Hello everyone, Hope i have come to the right place and hope that someone can offer me some advice? By law i had to open a business account with barclays bank. I got 1 year free banking and now I have to pay. It seems that all banks charge now if you are a business.. Can anyone offer any tips to help keep the banking charges down please? Example, I am charged £0.85p on every £100 in cash that I bank and £0.85p on every £100 in cash that I take out of my bank! I suppose this applies to cheques? All cheques cost £0.30p each and then of course there is the flat rate account fee of £5.50 per month which i guess is unavoidable... Any advice on how to keep costs down would be very much appreciated including any advice with regards to other banks and business accounts. Many thanks for the help. resident of rip off Britain:x