Community

Harpenden wins ‘Best Local Building Society’ Award at the WMA’s for 6th year

By Richard Steed / 15th July 2020 / Comments Off on Harpenden wins ‘Best Local Building Society’ Award at the WMA’s for 6th year

Harpenden Building Society has won the ‘Best Local Building Society’ category at the prestigious What Mortgage Awards for a 6th consecutive year. Now in their 27th year, the What Mortgage Awards are considered the ‘stamp of approval’ to recognise and reward the best of the best within the UK’s mortgage and associated personal finance markets. […]

Read More

Message to our Members; advising customers of permanent branch closures at Wendover and Buckingham

By Richard Steed / 22nd June 2020 / Comments Off on Message to our Members; advising customers of permanent branch closures at Wendover and Buckingham

Official statement; Harpenden Building Society advising customers of permanent branch closures at Wendover and Buckingham We would like to provide all of our members an update on our decision to permanently close the Wendover and Buckingham branches with immediate effect. As a Society we frequently review our business to ensure we can continue to operate […]

Read More

A message from Sarah Howe, Chief Executive

By Richard Steed / 28th April 2020 / Comments Off on A message from Sarah Howe, Chief Executive

The current pandemic has significantly impacted all our lives. As a local business, we serve communities in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and we continue to ‘be open for business’ offering a range of savings accounts and mortgages. We review daily the latest Government guidance, seek feedback from members and our colleagues in the front line […]

Read More

Our Savings Rates; A message to our Members

By Richard Steed / 26th April 2020 / Comments Off on Our Savings Rates; A message to our Members

We recognise that this is an uncertain time for everyone. Our Members are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to reassure you that we continue to be committed to looking after your money. Recently, the Bank of England reduced the base rate by 0.65% to 0.10% and we have taken some […]

Read More

Message to our Members; Coronavirus (COVID 19)

By Richard Steed / 18th March 2020 / Comments Off on Message to our Members; Coronavirus (COVID 19)

Our latest update, December 21st 2020 We would like to provide all of our members an update on our decision to permanently close the Wendover and Buckingham branches with immediate effect. You can read our official statement in full from our Chief Executive, Sarah Howe. Below is an update for all of our members on […]

Read More

We support the well-being of young people with 300 paid for counselling sessions

By Richard Steed / 6th February 2020 / Comments Off on We support the well-being of young people with 300 paid for counselling sessions

We have provided a three year funding support programme with the St Albans based youth counselling charity, Youth Talk. Presently, the Society is halfway through the partnership and are already seeing the benefits they provide towards young people’s mental health. Funding from our Grassroots Endowment Fund has already financed the first Youth Talk counselling sessions which […]

Read More

Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

By Richard Steed / 23rd December 2019 / Comments Off on Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

Here is a summary of our opening hours over the festive period for our branches… Christmas Eve – our six branches and our Head Office will close at 1pm Christmas Day and Boxing Day – our six branches and our Head Office will be closed Friday 27th December – our Head Office will be open […]

Read More

Harpenden Building Society; Local focus with National reach

By Richard Steed / 12th November 2019 / Comments Off on Harpenden Building Society; Local focus with National reach

Harpenden Building Society won the Best Local Building Society award for an unprecedented 5th, consecutive year at the What Mortgage Awards. Today we meet Harpenden’s CEO Sarah Howe who tells us more about this specialist lender which packs a punch when it comes to mortgage lending. Q: How did it feel to be voted Best […]

Read More

Money Manager Scheme – Children learn financial skills from local Building Society

By Richard Steed / 1st November 2019 / Comments Off on Money Manager Scheme – Children learn financial skills from local Building Society

Staff from Harpenden Building Society are ‘going back to school’ to help deliver a ‘Money Manager’ financial education scheme to local children. So far nearly 1200 youngsters aged between 4 and 11 years (key stage 1 & 2) have enrolled on the scheme with the Society encouraging more local schools to sign up to the […]

Read More

Sarah Howe, joins speaker panel at Harpenden Personal Finance Conference: “Helping you shape your financial future”

By Richard Steed / 4th October 2019 / Comments Off on Sarah Howe, joins speaker panel at Harpenden Personal Finance Conference: “Helping you shape your financial future”

Lyndhurst Financial Management are delivering their inaugural Harpenden Personal Finance Conference on Friday 15th November 2019. This highly anticipated morning event is free to attend and will take place in the Rothamsted Research Conference Centre, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ. Registration for the conference is from 9:00am to 9:30am and concludes with a complimentary buffet […]

Read More
Scroll to Top