I have a long established business and would like to open a "savings" account with another bank.
One reason for opening this is so that accounts staff cannot see my personal drawings. I would simply move money to/from this account myself and its correspondence address would be my home address.
It would be good to get some interest on the balances too, though of course these days it won't be much.
Nationwide pulled the plug on their business banking back in February.
Alliance & Leicester have an announcement on their telephone line that they are about to do the same (they will transfer them to Santander).
I f*cking hate Santander because everything they touch seems to turn to sh*t. They took over Abbey, who have totally c0cked up a multiple ISA transfer which I am managing for my elderly mother; the papers have been back and forth several times, with a total d*****ad dealing with it each time. They took over Cater Allen who took exception to my request to open a business account and summarily closed my personal accounts with them without giving a reason (then repeatedly upgraded them and closed them again, showing what a bunch of disorganised bankers they are). But Santander seem to be everywhere these days...
I got onto Barclays and HSBC but neither of them makes it easy to open a bloody bank account. One needs to book an appointment with a business manager....