The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is one of Europe's leading financial services groups. By market capitalisation as at 22 February 2002, it is the second largest bank in the UK and in Europe and ranks fifth in the world.

In March 2000, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group completed the acquisition of NatWest in a £21 billion deal that was the largest takeover in British banking history.

The enlarged Royal Bank of Scotland Group has a market capitalisation of £49 billion as at 22 February 2002, compared with £19.7 billion immediately after the takeover. It has more than 18 million UK personal customers, 2,287 UK branches and total assets at 31 December 2001 of £368 billion. The Group employs over 105,000 staff worldwide.

In addition to the provision of a full range of banking services under The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest brands, the enlarged group also includes other organisations well known in financial circles:

• Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland, which also has a very strong presence in the Republic of Ireland.
• Coutts Group, the international operator in the private banking sector, managing the portfolios of 70,000 wealthy customers via its 38 offices throughout the world.
• Direct Line, one of the major direct motor insurance operators in the UK and Europe and a leading provider of financial services by telephone.
• Churchill Insurance, with both Churchill and Direct Line - RBS Insurance is now the 3rd largest insurer in the UK.
• Citizens Financial Group, based in Rhode Island (USA), the second largest bank in New England. Citizens recently extended its presence to the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey following the acquisition of the regional retail and commercial banking operations of Mellon Financial Corporation.
• Lombard, the UK's number one provider and one of the world's leading asset finance companies.

In addition to the UK, the Group has offices in Europe, the US, and Asia Tesco Personal Finance, a joint venture with Tesco, is one of the main supermarket banking brands in the UK.

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT

Since September 2004 we have been recruiting for graduate roles in:

• Corporate Banking
• Coutts & Co
• RBS Insurance
• Retail Banking
• Retail Direct
• IT
• Operations Management
• Finance & Audit
• Human Resources

VACATION PLACEMENTS/INTERNSHIPS

We also offer three 10-week summer internship programmes for penultimate year undergraduates. These are available in Corporate Banking, Financial Markets and Coutts & Co.

If former volunteers would like to apply, they must do so on-line at our website www.makeitrbs.com. Please watch the site for deadlines as some of close in December.

Application is via online form only.

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