News

• 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

• Society will open NEW Community Pop-ups in Billingshurst Community Centre and Bacup Library
  • Billingshurst every Friday, 10am-1pm from Friday 7 February
  • Bacup every Wednesday, 11am-2pm from 12 February
• Members can book appointments, get support on products and services and attend educational talks The Pop-up trial will initially run for six months

• Britain’s biggest building society prepares to commence work on 239 new homes
• Society has exercised the option to purchase the brownfield site in Swindon
• Mi-space, part of Midas Group, named as main contractor of £50m Oakfield project

• Nationwide enables people to help the homeless via contactless window posters
• Innovative trial at Bath branch raises £100 a day through £3 contactless payments
• Move follows other charity forays into contactless tech as fewer people carry coins 

On 17 January, Nationwide Building Society will launch a new issue of its Triple Access Online Saver/ISA.

• 71% say high streets are vital to the community and shop there twice a week
• However, ‘sad’ and ‘bleak’ are the top words associated with high streets
• 72% judge an area based on its high streets and 62% say theirs has been neglected
• Poll calls for more butchers and bakers and fewer betting and vaping shops
• Nationwide reiterates pledge to not leave any town or city until at least May 2021

23 branches across Sussex and Essex will pilot new approach to make people more comfortable

Nationwide Building Society is trialling a range of measures in branches to make the experience as comfortable and convenient as possible for members living with hidden disabilities.