News

• Core hours for most branches now 10am-2pm Monday to Friday and 9am-12pm on Saturdays
• Nationwide keeps the majority of its 650-strong branch network open with around 50 closed
• Society implements controls around numbers in branches so two-metre distance is maintained
• Early opening hours trial ends following govt advice urging people to stay home unless essential

Nationwide Building Society is today launching new issues on a number of its on-sale savings accounts in response to the changing savings market.

U K Insurance Limited, which underwrites Nationwide Building Society’s travel insurance, has confirmed that all trips booked on or from 12am, Wednesday 18 March, will not be covered for cancellation costs or any element of the trip where the cause of the claim is related to coronavirus.

• Our branches open hour early for older people and those with underlying conditions
• We're testing new operating hours in more than 100 branches across UK
• Branches will open to wider membership from usual opening times
• We encourage you to sign up to online and mobile banking as more stay home

• Society passes on full 0.50% Bank Rate decrease to mortgage rates following change
• Nationwide currently considering impact of Bank Rate change on its variable savings rates
• Move follows a range of measures to support members financially impacted by coronavirus

• Society offers range of support measures for those who find themselves in financial difficulty
• Move part of Nationwide’s continued work to address financial wellbeing at difficult times

• New mortgage loans offer reductions of up to 0.69% to help encourage people to greenify homes
• Rates start from as low as 1.00%, with members able to borrow between £5k and £25k
• Forms part of Society’s £1 billion pledge to reduce carbon footprint of UK homes
• Nationwide is also reducing rates on selected two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages

• New ISA prize draw will offer ten chances to win £20,000 – equivalent to annual ISA limit
• Additional chances to win with further prizes of £10,000 and £5,000 on offer to savers
• Members simply need to increase their Nationwide ISA balance by £100 by 30 April to enter
• Prize draw forms part of Nationwide’s efforts to get the nation saving
• Society launches new issue of Triple Access Online ISA paying competitive 1.21%

As the world’s largest building society, we remain uniquely positioned in the UK banking market and we continue to strive to bring our great service, innovation, and long-term value to small businesses.

• Building Society opens new Kembrey Park site, strengthening the commitment to its hometown
• The site has been constructed with community, wellbeing and sustainability at the centre of the building’s design
• Nationwide plans to send zero waste to landfill

• Account aimed at those who’ve fallen out of savings habit or struggling to save on regular basis
• Online, instant access, regular savings account allows a balance increase of £100 per month
• New regular prize draw offers £100 to those who can demonstrate regular saving
• Amount in prize draw fund dependent on how much people save – 1% of total balance increase

• Reform of Council Tax and new Help to Green scheme needed to incentivise consumer behaviour
• New incentives must be brought in to help major housebuilders improve energy ratings
• Nationwide makes £1 billion available to drive green home improvements