Press releases

YMCA Humber has received £5,000 to fund a money management programme for residents of its supported accommodation project in Grimsby.

• Santander 1|2|3 Student Current Account, available to students and higher and degree level apprentices (levels four to seven)
• Free four-year Santander 16-25 Railcard saves one third off train travel
• £1,500 fee-free arranged overdraft and up to 3 per cent in-credit interest

Oasis Domestic Abuse Service has received £5,000 to fund an employability project to develop work-based skills for those in the Thanet area who are affected by domestic abuse.

Hazel Hill Trust has received £5,000 to fund its conservation volunteering programme for people in and around Salisbury who are experiencing unemployment, mental or physical health difficulties, or other disadvantages.

From today, 10 July 2018, Santander will be introducing reduced rates across a number of mortgage products and announcing changes to its broker procuration fee.

• Finalists of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards announced
• Top prize of £25,000 up for grabs at the national final in London this November
• Over a quarter of students run or plan to run a business whilst they are at university

The UK’s most entrepreneurial students are unveiled today, each of whom are in with a chance to receive up to £25,000 worth of seed funding. Amongst the finalists of the eighth annual Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards may be the nation’s next great business success story.

From today, 10 July 2018, Santander will introduce a new fee structure for overdrafts which will remove or reduce unarranged overdraft fees for all customers.

Santander UK is supporting 11 Pride festivals across the UK in 2018, with participation led by members of the bank’s Embrace Network, which provides leadership and support on LGBT+ related matters for its members, colleagues and customers.

Darlington Mind has secured £5,000 to fund a series of workshops and interactive sessions to help adults with mental health issues safely navigate the internet. The aim of the workshops is to help keep vulnerable people safe and secure online within a comfortable environment

Edinburgh-based True Build Trade Services Limited (“True Build”), a leading building and joinery business, has doubled the size of its workforce in its head office following funding from Santander Business Banking.

Derry-based Global Equipment Spares Ltd (“GES”), is targeting increased export-led growth following new funding of £800,000 from Santander Business Banking. The new funding is in addition to £1.5 million in financing from the bank. GES is one of Northern Ireland's leading manufacturers and suppliers of abrasive wear plates and special steels for the global mining, construction, agriculture and recycling industries.

SWG3, the internationally acclaimed arts and events venue located in Glasgow, is preparing for its first live music gig following significant expansion, which has seen the venue more than double in size.

Local Gorseinon entrepreneur Sarfaz Ahmed is to open a new Premier convenience store in the West End area of the town following £170,000 in funding from Santander Business Banking. The new shop will be unique in the West End and offer local residents a wider variety of goods, improved offers and promotions.

Santander has today launched a simple, secure and free online service for friends and relatives to use when they need to let the bank know about a death. 

Walsall-based Mobility Vehicle Hire Ltd (“MVH”) has quadrupled the size of its fleet to 100 vehicles following a hire purchase asset finance deal with Santander Business Banking. MVH is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specifically adapted hire vehicles catering for the needs of disabled drivers and passengers.

Increasing demand for personalised treatments, an ageing population, the rise of new manufacturing technologies and ‘digital’ medicines (drugs with an ingestible sensor embedded in them), are some of the primary growth opportunities for UK pharmaceuticals companies according to a new report from Santander and manufacturing organisation EEF¹.

The home of the United States’ life sciences industry, Cambridge, Massachusetts, played host to twenty of the UK’s leading firms in the sector earlier this month as part of Santander UK’s latest trade mission.

TPS Global Logistics, the award-winning Aylesford-based freight forwarding and logistics service provider, is moving into new, larger premises and hiring 20 new permanent members of staff. The move will enable the company to deal with growing business demand and comes after it received a funding package worth £600,000. The funding included £400,000 from Santander Business Banking and £200,000 from MacQuarie.

The Phoenix Cultural Centre has received £5,000 to fund community music workshops for people in Woking who lack confidence, resources or for other reasons may not be able to access music and all the benefits it can bring.

The Volunteer Centre Dorset’s Community Credit Scheme has received £5,000 to fund a gardening project growing fruit, vegetables and herbs, for homeless people and those on low incomes in Weymouth.