We are a UK specialist bank. Our lending products include mortgages for landlords and loans for business customers.

Factsheet

See an overview of our operations, strategy and performance highlights over the last five years.

Our strategy is to build a specialist bank for our customers, which delivers sustainable growth and shareholder returns through a low risk and robust model.

Overview

2019 Annual Report and Accounts

Read about our progress against our strategy and achievements throughout the year in our 2019 Annual Report and Accounts.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is central to our long-term success and it influences every aspect of our business

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Covid-19 response

Find out how we’ve been helping customers, keeping safe and supporting our communities.

News

Keep up-to-date with the latest new releases and insights from across our business.

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Covid-19: a catalyst for change amongst SMEs

How are UK SMEs adapting to the challenges presented by the pandemic? Take a look at our latest research and find out more.

Careers

We understand how important our employees are to the business and, in recognition of this, we provide a variety of excellent reasons to work for us.

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Meet Alex Harris

"The placement year has given me experience to complement my academic studies and the opportunity to test my skills in the real world."

Sustainability

Sustainability is central to our long term success. It influences every aspect of our business from the markets we enter and the products we offer, to the support we give our customers and the culture that we nurture here at Paragon. We have a responsibility to use our influence and our resources wisely and we work diligently to support the communities in which we operate and protect the environment upon which we all depend.

Covid-19

The human and economic aspects of the current pandemic present a unique set of challenges to individuals, organisations and governments everywhere. During these unprecedented times, we’re working together to help our customers, support our communities and keep each other safe.

Purpose and strategy

Helping our customers to achieve their ambitions is central to our success and this is what drives our purpose and our vision. Through our lending to landlords, property developers and small businesses, we help to meet the UK’s housing needs and enable businesses to thrive.

Our purpose

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Our business and our customers

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Helping our customers

We want our customers to be confident that we will always consider their needs and act fairly and responsibly in our dealings with them.

Working better

Working better means building a strong team with exceptional skills, shared values and a passion to help our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

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Wellbeing

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Learning and development

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Employee involvement

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Supporting communities

We aim to be an energetic and valuable contributor to the communities in which we operate. Our commitment includes active involvement in a range of community volunteering and charity partnerships.

Caring for our environment

We measure how our actions affect the environment and work to reduce their impact.

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Renewable energy

We use 100% renewable energy at sites where we are the sole occupant and 83%+ of our total energy comes from renewable sources.

Green Charter

We’re committed to energy conservation, low waste and recycling throughout our business and across all our sites.

Environmental management

We follow international standards for waste management at our local authority vehicle leasing and maintenance business.

Supply chain and procurement

We work with our suppliers to become more efficient in our use of resources and reduce our environmental impact.

Awards and accreditations

FTSE4Good

Paragon is part for the FTSE4Good Index Series. FTSE4Good assesses the ESG performance of thousands of different companies every year, measuring how well they do on environmental, social and governance matters, before sharing their view with investors. FTSE4Good is one of the oldest and most influential ESG screening services in the UK and Paragon has been involved from the early days.