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■RBS Corporate Banking in Manchester was the joint
Mandated Lead Arranger of a £300 million revolving credit
facility for Manchester Airport.
■RBS Commercial Banking in Scotland provided SBS
Marine with a £30 million funding package that enabled
both a buy-out and an expansion of the fleet from three
to six vessels.
■In a transaction worth £8.5 million, Lombard financed
Asda’s 2006 refrigerated trailer replacement programme
of over 200 trailers on a five year lease.
■NatWest Commercial Banking in Truro provided a
£3 million funding package to help AE Rodda & Son, the
largest manufacturer of Cornish clotted cream, to expand
and keep up with demand from the major supermarkets.
■RBS provided a trade cycle finance facility of £2.3 million
to Shubiz, designers and importers of ladies shoes from
the Far East.
■RBS Commercial Banking in Cardiff provided £1.5 million
debt funding for Freshwater UK, which enabled this Welsh-
based communications agency to make a further acquisition
that will help grow turnover by 50% to around £6 million in
2006/07.
■RBS Corporate Banking in Southampton provided a
debt package to support Graphite Capital in the purchase
of the largest UK independent tyre wholesaler, distributor
and retailer, Micheldever Tyre Services.
■RBS Corporate Banking in Scotland provided Wolfson
MicroElectronics with a revolving credit facility complemented
by international cash management, corporate treasury and
trade finance solutions to help the firm focus on building
its business and expanding into new markets.
■As well as supplying the AA’s iconic yellow patrol
vans and company cars, Lombard is funding over 12,000
AA Driving School vehicles over a three year period.
■RBS Corporate Banking has provided the Haymarket
Group with a long-dated finance package to support
growth aspirations.
Selected awards
Global Banking & Markets (GBM)
Best Global Project Finance House of the Year –
Project Finance Sector
Euromoney
European Leveraged Finance House of the Decade
Financial News
European Securitisation House of the Year
ifr Awards 2006
Most Impressive Arranger, Loans Poll
Euroweek
Best Bank Fixed Income
The 2006 Treasury Management International Awards
Currency Derivatives House of the Year
Risk Magazine
Asset Backed Securities Arranger 2006
International Securitisation Report
Best Debt Provider
European Private Equity Awards 2006
Asia Shipping Debt Deal of the Year 2006 –
Shanghai Time Shipping
Jane’s Transport Finance
UK Corporate Banking (UKCB)
Debt Provider of the Year
Unquote Private Equity Awards, 2006
Best Short-Term Trade Finance Bank
Trade & Forfaiting Awards 2006
Best Use of IT in Wholesale Banking
Financial Sector Technology Awards 2006
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Alder Sportswear Distributors of watersports equipment Alder
Sportswear recently moved to NatWest Commercial Banking in
Exeter believing that our products and services would help them
move their business forward. RBS financial products included
international trade finance, invoice finance and foreign exchange
hedging, allowing the company to concentrate on product
design, development and distribution.