Richard Topliss

Managing Director, Corporate & Commercial Banking, North Region, Royal Bank of Scotland

Richard is the Local Enterprise Partnership lead for Action in Transport Innovation.

He  has 40 years experience in Corporate Banking working for NatWest / RBS in Bristol, London, Birmingham and Scotland, prior to re-joining the North West in 2000. 

He is now Managing Director of Corporate & Commercial banking in the North of England and North Wales leading a team delivering banking services to a full spectrum of businesses from SME’s through to FTSE100 names.  He is also Chairman of The Manchester Growth Company and a member of The North West Business Leadership Team.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Set to Open New North West HQ in Manchester

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has announced that around 1,500 employees  are set to move to their new North West HQ in late 2025, which is to be based out of the Island  building – a net zero carbon workspace on John Dalton Street in central...

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