Press releases
Aug
28
2024

New data from Santander today shows that parents looking to send their children to one of the top 500 state primary schools outside of London are hit with a 5% premium on properties within the school鈥檚 catchment area. In cash terms, parents must pay 拢21,215 more than the average price of a home in the same area. 

Aug
22
2024

British brand Hilltop Honey, eyes further global expansion into new markets, including US, Middle East and Australia with help from Santander UK funding.

Aug
12
2024

Santander has launched a current account and savings prize draw where one lucky customer has the chance to win a 拢50,000 cash prize.

Aug
07
2024

Santander has teamed up with 鈥榝influencer鈥 Mr Money Jar to deliver a stark warning against falling victim to AI deepfake scams, an up-and-coming tactic deployed by fraudsters. 

Aug
01
2024

Santander UK has today announced changes to its mortgage and base rate linked savings products following the Monetary Policy Committee鈥檚 decision to decrease the Bank of England base rate by 0.25% to 5.00%.

Jul
30
2024

Santander UK has today made reductions of up to 0.20% to selected fixed rates across its purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and new build ranges.  

Jul
30
2024

First-time buyers (FTBs) are increasingly compromising on location to fulfil their dream of owning a home 鈥 with two thirds (67%) moving to an area they had never been to before.

Jul
25
2024

New research from Santander UK1 finds sole traders are at risk of being left behind, with just one in six (17%) and one in five (20%) micro businesses believing they have sufficient resources to become more environmentally sustainable, which could affect growth or seriously devalue their business.

Jul
19
2024

Millions of parents across the UK (20%) believe that social media might be better suited to teach their kids about money than they are, according to research from Santander UK1 

Jul
18
2024

Ahead of the school holidays kicking off, Santander UK is urging holidaymakers to stay alert when booking travel and accommodation for their upcoming summer break. 

Jul
16
2024

Santander UK has today launched a prize draw for new Santander Edge Student current account customers, with 20 students due to win 拢27,750, the equivalent three years鈥 worth of tuition fees and 30 students in line to win 拢9,250, the equivalent of one year of tuition fees.

Jul
10
2024

Deaf customers can now browse听Santander.co.ukin British Sign Language (BSL), as Santander rolls out Signly across its website.

Jun
28
2024

Santander has announced its support for the Foundation for Education Development (FED), a non-profit organisation established to help shape the future of our education system.

Jun
20
2024

Santander has confirmed that it will be ending its 拢175 switcher offer today, with switch requests accepted until 23:59 20 June 2024.

Jun
19
2024

Santander has launched a summer holiday prize draw where customers have a chance to win 1 of 18 vouchers worth 拢5,000 towards their next holiday.

Jun
19
2024

Santander UK today announced it has expanded its Real Estate Finance team, with the appointment of Allan MacKenzie as Senior Relationship Director 鈥 Real Estate.

Jun
18
2024

London based dental clinic Dentistry100, was targeted by scammers impersonating one of their suppliers, asking to change their details before finalising the payment. When they started to rush and harass the dental business, this 鈥渟et alarm bells ringing鈥.

Jun
13
2024

Santander UK plc and Santander UK Group Holdings plc announce the appointment of David Gledhill as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2024. 

Jun
11
2024

Santander UK today announced it has appointed Steven Kew as Regional MD, East of England & East Midlands, Corporate Clients.

Jun
11
2024

The share of first-time buyers with at least one dependant has increased from 10 per cent in 2009 to 20 per cent in 2023 Santander data shows, indicating that more people getting their foot onto the first rung of the property ladder are now families.