Corporate news

• The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has awarded Nationwide an advanced rating through its Mental Health Accessible programme for essential services firms.
• Nationwide is the first building society to gain this rating - which is the second of three levels firms can achieve through the programme.
• This follows a comprehensive review by the charity assessing the accessibility of their services for customers with mental health problems.
• The award recognises the tangible steps Nationwide has taken to support its customers with mental health problems, and the progress it has made after working with Money and Mental Health to make their services more accessible.

• Brits' social lives back on track as spend increases 49% from Feb 2021 to Feb 2025 

• Holidays see biggest spend increase, followed by travel, leisure and childcare  

• Spending dips recorded across dating, DIY, general retailers and discount stores 

• Fourth advert continues Nationwide’s ‘A Good Way to Bank’ campaign, a year on since launch
• Renowned actor Dominic West is back as fictional rival bank boss, and this time we meet his daughter
• Campaign highlights the benefits of banking with a ‘modern mutual’

Nationwide is today pleased to announce the appointment of James Briffitt as its new Head of Intermediary Sales and New Build.

• Nationwide’s Spending Report shows spend on pets jumps 76 per cent in 5 years following peak during pandemic
• Monthly data recorded an annual rise in both essential costs (+1%) and non-essential costs (+5%) in June
• Rise in mortgages and rent partially offset by falls utility costs, while Euro 2024 boosted customer spending

• Third advert continues Nationwide’s ‘A Good Way to Bank’ campaign, following major rebrand last year
• Renowned British actor Dominic West is back as fictional rival bank boss
• Nationwide Fairer Share rewards members for their everyday banking

• Nationwide now has more branches by staying open while the big banks continue to close theirs 
• News follows Society’s Branch Promise to not leave any town or city in which it is based until at least 2026
• New advert sees fictional big bank boss Dominic West dismiss branches and putting profit before customers
• Debbie Crosbie, Nationwide CEO: “As a modern mutual, we make decisions in the best interest of our customers”

• World’s largest building society - one of UK’s biggest and most trusted names - modernises brand​ 
• Forms part of mutual’s efforts to offer ‘a good way to bank’ through leading service, value and fairness ​ 
• Move follows promise to keep branches open, unlike banks, with all 605 to be updated with new branding​ 
• Comes in the same year Nationwide returned £340 million of its profit to members through Fairer Share​ 

• Extended strategic partnership between Nationwide Building Society and Aegon UK
• Transfer of investment planning service follows strategic review of services by Nationwide
• Aegon UK will continue to be provider of choice for customers’ investment needs

The results of the voting at Nationwide Building Society's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held online today, Wednesday 19 July 2023, are detailed below.

• The building society confirms its move to flexible workspace specialists Wizu Workspace
• The new office opened on the 6^th February
• With new focus rooms, wellbeing space & collaboration space