Press Office

You can contact our Press Office for information on any Leeds Building Society product or service.

Below is a collection of our latest press releases. Click on the links to read in full.

We also have an archive of press releases and a number of case studies.

If you have any press or community support or sponsorship enquiries, please do not hesitate to get in touch via any of the methods below.

Email: pressoffice@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk

Telephone: 0113 225 7606

23rd January 2012 | Leeds Building Society celebrates new partnership with Variety Children's Charity

Leeds Building Society is celebrating its new partnership with Variety, the Children's Charity by supporting the topical 'Star Wars' gold heart badge campaign. Leeds is the only financial organisation to have the badges on display and they will be on sale, for a suggested donation of £1, at all 65 U.K. branches of the Society until Wednesday 29th February. Read Full Press Release »

28th December 2011 | Leeds Building Society gets the New Year off to a market leading start

Leeds Building Society is transforming its current 3 Year fixed rate mortgage deals into a market leading range of New Year sale products, where customers can save over £1,100. The completion fee of £800 will be removed and a free standard valuation up to £335 will be added. In addition, the Society is offering free legal services for standard re-mortgages. Read Full Press Release »

20th December 2011 | Leeds Building Society launches 100% fees assisted shared ownership mortgage

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new Shared Ownership mortgage that will support even more first-time-buyers (FTBs) onto the housing ladder. Read Full Press Release »

20th December 2011 | Leeds offers 5-year fixed rate mortgages up to 95% loan-to-value

Leeds Building Society has increased the loan-to-value (LTV) on its 5-Year Fixed Rate mortgage to 95%, and has also introduced a 90% LTV tier with a rate below 5%. Furthermore, the UK’s 5th largest building society is also offering fees assisted versions at these high LTVs for customers who need assistance with upfront set-up costs. Read Full Press Release »

16th December 2011 | Leeds schoolboy wins National Christmas card competition

Sam Reid, an eight year old from Wigton Moor Primary School in Leeds, has been announced as the winner of the Leeds Building Society National Christmas card competition. As the national winner Sam receives £50 in High Street vouchers, and his card is being used as Leeds Building Society’s Corporate Christmas card. Read Full Press Release »

16th December 2011 | Leeds launches 1 year fixed rate ISA with 25% access

Leeds Building Society has launched a highly competitive 1-year fixed rate ISA paying 3.25% gross p.a./ AER for customers still looking to invest their 2011/2012 tax free allowance.
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15th December 2011 | Tom raises his 'Top Hat,' and waltzes away with £20,000 donation

Ahead of this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing final, Leeds Building Society teamed up with the winner of series six, Tom Chambers, to present him with a donation on behalf of Age UK.
The presentation took place at Leeds Grand Theatre, where Tom was starring in ‘Top Hat’ prior to its transfer to the West End in April 2012. He accepted the £20,000 donation from Kim Rebecchi, Leeds Building Society’s Sales and Marketing Director. Read Full Press Release »

14th December 2011 | Leeds unveils 1 year fixed rate bond at 3.35% with 25% access

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a 1 year fixed rate bond, which combines a high guaranteed return of 3.35% gross p.a./ AER with unlimited access to 25% of the funds, without notice or penalty, at any time. The account can be opened through branches, by post and online. Read Full Press Release »

13th December 2011 | Leeds Building Society appoints Finance Director

Leeds Building Society has today announced that Robin Litten will join the UK's 5th largest building society as Finance Director. He joins the Board, which now consists of three executive directors and eight non-executive directors, under the leadership of Chairman Robin Smith.
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1st December 2011 | Leeds Building Society wins prestigious Community award

Leeds Building Society received the ‘Community Services Award for Large Lenders’ award at the Mortgage Finance Gazette (MFG) awards ceremony. Read Full Press Release »

30th November 2011 | Lauren scoops top award

Lauren Halmonroyd has scooped the prestigious 2011 Branch Customer Advisor of the Year award at Leeds Building Society. This prize is open to any branch advisor from across the Society’s 65 branches. Read Full Press Release »

