Saffron Walden Herts & Essex Building Society

Advantages: Excellent Interest rates for Childrens Savings Accounts
Disadvantages: No internet access to accounts.

...I had decided to start up a savings account for my children and therefore started to search for the best interest rates on offer. At the top of the comparison lists was the Saffron Walden, Herts and Essex Building Society. This building society is based in Saffron Waldon, Essex and has 12 branches in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, and London, as well as agents in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Also it is in partnership with Liverpool Victoria group. This building society offers the usual adult financial products - Mortgages, Isa, Tessa, Saving Bonds etc etc but also offers a great set of childrens savings accounts. The Ladybird Savings account is aimed at childrens upto 16 years old and offers a great rate of interest - currently (at time of the review) 5.35% - which is about as good as you can get! This account can be opened... Read review

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Advantages: Competitive Rates
Disadvantages: Only A Few Branches

...When I decided to open a savings account I had a good look around at the various options available and eventually settled for an account at the Barnsley Building Society. There were various factors why I chose to open an account with a rather small, and relatively unknown Building Society, which I will detail during the course of this review. First however I will begin with a little bit of background information first. THE HISTORY The Barnsley Building Society has a long history. In fact it was established way back in 1853 as the Barnsley Permanent Benefit Building Society. The initial aim of the company was to enable local people to buy their own residences or other freehold or leasehold property. The Barnsley Permanent Benefit Building Society became incorporated under the Building Society Act of 1874, but at this time... Read review

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Advantages: Save and help the environment
Disadvantages: Not as many packages available

...What do you do? You want to save some money but how can you wade through all of the conflicting claims of the various Building Societies? They tell you how much you can earn with your money, but very rarely do they tell you the cost of your savings. Cost? What do I mean by cost? The ecological cost of investing your money with one organisation or company than with another. It's all very well saving money for a rainy day, but what if your money is being used to finance a project that you personally might find offensive or you could not agree with? With the Ecology Building Society, you do not have to worry yourself about that because would be safe in the knowledge that your money is being used wisely and greenly. So exactly what IS the Ecology Building Society? In it's own words: " The Ecology is a mutual building society... Read review

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