Press releases

On 27 February, the launch date of the new Bank of Ireland £5 and £10 notes, Santander will carry stock of the new notes at five branches: Royal Avenue, Belfast; High Street, Newtownards; Church Street, Ballymena; Hill Street, Newry; and The Diamond, Derry/Londonderry.

From today, customers looking to buy their first property, or looking to remortgage to a new deal, can apply for new lower interest rates from Santander Mortgages.

Sella Controls Ltd, an independent engineering company based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, is targeting international expansion following a £2.8 million funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking.

b:friend, a local charity which aims to combat loneliness, has received a £5,000 grant to fund courses to support elderly people in Doncaster who are socially isolated.  The charity will use the funds to run group ‘befriending’ sessions to bring people together, as well as digital skills workshops to improve elderly people’s online capabilities.

From 20 February 2019, Santander is introducing a 12 month interest-free period on all purchases made using its Zero Credit Card. The card previously came with an industry standard 56 day interest-free period.

High growth companies have ambitious international growth plans over the next 12 months, according to new research from Santander Corporate & Commercial¹.

From Monday 18 February, Santander UK customers who refer a friend to a range of the bank’s current accounts will receive a £50 Amazon.co.uk gift card for themselves and a second £50 Amazon.co.uk gift card for their friend ¹.

An innovative new £200 million funding platform for the UK’s SME house builders has been launched today by Santander Corporate & Commercial. Run in conjunction with private investment firm, Topland Group, the Residential Development Financing Platform will provide access to finance for residential developers with the aim of encouraging new housing developments in established communities.

The organiser of Lisburn Foodbank, LCC Community Trust, has received a £5,000 grant to fund ‘Eat Well Spend Less’; a basic cookery and budgeting course for people in the greater Lisburn area who are living in food poverty.

Santander has today announced plans to reshape its branch network and close 140 branches in response to changes in how customers are choosing to carry out their banking.

Customers of Santander are set to benefit when the bank officially opens its flagship lounge for Santander Private Banking, Select and Business customers at 77, Piccadilly, London, W1J 8AY on 18th January 2019. In a first for Santander, the lounge will be a space dedicated to the banks’ new and existing Santander Private Banking, Select and Business customers, allowing them to access all the wealth solutions the bank offers in one place.

• Bank will support Alzheimer's Society over three years on joint strategic initiatives to improve lives of people affected by dementia
• Ambition of partnership is to help Santander become the best digital dementia friendly bank

Santander has chosen Alzheimer's Society as its new national Charity Partner for 2019-2021, following a selection process which included a vote by thousands of Santander staff across the UK.

Santander has raised £3.2million for Age UK and Barnardo’s during its three-year partnership, exceeding its original £3million ambition.

Santander UK plc acknowledges the findings of the Financial Conduct Authority in its final notice dated 19 December 2018 and apologises to the families and beneficiaries of deceased customers affected by failings in its historical probate and bereavement processes.

• New data from Santander shows the real impact that overpaying even a modest amount can have on a customer’s mortgage.
• Customers can overpay from as little as £10 a month which would save £1,146 in interest over the life of the average mortgage.
• 97% of people who overpay on their mortgage use it to reduce their term and pay off their mortgage more quickly.

Flight Club, the London-based birthplace of Social Darts, has secured £5 million in Growth Capital funding from Santander Business Banking to help it open additional venues in London and the UK. Flight Club has two sites in London and one in Manchester. Its third site in London, supported with the funding from Santander, is due to open in Victoria on 30 November, complementing ones in Shoreditch and Bloomsbury.

• Small and mid-sized businesses have hired three times more people than larger businesses over the past five years
• SMEs continue to be the main driver of record UK employment levels and could overtake large companies by 2030
• Yet just a third (35%) of Generation Z and Millennials leaving full time education say they wish to work for an SME

On the 30^th November 2018, Santander UK will officially open its newly designed and refurbished branch on 140 Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4HH. It is the latest of Santander’s branches to be re-designed as part of a programme to deliver even better customer service and community-friendly banking.

• UAE’s retail market worth $35 billion and expected to continue growing
• Visitor numbers to Dubai are set to increase from 16 million in 2018 to 20 million in 2020

The Electric Sunshine Project (TESP) has received £5,000 to fund a series of skills development, singing and performance workshops focusing on the arts for residents of homeless hostels in Blackpool.