29th November 2011 | Leeds launches market leading fees assisted buy to let deals

Leeds Building Society’s new fixed rate buy to let range offers market leading fees assisted deals available over 2, 3 and 5 year periods. Furthermore, rates have been reduced on the fee-paying versions by up to 0.40%. Read Full Press Release »

28th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society donates £11,000 to Marie Curie Cancer Care

Leeds Building Society has made an £11,000 donation to Marie Curie Cancer Care, which is one of the Society’s partner charities. Read Full Press Release »

25th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society raises £10,000 for BBC Children in Need Appeal

Leeds Building Society raises £10,000 for BBC Children in Need Appeal Leeds Building Society has raised £10,000 for this year's Children in Need appeal in a combined effort via staff fundraising at Head Office, and donations from the public across all 65 U.K. branches. Read Full Press Release »

24th November 2011 | Leeds Chief supports Government initiative to help first-time-buyers

Leeds Building Society, which currently lends one in four of its new mortgages to first-time-buyers (FTBs), has reacted positively to the announcement by the Government that it is to support FTBs onto the housing ladder. Read Full Press Release »

23rd November 2011 | Leeds Building Society appoints new manager in Birmingham

Antonia Murphy has been appointed as Branch Manager at the Birmingham branch of Leeds Building Society, at 33-35 Corporation Street. Read Full Press Release »

22nd November 2011 | Leeds slashes 10-year fixed to market leading rate

Leeds Building Society has reduced the rate on its 10 year fixed rate mortgage by 1% to a market leading 4.99%. Read Full Press Release »

16th November 2011 | Super League trophy comes to Leeds Building Society

League trophy, will be on display at the Leeds Building Society Head Office branch this Friday, 18th November, between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. Read Full Press Release »

15th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society donates £1,500 to WWF-UK

Leeds Building Society has made a £1,500 donation to WWF-UK. Read Full Press Release »

15th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society celebrates donation to the MS Society

Leeds Building Society has raised £1,700 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society by selling a range of retro pin badges featuring characters from the Beano comic.
The badges went on sale in all 65 branches nationwide for a suggested donation of £1 Read Full Press Release »

14th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society appoints new Head of Legal Services

Paul Jordan has been appointed as Head of Legal Services at Leeds Building Society. He has over 20 years experience in retail financial services, and operated as the Group Head of Legal at Bradford and Bingley for over 10 years. Read Full Press Release »

9th November 2011 | Society raises over £800 for children's orphanage

Leeds Building Society raised £830 for a children's orphanage in Ghana via a special charity day held at its Head Office. The funds were raised through a tombola, raffle, hair dying and leg waxing. The final amount raised significantly exceeded the initial target of £350. Read Full Press Release »

9th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society is at the heart of the community

Leeds Building Society members have found a place at the heart of the community by teaming up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in the fight against heart disease and raising over £3,000. Read Full Press Release »

8th November 2011 | Leeds offers combination of excellent return whilst supporting charity

Leeds Building Society has launched a new affinity savings partnership with Marie Curie Cancer Care. The account pays an excellent rate of 3.05% gross p.a./ AER, and customers will help Marie Curie with 0.20% of the closing balances being donated to the charity. Read Full Press Release »

7th November 2011 | Leeds offers schoolchildren the chance to design its official Christmas card

Leeds Building Society has launched an exciting competition for schoolchildren across the UK, aged between four and eleven years old, to design its official Christmas card and win £500 for their school. Furthermore, each regional winner wins £50 for school funds and has £20 invested for them in a savings account. Read Full Press Release »

4th November 2011 | Leeds Building Society raises funds for Asthma UK this autumn

Leeds Building Society is delighted to be supporting Asthma UK by selling pin badges of the children’s T.V. character Bagpuss. All of the Society’s 65 national branches are participating by offering the Bagpuss pin badges, for a suggested donation of £1, until Friday 16th December 2011. Read Full Press Release »

