Santander on Fargate is located in Sheffield city centre, with so many other rival banks nearby…read morewith nearly every major banking chain in the UK has a branch within a five-minute walk of this branch. The store is pretty average, it's spacious with a larger seating area than most banks which I liked, a great place perhaps to sit down while shopping or passing through the city to relax for a few minutes or do some online banking, if you're a Santander customer like me. I liked how they had their targets on digital screens compared to paper which most other branches of Santander or any other bank for that matter seem to use, it made the whole thing stand out more, and seem more modern. They didn't have any coin processing facilities at the ATM machines, so you'd have to queue up for that, I would have liked more staff on the floor to offer assistance without the need to queue, as the store felt understaffed without it. The bank is nice, with some modern features however and pretty spacious. 3*

This firm of accountants are brilliant. They are friendly and easy to talk to. Always willing to…read moretalk about our business and give good advice. They provide us bookkeeping and payroll services as well as accounts and tax. We never get penalties as they always remind us and prepare documents on time. The've just celebrated 25 years in business and moved to really nice new purpose built offices. Speak to Ray or Jeremy.

I recently had an issue with Barclays regarding a non UK address account. On my second visit to the…read morebank I was lucky enough to be assigned to Abigail Earlie. She listened sympathetically to my problem and then in a committed and professional manner she set about solving the issue. Abigail succeeded where others failed and closed out the issue inside a week. Barclays are extremely lucky to have her as a member of staff I just hope they appreciate Abigail and recognise and acknowledge her professionalism.

They have the worst customer service ever. EXTREMELY RUDE REPRESENTATIVES! I am from out of the…read morecountry and they refuse to help fix my account, but locked it so I have no access to any of my money. What do they expect a student to do in this situation? How am I supposed to have food and living expenses paid. Wish I read the reviews before banking with them because now I see many others dissatisfied with their company as well. Wish this had the option to give it a no star rating!

To say this is the main city branch the counter is small, at full capacity its only three people…read more This means there are always queues. The other staff try to get people to use the machines for most queries. There are plently of staff about and do seem friendly enough. If its just a question i would ask at the reception rather then queue up first. Its light and modern interior and is clearly laid out with a large reception desk just in front of the doors. Its a shame there isn't more branches as the banks ofers good deals. The internet banking is great and would try to use this rather then going into the branch itself.

Ruined my life, with chaotic management, misleading advice and deceitful language which lost me…read more£150,000 through misleading advice about a fairly simple tax issue which they had advertised they could advise, but with 3 months to do it they really messed me up and then worked to bury the mistakes and my losses! They don't do what they say. Make sure you have watertight written assurances as they are experts at ambiguous language and slippery behaviour. My retirement has now been ruined, my home life and future devastated all because they were so keen to ensure their fees, that they misinformed me and directed me away from other IFAs. I was a GP, but all of this has ended my long career and left me a wreck and the worst of it is there is no effective regulation for the advice they gave me

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Meadowhall has a surprisingly high number of banks in the large shopping centre, one of them is…read morethis branch of HSBC, it is located on Lower High Street, near the Oasis Dining Quarter in the shopping mall. It is quite a decent size, and it has a good number of general machines for standard banking, probably more than average which I liked as well as the generally common facilities of having a small seating area and free wi-fi. They even had a few machines just outside, I presume this means when the bank is closed you can still do some basic banking activities which I like. I have to share the opening hours which are probably some of the best I've ever seen for a bank up north, they're very similar to what Metro Bank have in the South of England. Being open throughout the week between 10 and 8 is fantastic, closing slightly earlier at 6 pm on Sunday's, and being open at the shopping centre's hours (restricted by Sunday Trading laws in the UK) from 11-4 on a Sunday. These opening hours are similar to Halifax, elsewhere in the centre but beat TSB by a mile in terms of offering late openings. The staff in the branch appears to let the store down, and the queuing system to speak to someone could be more efficient, I also feel slightly more cool and modern features such as an emphasis on digital banking and utilising the free space in the bank more, could be an improvement. 3* - Nice HSBC location with good opening hours and good machines for banking activities let down by bad service and a lack of technology.

I use the business banking in HSBC Retford which I've found to be far more competent than in other…read morebranches I've dealt with in the past. The branch itself is located slap-bang in the middle of the high street (Carolgate) so there's no immediate parking as it's pedestrianised. They've got self-service facilities and service counters, and it's a fairly busy branch. It's an old building which has retained a little of its original character, but with the features you'd expect of a modern bank. My opinion of HSBC as a company on the whole is very very very poor, but this branch is about as good as it gets for them.

TSB at Meadowhall is a rather useful location, while it isn't the largest or most modern of bank…read morebranches, they provide basic services including having cash machines which can be reached outside of their current opening hours, to pay in and withdraw money. The opening hours are average, 9-5 during the week, but closing at 1 pm on Saturday, the latter is pretty annoying. Customer service could be slightly better, compared to other stores where I feel the staff are friendlier, but this location isn't a bad alternative while in Meadowhall. 3*