In order to keep you up to date with the latest happenings at the Newcastle Building Society, the press office provides an up to date collection of press releases, breaking news and feature articles. Alternatively, you can contact our press office if you require either any further information on the Society or our range of products and services.
3rd July 2008 Newcastle Building Society Supporting Vipers Community Foundation Through Shirt Sponsorship Deal Newcastle Building Society has signed a two-year shirt sponsor contract with the Vipers ice hockey team – and has made a four figure donation to help fund the Vipers’ programme of local community work as part of the deal. |
27th June 2008 Newcastle Building Society Staff Marching For Maggie’s Almost 200 staff from Newcastle Building Society will be “Marching For Maggie’s” this Sunday (29 June) on the Society’s first annual sponsored family walk. |
26th June 2008 Securing your home is common sense but one in ten fails to lock the door Fitting burglar alarms and locks to doors and windows is common sense, yet 11% of people still leave their front door wide open to burglars each year, recent research from Newcastle Building Society revealed. |
23rd June 2008 Newcastle Building Society launches 6.8% 1 Year Fixed Rate Postal Bond Newcastle today announced the launch of its new postal bond, with a fixed rate of 6.8% Gross/AER on a minimum investment of £5,000. The bond is operated by post and is available now with a maturity date of 28th August 2009. |
20th June 2008 Newcastle Building Society launches 7% Fixed Rate Option Bond Newcastle today announced the launch of its new Option Bond, with a fixed rate of 7% Gross/AER on a minimum investment of £500. The Fixed Rate Option bond is available from 23rd June 2008 and can be operated via branches, post, telephone and the internet. |
19th June 2008 Newcastle Building Society commits to 500 jobs as new office opens for business Denise Robinson from Hartlepool was the special guest yesterday among 200 attendees at the official opening of Newcastle Building Society’s new office at Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, where 500 new jobs will be created by 2012. |
19th June 2008 Newcastle Building Society commits to 500 new jobs as it expands with new offices The creation of 500 new jobs in the North East came another step closer yesterday as one of the region’s largest private sector employers and the UK’s 12th largest building society, officially opened for business at its new additional office, Cobalt 21. |
16th June 2008 Newcastle Building Society Grant Helps Keep Coastwatch Volunteers On The Lookout A group of dedicated volunteers who give up their time to help keep the Northumberland coast as safe as possible have been awarded a grant of £566 by Newcastle Building Society to help support their work. |
12th June 2008 A Fantastic Investment for Newcastle Building Society Share Traders A Newcastle Building Society team have displayed their inner Gordon Geckos to win a north east charity share trading event. |
23rd May 2008 Kriya Takes Top Job In Newcastle's Card Solutions Team Kriya Patel has taken over as the head of Newcastle Building Society's Card Solutions department, with responsibility for maintaining the strong growth that the division has enjoyed since it was founded in 2003. |
22nd May 2008 Newcastle Building Society Puts Leading Local Artists On Ice As Part Of Major New Commission Two of the north east's most exciting young artists have been put on ice by Newcastle Building Society as part of a series of original artwork commissions set up to mark the opening of the Society's prestigious new offices at the Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside. |
20th May 2008 Gardening Group Saved fron the Brink A local group of gardening volunteers which includes a number of disabled people has been saved from disbanding thanks to money from the Newcastle Building Society Community Fund held at the Community Foundation. |
19th May 2008 Newcastle Celebrates Half a Million Prepaid Cards With Flex-E-Vouchers Newcastle Card Solutions has today exceeded the half million mark for prepaid Maestro® Gift Cards issued alongside card programme manager Flex-e-Vouchers. |
09th May 2008 Newcastle Building Society Sees Record Tunout At Its Annual General Meeting Newcastle Building Society received resounding support from its members at its 2008 Annual General Meeting, after witnessing a record turnout. The AGM, held at Newcastle United's Football Ground, on 29th April, saw an attendance of over 300 members – doubling the total turnout seen at 2007's AGM.
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08th May 2008 Newcastle Building Society To Issue MasterCard® Prepaid Card For The Times Newspaper Newcastle Building Society with Tuxedo Money Solutions has launched a brand new prepaid MasterCard for use as a personal spend and travel card.
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29th April 2008 North East Pole Vault Academy Aiming High With Newcastle Grant Young athletes from Gateshead will be getting more of a chance to try out one of the most specialised sports in athletics after the North East Pole Vault Academy was awarded a £1,000 grant from Newcastle Building Society.
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28th April 2008 Newcastle Building Society Launches Fixed Rate Bond Newcastle Building Society today announced the launch of its new one year fixed- rate bond, with a rate of 6.30% Gross/AER on a minimum investment of £5,000. The fixed-rate bond is now available and the account is operated via branches.
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26th April 2008 One In Ten Prefer to Stash Cash Under Their Mattress Savers are much more cautious now than a year ago, with one in ten people thinking their money would be safest under the mattress, reveals new research from Newcastle Building Society.
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25th April 2008 Newcastle Building Society has announced the launch of its new Day 1 bridging product which is designed to provide a fast bridging option for buy to let investors.
