Santander puts aside £295m for car loan mis-selling Lower third-quarter profits reported alongside first estimate of financial fallout from loan mis-selling scandal The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024
Britain’s most affordable towns revealed The average property in Britain is valued at 3.8 times the average annual household income, assuming two people working full-time, Zoopla said. Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024
Lloyds shareholders could take £1bn hit over car finance crisis Analysts forecast bank will have to halve £2bn buyback plan, as ex-boss of City regulator blames watchdog for crisis The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024
Santander bank cutting more than 1,400 jobs amid landmark car loan ruling The company had 21,812 workers in the UK at the end of September The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024
Santander UK delays publishing earnings after major car finance court ruling The delayed announcement comes as the wider Madrid-based bank revealed its profit increased by more than a 10th in recent months. Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024
Santander UK delays results as it considers landmark car loan ruling Some analysts say court of appeal ruling on mis-selling could cost the bank £1.1bn The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024
Romance scams surge despite 65% thinking they would never fall victim, says bank Santander UK has recently seen customers aged from 18 to 93 years old affected by romance fraud. The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024
UK urged to lead fightback against the global ‘fraudemic’ Fraud has become a global phenomenon and needs collective action, according to a report. The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024
U.K. bank CEO says introducing 4-day week was way easier than going hybrid Mark Mullen says Atom's four-day week, introduced in 2021, has reduced attrition and sickness rates among staff. Fortune · Jun 18, 2024
Major bank CEO says he only took his $4.2M job on the condition he could work from home "I wouldn’t have wanted to be away from home five days a week. That wouldn’t have been good for the family or for me.” Fortune · May 22, 2024
Millions more in cash needed to fund UK’s open-banking watchdog Exclusive: £10m needed for regulator charged with developing tools to thwart financial crime and protect consumers The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024
Nationwide’s Dominic West ad prompts complaint from rival Watchdog receives complaint, reportedly from Santander UK, that advert paints misleading picture of bank branch closures The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
Government 'asleep at the wheel' over claims of Iran sanction busting, MP warns Lloyds and Santander UK deny wrongdoing after report that they were used by an Iranian state entity Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2024
Bank urges customers to ‘remain guarded’ against scams over festive season Santander UK said two customers had made claims on Christmas Day last year after falling victim to the family and friends WhatsApp impersonation scam. The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023 Average 5-year fixed-rate mortgage hits 6.3 per cent deepening UK’s home loan misery Britain’s home loan misery was growing on Friday as the average five-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.3 per cent.
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023 UK’s biggest mortgage lenders in 2022 ranked Lloyds Banking Group has held its position as the UK’s biggest mortgage lender but some providers moved up or down the tables.
Wales Online · Jun 30, 2023 Private sector backed initiative set to charge UK exports with one stop shop The launch follows research that found that if UK exports had rebounded as strongly as Germany’s following the pandemic, it would be exporting $111bn more than is it now
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2023 Over half of Brits wish they had been taught more about savings and pensions in school Three-quarters of Brits feel their financial education was 'inadequate' - or even non-existent - and feel this has impacted their ability to navigate the cost-of-living crisis
Birmingham Post · May 19, 2023 Santander provides £25m backing for Dorset solar farm project Service provider Voltalia has struck a deal with the City of London Corporation, which will see half of its energy delivered from South Farm Solar, powering landmarks such as Tower Bridge
Birmingham Post · May 8, 2023 North East deals of the week: key acquisitions, contracts and investments Companies featuring in this week's round-up include Bernicia, Green Spark Utility Services, R H Irving and Satcom Global
Birmingham Post · Apr 28, 2023 Tyneside satellite communications firm secures multimillion-pound finance package to back international growth Satcom Global specialises in providing internet services in remote places
Birmingham Post · Apr 6, 2023 Bruntwood SciTech secures £100m in green funding to aid expansion plans Bruntwood SciTech now has a £380m financial package to support its growth and sustainability ambitions
Birmingham Post · Mar 27, 2023 Investment giant Vanguard to open first UK office outside London in city centre landmark Starling Bank, Santander UK, RSM and Xero have all signed up to take space in the building in recent months
Birmingham Post · Mar 3, 2023 Starling Bank to create 1,000 jobs in Manchester after signing Landmark deal Other tenants include Santander UK, RSM, HSBC UK and Grant Thornton
Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023 Cost-of-living crisis makes it harder to run high-street businesses, say SME owners Over half of high-street retailers say this has been the 'toughest winter in memory', due to rising energy costs and customers paying less