Press releases

Santander employees from across the UK travelled to Liverpool last week to face off in a charity remake of the classic game show ‘It’s a Knockout’. The event was made up of 16 teams, taking part in eight different challenges, including a basketball shootout and the human washing machine. The event saw participants donning huge costumes and facing foam, water and other obstacles, to raise money for Age UK and Barnardo’s.

• Over half of the Milton Keynes Santander Cycles are currently off the road, due to heavy vandalism
   
• Since the scheme launched in June 2016, over £200,000 worth of intentional damage has been done to the bikes
   
• Santander is currently reviewing the bike docking station locations and discussing the overall viability of the scheme

Greenock-based PG Paper Company Ltd, an international paper merchant and one of Scotland’s biggest exporters, is to target growth in South America following a £10 million funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial.

Gainsborough-based dentist Dr Irfan Khokhar has purchased his first dental practice following £665,500 in funding from Santander Business Banking. Dr Khokhar’s Dencare Group has purchased Apex Dental Ltd and now has long-term plans to build a regional chain of state-of-the-art outlets.

• Families are prepared to spend an extra 12 per cent for their chosen school catchment address, adding £26,800 to the average UK property price
   
• One in five (20 per cent) of these parents had to change jobs in order to get their kids into the desired school
   
• 44 per cent of all families who move to a certain catchment area say they will leave as soon as a school place is secured

• 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.

• Five pupils from Prior Pursglove College, Guisborough join the bank for the summer to give them a career boost
• 60 students in total from 10 UK locations will participate in summer work experience
• Placements support education charity's '140 hours' campaign

• 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, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’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.