2nd November 2011 | Leeds launches unlimited access fixed rate postal bond

Leeds Building Society has launched a new short term Fixed Rate Postal Bond paying a guaranteed return of 2.80% gross p.a./2.82% AER. Furthermore, the bond also allows unlimited access to all of the funds at any time, without notice or penalty. Read Full Press Release »

1st November 2011 | Leeds Building Society supports Operation Christmas Child Appeal

Leeds Building Society is supporting the Samaritan’s Purse Operations Christmas Child appeal. This is the fifth successive year the Society has taken part in this national initiative, and all 65 U.K. branches will be collecting shoeboxes from members of the public from today (Tuesday 1st November) until Friday 18th November 2011. Read Full Press Release »

1st November 2011 | Leeds launch 1 year fixed rate ISA with 25% access

Leeds Building Society has launched a new highly competitive 1-year fixed rate ISA paying 3.25% gross p.a./ AER for customers still looking to invest their 2011/2012 tax free allowance. Furthermore, the product also provides the flexibility and peace of mind that comes with access to 25% of the funds, without notice or penalty at any time, which is unusual for fixed rate savings. Read Full Press Release »

31th October 2011 | Leeds launches best buy 2-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.29%

Leeds Building Society has launched a new best buy 2-year fixed rate mortgage at only 2.29%. Furthermore, there is no higher lending charge and 10% capital repayments are allowed each year without penalty. Read Full Press Release »

31th October 2011 | Leeds Building Society staff assist with Harvest Festival at St George's Crypt

A group of staff from Leeds Building Society visited St George’s Crypt to assist with the homeless charity’s harvest festival sorting, and also served lunch to the clients. Read Full Press Release »

27th October 2011 | Lang appointed as Barkingside Branch Manager

Gemma Lang has been appointed as branch manager at the Barkingside branch of Leeds Building Societ Read Full Press Release »

20th October 2011 | Leeds Building Society appoints new manager in Doncaster

Brett Stubbings has been appointed as branch manager at the Doncaster branch of Leeds Building Society. Read Full Press Release »

11th October 2011 | Leeds launches postal bond paying 3.05% with 100% access

Leeds Building Society has launched a new postal account paying 3.05%. Furthermore, customers benefit from unlimited withdrawals at any time without notice or penalty Read Full Press Release »

7th October 2011 | Leeds unveils new year fixed rate bond at 3.35% with 25% access

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new fixed rate bond combining a high guaranteed return of 3.35% gross p.a./ AER with unlimited access to 25% of the funds, without notice or penalty, at any time Read Full Press Release »

6th October 2011 | Leeds enters SIPP deposit market

Leeds Building Society has launched a range of competitive deposit accounts specifically designed to establish the UK’s 5th largest building society as a SIPP cash-deposit provider Read Full Press Release »

4th October 2011 | Leeds launches online account paying 3.05% with 100% access

Leeds Building Society has launched an online base rate tracker account paying 3.05%. Furthermore, customers benefit from unlimited withdrawals at any time without notice or penalty Read Full Press Release »

4th October 2011 | Leeds launch market leading 2-year fixed rate mortgage at only 1.99%

Leeds Building Society has launched a market leading 2-Year Fixed rate mortgage at only 1.99%, the lowest fixed rate in the Society's 136 year history. Read Full Press Release »

23th September 2011 | Running 78 miles for children's cancer charity

A Leeds Building Society employee is running 78 miles this year, via two Marathons and two Half Marathons, to raise funds for the children’s cancer charity Candlelighters. Read Full Press Release »

22th September 2011 | Leeds offers 5 year fixed rate buy to let deal at 4.99%

The 4.99% rate is the lowest currently available in the market, when also taking into account the Society’s fixed fee of £1,299. Previously, Leeds had higher versions available at 5.69% up to 60% LTV and 5.99% up to 65% LTV, but its standard, lower rate of 4.99% can now be obtained up to 70% LTV. Read Full Press Release »

19th September 2011 | Leeds launches market leading 2 Year Discount Mortgage at 2.45%

Leeds Building Society has launched a market leading 2-year discount mortgage at only 2.45% available up to 75% LTV. The Society has also reduced the rate available up to 80% LTV from 2.95% to 2.75%. Read Full Press Release »

19th September 2011 | Leeds launch market leading 5-year fixed rate mortgage range

Leeds Building Society’s 5-Year Fixed Rate mortgage range has seen rates cut by up to 0.86%, and now contains market leading offers across all LTV bands. Read Full Press Release »

14th September 2011 | Leeds launch 1 year fixed rate ISA with 25% access

Leeds Building Society has launched a new highly competitive 1-year fixed rate ISA paying 3.25% gross p.a./ AER for customers looking to invest their 2011/2012 tax free allowance. Furthermore, the product also provides the flexibility and peace of mind that comes with access to 25% of the funds, without notice or penalty at any time, which is unusual for fixed rate savings. Read Full Press Release »

14th September 2011 | Leeds unveils 1 year fixed rate bond at 3.46% with 25% access

Leeds Building Society is unveiling, with effect from Thursday 15th September, a new 1 year fixed rate bond combining a high guaranteed return of 3.46% gross p.a./ AER with unlimited access to 25% of the funds, without notice or penalty, at any time. Read Full Press Release »

7th September 2011 | Leeds Building Society donates £36,000 to Leeds Rhinos

Leeds Building Society presented Leeds Rhinos with a cheque for £36,000 at their final home match of the regular season, against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on Friday 2nd September. Read Full Press Release »

31 August 2011 | Leeds reduces interest rate on Buy to Let 2 Year Discount

Leeds Building Society has reduced the rate on its 2 year discount Buy to Let deal from 4.29% to 3.99%, available up to 70% LTV. This flat fee product also allows the flexibility of 10% capital repayments each year, without penalty. Read Full Press Release »

30 August 2011 | Leeds offers market leading fixed rate buy to let deals

Leeds Building Society's new fixed rate buy to let range, available over 2 and 3 year periods, has had reductions in rate of up to 0.85% and now contains a number of market leading offers and a 2 year deal at under 4%. The new range is complimented by allowing 10% capital repayments each year without penalty, and having no higher lending charge. Read Full Press Release »

30 August 2011 | Leeds Building Society reduces rates on 2 and 3 year fixed rates

Leeds Building Society has announced significant reductions on its 2 and 3 year fixed rate mortgage products. Rates have been reduced by up to 0.91% on the 2 year deals, and by up to 0.56% on 3 year fixed rates. Read Full Press Release »

19 August 2011 | Leeds Building Society's Charitable Foundation donates over £1 million - Changing Lives at Mencap

Leeds Building Society’s Charitable Foundation has donated a total of £1 million to 1,200 worth causes since it was established over a decade ago. To mark this milestone, the Foundation made a one off donation of £10,000 to Leeds Mencap to transform the facilities at its East End Park building and help improve the lives of adults and children with learning disabilities, and their families. Read Full Press Release »

9 August 2011 | Unaudited interim results for six months to 30 June 2011

Leeds Building Society, the UK's fifth largest building society, today announced a very strong set of half year results. Read Full Press Release »

4 August 2011 | Leeds slashes rate on 2-year fixed rate mortgage to 3.14%

Leeds Building Society has reduced the rate on its 2 year fixed rate mortgage by 0.50% to just 3.14% available up to 80% LTV. Furthermore, there is no higher lending charge and 10% capital repayments are allowed each year without penalty Read Full Press Release »

1 August 2011 | Leeds launch 5-year fixed rate mortgage at 4.89%

Leeds Building Society has launched a new 5-Year Fixed Rate mortgage, which is available up to 85% loan to value (LTV), at only 4.89%. Furthermore, there is no higher lending charge and 10% capital repayments are allowed each year without penalty Read Full Press Release »

29 July 2011 | Leeds offers fees assisted 2 year fixed rate buy to let deals

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a fees assisted 2-year fixed rate buy to let mortgage available from 5.14%. The product offers a free standard valuation up to £335 and free in-house legal services for standard re-mortgages. There is no completion fee and a booking fee of only £199. In addition, 10% capital repayments are allowed each year without penalty Read Full Press Release »