Bibby Financial Services: Proudly Irish, Honoured with Guaranteed Irish Symbol

A leading financial services provider, Bibby Financial Services, is being recognized for its unwavering commitment to Ireland for over 18 years. With ambitious plans for future growth, Bibby remains a trusted partner for businesses across the country.

• As the leading independent provider of financial funding services to businesses, Bibby Financial Services now facilitating over €1m+ a week in new funding limits to businesses in addition to millions in weekly payments to existing clients
• Job creation, community and charity initiatives, and environmental goals – key strategic pillars for Bibby Financial Services – all mirror the vital criteria for Guaranteed Irish membership

Bibby Financial Services, Ireland’s largest independent provider of financial funding solutions to Irish businesses, has been awarded the coveted Guaranteed Irish symbol. The move is a strong recognition of the 18+ year track record of Bibby Financial Services in Ireland, and aligns with the vision for the future of the business.

(From left to right) Aoife McGinley (GI), Caroline Guilfoyle (BFS), Mark O’Rourke (BFS) and Rowena Maher (GI)

Employing 35+, Bibby Financial Services facilitates, on average, over €1m+ a week in new funding limits to businesses– in addition to the millions in weekly payments to existing clients - to enable a range of scenarios including cashflow funding, growth and expansion, management buy-ins and buy-outs, refinancing, corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions.

Celebrating 50 years in operation, Guaranteed Irish is the national organisation that champions indigenous and international businesses in Ireland which support jobs, communities and provenance. The organisation has 2,000+members that all align with Guaranteed Irish’s key values and meet their key criteria for membership. Bibby Financial Services is delighted to have surpassed these required criteria and is now a qualified member of Guaranteed Irish.

As a family business, Bibby Financial Services is committed to playing their part in supporting SMEs and recognise this means working closely with other lenders and policy makers, and positively contributing to the sector’s progress for our customers.

As a result, Bibby Financial Services has developed exclusive tactical relationships with key Irish partners such as the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland and PTSB, all aimed at keeping business financing as accessible, flexible and affordable as possible,

In addition, sustainability goals include a company-wide ambition to reach net zero carbon emissions as a business by 2040 through the use of renewable energy, a work from home policy and a no single-use plastic policy. Employees also regularly partake in fundraising and volunteering initiatives through the Employee Donate a Day initiative for Irish charities such as LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, and Ronald McDonald House.

As well as providing local market expertise, Bibby Financial Services is also part of a global operation that works with 10,000 businesses across nine countries worldwide. By combining this extensive local and global expertise with a loyal, personal relationship-based approach, Bibby Financial Services is proud to achieve a consistent 96% client satisfaction rating.

Mark O’Rourke, Managing Director of Bibby Financial Services, says:

“As a family business, we are really delighted to have been awarded the Guaranteed Irish symbol, the national symbol of trust, as it recognises our ongoing commitment to our employees as well as the great businesses, we work with in local communities right across Ireland.

It recognises our unwavering commitment to supporting these businesses every single day by continually enhancing the range of services we offer them – and working hand in hand with them to ensure their success. We have been doing this for the past 18 years and we’re really looking forward to continuing this work for the next 18 years and beyond.”

Bríd O’Connell, CEO of Guaranteed Irish, says:

“Guaranteed Irish is the national symbol of trust and we are delighted to give this recognition to Bibby Financial Services, who have been operating sustainably and responsibly in the Irish market for almost two decades. As a member, they are a values-based brand who have earned the ‘G’ through hard work and a focus on jobs, community and provenance – our three pillars of trust.”