Press releases

Feb

2017

Donation helps children with learning disabilities get cooking

New Hope Worcestershire has received £5,000 to fund a kitchen refurbishment to teach cooking skills to local children who have disabilities.

Feb

2017

Donation helps children with learning disabilities get cooking

Secure and simple to use, customers can now make payments using their voice, check their account balance, report a lost card and ask about their spend within a particular time period
The technology differs from voice biometrics, which enables access to customer accounts by using voice as a password
The new technology has initially been released to iOS SmartBank app users, as a customer pilot

Feb

2017

Donation helps homeless people in South Tyneside off the streets and into the kitchen

Emmaus North East has received £5,000 to fund kitchen equipment and provide catering training to 15 ex-homeless people in South Tyneside, helping them to get back into work and living independently.

Feb

2017

Cardiff-based it consultancy targets £100m turnover

Cardiff-based IT consultancy and software development firm DevOpsGuys Limited (DOG) is targeting £100 million turnover over the next five years and new job creation after receiving £1 million funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.

Feb

2017

Donation supports British sign language users in Manchester

Manchester Deaf Centre has received £5,000 to fund new sign language videos for their website to make it more accessible for deaf British sign language users of all ages.

Feb

2017

Donation funds reading garden for local students

The Friends of Capel Manor Primary School (CMPS) have received a £5,000 grant to fund an outdoor reading garden for their pupils and the school community.

Feb

2017

Santander and Helen Goodman MP 'bang the drum' for local businesses on export growth

On Friday 27th January businesses attended a discussion at the Bishop Auckland Town Hall focused on the export-led growth opportunities for local SMEs
Helen Goodman MP shared insights on the importance of ensuring that businesses have the right access to finance and encouraged attendees to contribute to the wider UK export agenda.
Jonathan Thompson, Divisional Managing Director for the North, Santander, chaired the discussion.
Local businessman Andrew Street from Liberty Drums also spoke.
Analysis of official ONS data shows that the number of businesses in the North East that exported goods and/or services rose by 14% across 2014-2015 – however, the region has the lowest number of firms that export.

Feb

2017

Santander appoints Saul Proctor as a director within the financial sponsors team for Corporate and Commercial Banking

Santander Corporate & Commercial has appointed Saul Proctor as a Director within its Financial Sponsors team.

Feb

2017

Donation helps local people learn skills to live independently

Sidmouth Voluntary Services (SVS) has received £4,720 to fund a series of ‘explorer workshops’ to benefit the elderly and disabled in the local area.
The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation, which offers Discovery Grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities

Jan

2017

Santander employees raise over £1 million for age UK and Barnardo's

Santander employees across the UK have raised more than £1.1 million for the bank’s charity partners Age UK and Barnardo’s through fundraising events during 2016.

Jan

2017

Donation helps disabled children and their siblings to integrate and have fun

Friends and Families of Special Children has received £5,000 to fund a year of fully inclusive activities for disabled children, young carers and siblings in Plymouth and the surrounding area.

Jan

2017

Donation helps gardeners blossom

Mayfield Nurseries has received £4,970 to fund its Gardening on Prescription programme designed to help people experiencing mental health issues in Southampton.

Jan

2017

Santander appoints Tony Dean as regional director for north west corporate and commercial

Santander Corporate and Commercial has appointed Tony Dean as the new Regional Director for the North West.

Jan

2017

Donation helps improve the lives of ex-homeless

Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre (CHAC) has received £5,000 to fund a series of life skills workshops for men and women in Cheltenham who were previously homeless.

Dec

2016

'SANTAandDEER' managing director of Santander Business helps spread joy to children this Christmas

Santander has launched a new type of bank to help spread joy to less fortunate children this Christmas: ‘Santa&deer’.

Dec

2016

Santander UK Group Holdings plc statement on the ring-fencing model and legal entity structure

The Board of Santander UK has today approved a revised business model and legal entity structure to comply with the ring-fencing requirements in the UK.

Dec

2016

'Santa & Dear' Bank helps spread joy to children this Christmas

Santander has launched a new type of bank to help spread joy to less fortunate children this Christmas: ‘Santa & Deer’.

Dec

2016

Santander UK's CEO visits Ulster University

Nathan Bostock, Santander UK's CEO, made his first official visit to Ulster University yesterday to meet the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paddy Nixon, the senior leadership team as well as students who have benefited from the bank’s financial support.

Dec

2016

Santander opens first of new customer-centric branches

A range of tailored services give customers the choice of how they want to bank
State of the art digital facilities alongside a customer focussed design
Stronger emphasis on community led initiatives

Dec

2016

Santander UK's CEO visits University of Nottingham

Nathan Bostock, Santander UK's CEO visited the University of Nottingham yesterday to meet the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Greenaway, and to sign a new three year renewal agreement and further financial support for the leading UK academic institution.