I am a member of the Staffordshire and am unashamed to say I am a fan of almost everything they do. This profile, partly my own and some bits from their website should give prospective customers an insight. The Staffordshire Building Society is a "determined mutual", although nearly 100 years ... Read review
Advantages: local friendly mutual Disadvantages: have to be in area for investment accounts. could get swallowed up by a greedy PLC
...am a member of the Staffordshire and am unashamed to say I am a fan of almost everything they do. This profile, partly my own and some bits from their website should give prospective customers an insight. The Staffordshire Building Society is a "determined mutual", although nearly 100 years old, it is recognised for its progressive use of Multimedia, and is successfully managing to ride the wave of advancing technology. The Staffordshire ... ...be distributed.
Staffordshire Building Societies stance on mutuality is clear, it can "only offer quality service and competitive products by remaining a mutual society, owned by, and run for, its members."
"Staffs B/S is 18th largest Building Society in the UK and was the ‘What Mortgage’ 1999 Best Regional Lender. The Society has 49 branches based mainly in the West Midlands and a national call centre ... more
I am a member of the Staffordshire and am unashamed to say I am a fan of almost everything they do. This profile, partly my own and some bits from their website should give prospective customers an insight. The Staffordshire Building Society is a "determined mutual", although nearly 100 years old, it is recognised for its progressive use of Multimedia, and is successfully managing to ride the wave of advancing technology. The Staffordshire seem to believe in the traditional values of excellent customer service, quality products and most of all delivering value for money. Although it is a medium sized regional society its combined call centre and postal operation effectively serve customers nationally. It invests heavily in its local communities and every year asks its members to decided how sponsorship monies should be distributed.
Staffordshire Building Societies stance on mutuality is clear, it can "only offer quality service and competitive products by remaining a mutual society, owned by, and run for, its members."
"Staffs B/S is 18th largest Building Society in the UK and was the ‘What Mortgage’ 1999 Best Regional Lender. The Society has 49 branches based mainly in the West Midlands and a national call centre & postal operation. Half of the Society’s borrowing members currently benefit from the Society’s Mortgage Loyalty Rate, which they receive after being with the Society for 5 years and which is currently 0.4% below their base rate."
Advantages: mutual, great product Disadvantages: only open to people in area, accounts are now closed
The independent information provider Money£acts announced that the StaffordshireBuildingSociety TESSA?s has given one of the best returns to its members over the last five years. As a Tessa holder this has of course pleased me.
Money£acts revealed, if you had put £9,000 in the StaffordshireBuildingSociety TESSA, which was place 6th in the table then you would be £662 better off than if you had invested with the worst. Although Tessa's are now closed I have written this because i feel it is representative of the company as a whole and the current financial services market.
Interestingly no high street banks appeared in the top 20 which was dominated by regional buildingsocieties and embarrassingly for the clutch of PLC?s who gave up their mutual status Bradford and Bingley was placed highest at 33rd.
I am not surprised that ...
