Press releases

• Edwards Coaches, the largest independent coach operator in Wales and one of the largest in the UK, has secured a £11.4 million funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial to assist with the set-up of its recently purchased Avonmouth Depot and to fund 40 additional coaches.
• The funding will also support the recruitment of approximately 110 new employees.

• 1|2|3 Lite Current Account to offer five per cent cashback for spend using Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay¹
   
• Enhances existing 1|2|3 Lite cashback offers for household bills
   
• Supports Santander’s innovative approach to reward customers

• Free four-year Santander 16-25 Railcard
   
• Quick and easy online openings with the ability to manage money on the go using with online and mobile banking
   
• Interest and fee free overdraft plus credit interest up to three per cent

• 12 finalists of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards announced 
   
•  Top prize of £25,000 up for grabs 
   
•  National final will take place in London in October 2017

Today, Santander has announced the launch of Talking ATMs across its entire branch network in the UK. Customers now have the option to plug into the earphone socket on the front of the ATM to be guided through their transaction by voice assistance either with or without the use of the ATM screen.

• Sterling worth less than a year ago compared to almost all the most popular holiday currencies
   
• Average overseas holidaymaker expects to spend £757 while abroad
   
• Santander advises holidaymakers to think carefully about the payment method they use while abroad

• Fourteen per cent of Brits have ‘borrowed’ Wi-Fi because they cannot afford their own
   
• More than half (52 per cent) are concerned about data security but continue to use unsecured networks
   
• One in four have carried out financial transactions on their mobile phone using unsecured networks

• Santander Private offers day to day banking, lending, investment services and financial planning products to clients with investments and savings of over £500,000, or an annual income of more than £250,000
   
• Clients have a dedicated private banker – over 40 specialists based across the UK
   
• Launched in conjunction with the new World Elite MasterCard highlighting global benefits of Santander Private

• Household bills have increased significantly faster than inflation and more than double the rate of wage growth in the past decade
   
• Gas and electricity are the biggest drivers of price increases
   
• Brits will spend nearly £525,000 on basic household bills¹ over their lifetimes
   
• Santander’s 1|2|3 Current Account and 1|2|3 Lite Current Account give up to 3% cashback on household bills

Susan Allen, Santander UK’s Head of Retail Distribution, made an official visit to Glasgow Caledonian University to meet with the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies, and to sign a three-year renewal agreement for further financial support.

Following a successful pilot last year, Santander is launching a mortgage video service in sixty-three branches across the UK. The new service enables customers to apply for a mortgage using a video link from the branch, which connects them remotely to a UK based Mortgage Adviser.

Nathan Bostock, Santander UK's CEO, made his first official visit to the University of Northampton yesterday to meet the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Petford, and to sign a three-year renewal agreement for further financial support.

Santander UK plc has today announced the appointment of Patricia Halliday as Chief Risk Officer (CRO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Nathan Bostock.

Goldfinger Factory, a Notting Hill-based social enterprise which recycles and upcycles old material to create bespoke furniture, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund to help improve the employability of local youngsters.

Change Please, a central London-based community programme which provides training for homeless people to become employable baristas, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund.