Skipton Building Society has named Hasintha Gunawickrema to its board as non-executive director, subject to regulatory approval. A former Barclays financial analyst, Gunawickrema worked at…

Skipton International, part of the Skipton Group, has announced the appointment of Eric Barnett as its new chair. Skipton International is a bank that provides Sterling…

Skipton Group, which includes Skipton Building Society and estate agent Connells Group, reported higher half-year profit, helped by an upturn in the UK housing market. …

The Skipton Group, which includes Skipton Building Society, estate agency Connells and other businesses, said its savings balances grew 15.4% to £26 billion in 2023 and…

Skipton Group announced that Sarah Whitney is to step down from her role as a non-executive director of Skipton Building Society and as chair of…

Skipton Building Society said its group chief financial officer (CFO) Bobby Ndawula has today announced he will be leaving the mutual and that Standard Chartered’s Paul…

Skipton Building Society said its savings balances grew 5.2% to £23.6 billion, group mortgage balances rose 6.8% to £27.2 billion and society membership grew 3.1% to…

Skipton Building Society announced it plans to launch a 100% mortgage aimed at potential first-time buyers who cannot save for a deposit — the first…

Skipton Building Society said its profit rose 9.9% to £298.8 million in 2022 as its savings balances grew by a record 13.6% to £22.5 billion….

Paris-based CGR has established a base in the UK with the acquisition of Skipton-based wire springs group John Binns & Son (Springs) Limited. CGR is…

Virgin Money and Skipton Building Society on Monday temporarily withdrew their mortgage ranges for new customers because of the volatility in sterling funding markets, according…

Skipton Building Society said its savings balances grew 6% to £21 billion in the first half of 2022, with pre-tax profit for the period edging higher to…

Skipton Building Society announced that Stuart Haire, currently CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC UK, will become Skipton’s new group chief executive at the…

Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Ian Cornelius as interim group chief executive from April 26. Currently the mutual’s commercial and strategy director,…

Skipton Building Society announced that its 2021 profit before tax increased 129% to £271.8 million as it grew its membership to more than 1 million…

Skipton Building Society said it will appoint Gwyn Burr as its new chair on April 26 when Robert East retires from the role. “Robert has served the…

Skipton Building Society said on Monday that after almost 30 years with the business, 13 of them as group chief executive, David Cutter and the board…

Skipton Building Society said on Tuesday its savings balances grew by 3.9% to £19.4 billion in the first half of 2021 as total group profit before tax…

Skipton Building Society has announced the sale of its subsidiary company Connells Limited’s holding of 64.68% in TM Group (UK) Limited, a provider of property…

Skipton Building Society said on Wednesday its savings balances grew 7.7% to £18.7 billion in 2020 while its total assets increased 10.9% during the year…

Skipton Building Society said its assets increased 9.9% to £25.5 billion in the year to December 31, 2019, but profit before tax fell to £153.2…

Skipton Building Society said its total profit before tax fell to £72.3 million in the first half of 2019 from £104.7 million at the same…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Skipton Building Society to provide portfolio products for customers…

Skipton, the UK’s fourth largest building society, said on Wednesday its 2018 underlying profit before tax rose 12.3% to £186.1 million. Skipton increased its membership…

Skipton Building Society said total group profit before tax rose to £104.7 million in the six months to June 30, up from £67 million at…

Skipton Building Society said its 2017 group profit before tax increased 18.5% to £200.1 million and the society continued to grow with a 58,657 increase in…

Skipton Building Society said its subsidiaries Amber Homeloans Limited and North Yorkshire Mortgages Limited agreed the sale of a £220 million portfolio of mortgage loans to…

Skipton Building Society said its 2016 gross residential mortgage lending rose 8% to a record £4 billion, total assets rose 8.6% to £19 billion, and profit after tax increased…

Connells, part of the Skipton Group, said it has appointed Helen Charlesworth as its new Group CEO, subject to regulatory approval. The UK’s largest estate…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot said in an AGM trading update that it has made a strong start to the year and continues…

Manchester-based Bank North, the new regional business bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced the internal promotion of two senior team members to…

Manchester-based Bank North, the new regional business bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has made a raft of executive appointments as it ramps up…

Harrogate-based independent financial adviser (IFA) Prosperis Ltd has acquired AJ Hird Ltd, the Skipton-based IFA, for an undisclosed fee. The deal brings a further £40…

Manchester-based Bank North announced it has grown its team further, including the addition of Neil Boycott as head of credit risk, as it continues to…

Chesire-based veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Monday it changed the ownership of all its UK marketing authorisations to a new unit in…

Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons said it will become the first British supermarket to introduce plastic-free fruit and vegetable areas in many of its stores. Customers will…

Chicago-based credit reporting agency TransUnion said on Friday it will buy Leeds-based consumer data firm Callcredit Information Group for £1 billion in cash from private equity…