Notices

  • Savings products - In preparation of the launch of our new and improved Online Service we have temporarily withdrawn online applications for all our savings products. You can still apply for these products by post or in branch. All savings products will be available to apply online from 12 May. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

  • Savings customers: Your 2024 / 2025 Annual Interest Savings Summary are currently being processed and are due to be delivered by 30 April 2025.

  • We’ll shortly be making some changes to our Online Service to make it simpler and easier for you to use.  

    Our new Online Service will have a modern design, improved navigation and many added benefits.  

    Find out more about the changes

  • Mortgage products - On Wednesday 23 April, we made changes to our mortgage product range. These include rate adjustments across our fixed rate products, and an increase to our Owner Occupier Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor maximum LTV to up to 90% (with no additional security required) for loans up to £500,000.

  • Online Service update. Due to planned essential maintenance our Online Service will be unavailable from 6pm until 12am on Wednesday 7 May. Our Online Service will also be unavailable between 5.30pm on Friday 9 May until 9am on Monday 12 May. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Secure messaging

A safe and straightforward method of communication so you can discuss account specific information with us.

As the security of your data is of paramount importance to us, we’ve chosen to provide you with an additional, secure method of communication through our Secure Messaging portal.

Powered by Mimecast (a leading global provider of secure email cloud services), the Secure Messaging Portal offers a safe and straightforward way for us to:

  • discuss account specific information with you
  • securely send you electronic files
  • securely receive electronic files from you.

We still send you normal emails for non-sensitive information, but we'll only use the Secure Messaging Portal (for more information on how to use the portal please refer to the questions below), or the separate Secure Message functionality within our Online Service, to discuss account specific details with you.


To open a secure message from us or to send us a secure message using the Mimecast system, you’ll need to log in to our dedicated Secure Messaging portal. 

The first time you use the secure message system to open a message from us, you’ll receive a separate email containing your login information and then you’ll be prompted to change your password at the first login. After this you can change your password whenever you want. 

You’ll only be able to send us a message once we’ve initiated your portal login. This happens when we first send a message to you via the portal. So, if you haven’t received any messages from us through the Secure Messaging portal before, but would like to use the portal to send us a secure message, please just call us on 03330 140144 and we’ll happily set you up. 

All Mimecast email messages contain straightforward instructions (either within the email itself or as an attachment) on how you open messages or download or upload files.
We hope you find our Secure Messaging portal useful and reassuring.  

If you do have any concerns regarding the security or validity of communications from the Secure Messaging portal or simply want to know more, feel free to get in touch.

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Added peace of mind

We’ve introduced this additional communication channel for your peace of mind. It means you can openly exchange sensitive account-related information and documents with us quickly and safely.

If you've registered for our Online Service and already use the Secure Message facility in it and are happy to carry on, then that’s absolutely fine. Likewise, if you’ve used our Secure Document Upload form to send us files and you want to carry on doing that, that’s fine too.

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Data Security

We take all issues relating to your data seriously. Find out what we do to protect your data and what you can do to protect yourself.

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