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Holt’s has been serving the British Armed Forces for over 200 years, originally established in 1809 as an army agent in London. Over time Holt’s has expanded its business providing banking facilities to the Armed Forces and their families - both Regulars and Reserves, and nancial services expertise to Royal Navy Ships and Bases, British Army Regiments and Royal Air Force Stations.
Holt’s can offer a full banking relationship including borrowing, savings and investments with direct access to our relationship managers as well as access to online and mobile banking. We participate in the Armed Forces Help to Buy Mortgage scheme and support nancial education of young recruits through training clinics across the UK.
Holt’s is proud of its long association and connection with the British Military, with dedicated teams supporting all Ranks. We serve over 25,000 military personnel across the world, providing a service that understands the needs of junior soldiers and of cer cadets to the most senior serving of cers and veterans.
From helping young recruits get that all important rst cheque book before they turn 18, to providing specialised pension facilities to non-commissioned of cers and of cers at end of their military career, Holt’s provides a speci c and personalised service which is adaptable to meet the ever changing circumstances of military life.
Holt’s prides itself on understanding the complexities of serving in the military, the nancial pressures this places on families; such as the exibility to rent out your home whilst away on postings, the need to t banking around diverse working patterns and how having a barracks and BFPO address can put individuals at a disadvantage when it comes to applying for credit.
RBS and Holt’s Military Banking signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2015 and were awarded the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award in 2016 for the work completed in supporting the wider Armed Forces community.
Wherever You Serve, We Serve
For further information or more detailed enquiries please contact holtsmilitarybanking@rbs.co.uk or visit the Holt’s Website for more information http://www.rbs.co.uk/holts
internship, working in a hotel near Darjeeling, before taking up full- time work back in London in order to fund a Masters Degree in International Relations: he attained a MA with Merit from Durham University. James enjoys rugby, running and sailing: he captained his school rugby team and later the Beijing Rugby Club. he was involved in drama at both school and university, and is a quali ed RYA Day Skipper, also with a RYA Level 3 dinghy certi cate. James is a keen reader, mostly non- ction, and his favourite titles are on mountaineering. James commissions into 3RIFLES.
2Lt Callum Shorland: Callum comes from Dawlish, Devonshire, and was educated at Torquay Boys’ Grammar School. He enjoyed his rural upbringing, and chose not to apply to university, although working towards a degree as a mature student remains a goal. Instead, Callum took a variety of jobs over several years, including, successively, the hospitality trade, care-working, and as commissioner and later buyer for a nancial services retailer. His ability to lead and to coach, though, took him into skiing. As a BASI Level 2 instructor, achieved in France, he was able to use this to work around the World, especially in the USA and in New Zealand, not only as a conventional ski-instructor, but also delivering instructor certi cation training and coaching a race-performance program. In other sports, Callum has achieved Under-17 County Honours in rugby, and in Taekwondo he became part of a national Black Belt demonstration team. Whilst at Sandhurst, Callum has added boxing to this list. Callum has commissioned into 1RIFLES.
2Lt Marcus Wood: Marcus comes from Somerset and is the son of a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Light Infantry. He was educated at King’s School, Bruton, and then Newcastle University, whence he graduated in 2016 with a 2:1 BSc in Marine Biology. Prior to university, Marcus spent several months in the Caribbean working as a dive master and guide, a month in India, 3 months at a dive school in Madagascar and nally 5 months back home at a sky- diving and ying school at Old Sarum. His main sports are hockey, sailing (both dinghy and offshore), sky-diving and skiing - he is a fully quali ed Day Skipper and Dive Master. At Newcastle, Marcus was in the OTC and met 5RIFLES on Summer Camp. After university he spent some time cycling from Budapest back to England. He also visited 4RIFLES whilst at Sandhurst. Marcus has commissioned into 5RIFLES.
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