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23rd April 2008 Newcastle Building Society to manage accounts for Heritable Bank Heritable Bank, the UK incorporated bank established over 130 years ago, has switched the administration and back office processing of its current and new savings book to Newcastle Building Society in a planned strategic overhaul.
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11th April 2008 New Research Finds Turbulent Markets Not Putting Savers Off New research has found that, despite the current negative perceptions of the British economy, more than three-quarters of people say they are still managing to put some money aside for a rainy day on a regular basis.
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10th April 2008 MPC April Interest Rate Decision Newcastle Building Society Comment Comments from Steven Marks, lending executive at Newcastle Building Society.
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09th April 2008 Newcastle Building Society Launches Fixed Rate Postal Bond Newcastle Building Society today announced the launch of its new one year fixed- rate postal bond, with a rate of 6.45 gross/AER on a minimum investment of £5,000.
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09th April 2008 Turbulent Times Force Financial Services To Rethink Strategy Unpredictable and unstable markets will see more financial services companies experiencing benefits by outsourcing their systems or services during 2008, predicts Newcastle Building Society.
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01st April 2008 Grant Helps Darlington Children County Durham's theatrical stars of the future are taking their first steps onto the stage with the help of a grant from Newcastle Building Society.
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01st April 2008 Whickham Girl Guides Looking Forward to Dry Summer! More than 300 Tyneside Girl Guides are looking forward to a warm, dry summer after securing funding from the Newcastle Building Society to help them finish repairs to their 70 year old District Headquarters.
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01st April 2008 Grant Boosts Service Access and Quality Of Life For Gateshead's Visually Impaired Dozens of visually impaired Gateshead residents are getting better access to support services, and a better quality of life, thanks to a £1000 grant from Newcastle Building Society.
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01st April 2008 North East Pole Vault Academy Aiming High With Newcastle Grant Young Athletes from Gateshead will be getting more of a chance to try out one of the most specialised sports in athletics after the North East Pole Vault Academy was awarded a £1000 grant from Newcastle Building Society.
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11th March 2008 Pensions Enhance Newcastle Building Society's Retirement Planning Offering Newcastle Building Society is improving the breadth of advice to customers with the addition of pension planning to its portfolio.
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07th March 2008 Newcastle Building Society Launches Major Art Initiative To Mark Move Into Prestigious New Premises Newcastle Building Society is marking its imminent move into prestigious new office premises by commissioning a selection of the best local artists to design a range of artworks that will fill the new building.
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06th March 2008 First Newcastle Building Society Staff Make Move into New Cobalt Offices The first 60 Newcastle Building Society staff have made their move into the Society’s prestigious new North Tyneside offices.
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26th February 2008 Newcastle Building Society announces its 2007 end of year results.
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25th February 2008 Appointment of Non-Executive Director Newcastle Building Society announces the appointment of Lucy Victoria Winwood Armstrong as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 25th February 2008.
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20th February 2008 Northern Rock Nationalisation Comments Wendy Lee, Commercial Director at Newcastle Building Society, comments on the decision to nationalise Northern Rock.
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20th February 2008 Brit Cards Are A Hit With Guests MasterCard, the official sponsor of The BRIT Awards and card issuer Newcastle Building Society have joined forces to provide guests of the UK's most celebrated music event of the year with a MasterCard Prepaid PayPass card for exclusive use at the prestigious event.
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19th February 2008 Are you a Victor Meldrew or a Buster Martin? New research from Newcastle Building Society Equity Release Service has unveiled six very different types of retiree amongst the 9.7* million over 60s in the UK.
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14th February 2008 Pre Paid Card Innovation Award Newcastle Building Society is celebrating following a win at The Cards Awards 2008 in London last week. The prize for Best Prepaid Card Marketing Campaign of the year was awarded to the Society and Tuxedo Money Solutions from a shortlist of five for their work promoting the Blue Diamond Prepaid MasterCard.
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12th February 2008 Help Banish Bullying In Schools The region's leading child health charity, The Children's Foundation and Newcastle Building Society have joined forces to help stamp out bullying in local schools.
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08th February 2008 MPC February Interest Rate Decision Newcastle Building Society Comment Wendy Lee, Commercial Director at Newcastle Building Society, says: “This reduction is obviously good news for home owners and buyers, and especially for those 1.4m people who are coming off low rate fixed term mortgages this year, for whom every reduction makes a big difference.
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28th January 2008 Newcastle Building Society reveals bleak outlook for UK’s pensioners Pensioners to face inflation rate of up to 7% in 2008 New research from Newcastle Building Society Equity Release Service has unveiled the true high cost of being a pensioner. In 2008, Newcastle Equity Release Service predicts that real inflation for pensioners will be up to 7%* - more than double the estimated national inflation rate.
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21st January 2008 It’s never been a better time for Equity Release Newcastle Building Society Equity Release Service has reviewed the line up of its 2007 recommended equity release plans and made changes based on the improved range of products available to consumers.
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