moving. One excuse after another. No email service available. No direct lines available. No letters answered. Only call centres stuffed with equally useless people who want to get rid of you as fast as possible to hit their customer targets for the day. After forty five years experience in business banking I can honestly say this is the worst bank not only in the UK but the world. Do not touch these amateurs with a barge pole. I would not be surprised if they go bankrupt very soon as they are thoroughly useless and incompetent and would not know how to make a profit or a decent business decision if it was staring them in the face. After six weeks of trying I gave up and went to another bank who managed in four hours something Lloyds and 17 members of its staff could not manage in over a month and a half. Steer well clear of this bunch of jokers and do not trust them with anything or anything they tell you.