Employee numbers at 31 December (full time equivalents rounded to the nearest hundred)

  2007 2006 2005
Global Banking & Markets 10,300 8,600 7,400
UK Corporate Banking 9,500 8,800 8,400
Retail 37,500 38,900 39,600
Wealth Management 5,000 4,500 4,200
Ulster Bank 6,400 5,600 5,100
Citizens 22,500 23,100 24,400
RBS Insurance 17,300 17,500 19,300
Manufacturing 25,200 25,400 26,100
Centre 2,900 2,600 2,500
136,600 135,000 137,000
RFS Holdings 89,800 – –
Group total 226,400 135,000 137,000

2007 compared with 2006

Excluding ABN AMRO, the number of employees at 31 December 2007 was 136,600, an increase of 1,600 compared with the previous year.

The acquisition of ABN AMRO by RFS Holdings added 89,800 employees to the Group total at 31 December 2007. In due course, this number will reduce as business units are transferred to the other Consortium Banks.

2006 compared with 2005

The number of employees at 31 December 2006 was 135,000, a decrease of 2,000 compared with the prior year.