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Payments into your ISA for the 2025/26 Tax Year

By Elliot Ashby / 23rd February 2026 / Comments Off on Payments into your ISA for the 2025/26 Tax Year

Payments received after 4pm on Thursday 2nd April 2026 will be processed on Tuesday 7th April 2026 and will count towards the new ISA allowance.

Message to our members: Online platform testing

By Richard Steed / 20th February 2026 / Comments Off on Message to our members: Online platform testing

Thank you for interest in opening a savings account. We are currently completing some testing on our online platform from midday Saturday 21st to 9am Monday 23rd February. This means our normal services could be affected. For prudence, we’d recommend waiting until Monday 23rd February to open your account using our online services.

Message to our members: Staff training 25th February

By Elliot Ashby / 18th February 2026 / Comments Off on Message to our members: Staff training 25th February

Our Savings and Mortgage teams will be in training on Wednesday 25th February (3:30-5pm) and unavailable during this time. Normal service resumes Thursday 26th February.

Message to our members: Staff training 27th January

By Elliot Ashby / 26th January 2026 / Comments Off on Message to our members: Staff training 27th January

Our Savings and Mortgage teams will be in training on Tuesday 27 January (3:30-4:30pm) and unavailable during this time. Normal service resumes Wednesday 28 January.

We celebrate our new branch opening in Harpenden

By Elliot Ashby / 22nd January 2026 / Comments Off on We celebrate our new branch opening in Harpenden

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new branch, located right on the High Street, in one of the busiest areas of Harpenden. The doors opened on the 15th of January, with the event being kicked off by celebrations and excitement from colleagues and members alike. Local members were offered the chance to […]

FSCS protection limit increase

By Elliot Ashby / 1st December 2025 / Comments Off on FSCS protection limit increase

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has increased the protection limit from £85,000 to £120,000 from 1st December 2025. This means if you hold deposits or savings with a building society, bank, credit union, or other UK-authorised financial firm, and they go out of business, FSCS can provide compensation up to £120,000 per eligible person, […]

Message to our members and Intermediaries – Harpenden Online and Loans Origination – scheduled maintenance

By Richard Steed / 28th November 2025 / Comments Off on Message to our members and Intermediaries – Harpenden Online and Loans Origination – scheduled maintenance

We will be completing an upgrade to our Harpenden Online platform on Wednesday 3rd December between 5pm – 8pm – so this service will be unavailable during this time. We will be also be completing an upgrade to our Loans Origination platform on Thursday 4th December between 6am – 9:30am – so this service will […]

Updates to our Leighton Buzzard branch opening hours

By Elliot Ashby / 21st November 2025 / Comments Off on Updates to our Leighton Buzzard branch opening hours

As of Monday 1st December, we will be updating our opening hours for our Leighton Buzzard branch. Our new opening hours are as follows: Monday: 10am – 3.30pm Tuesday: 10am – 3.30pm Wednesday: Closed  Thursday: 10am – 3.30pm Friday: 10am – 3.30pm Saturday: Closed  If your branch is closed and you require our services, please […]

Message to our members: Company training 18th December

By Elliot Ashby / 21st November 2025 / Comments Off on Message to our members: Company training 18th December

We will be closed on Thursday 18th December from 15:30 to 17:00 for staff training. We will open as usual from Friday 19th December.

Our opening hours over the Christmas period

By Elliot Ashby / 20th November 2025 / Comments Off on Our opening hours over the Christmas period

Our opening hours over the Christmas period are as follows: 24th December – Branches close at 14:30, Head Office close at 15:00 25th December – CLOSED 26th December – CLOSED 27th December – Normal Working Hours 29th December – Normal Working Hours 30th December – Normal Working Hours 31st December – Branches close at 14:30, […]

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