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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 […]
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by Roy Badcock, Senior Manager, Harpenden Building Society Does a day go by without a headline appearing about the transformative effect of ‘fintech’ or new technology? Some of my colleagues were at the Mortgage Business Expo conference in London recently and technology was a popular topic of conversation. Indeed, one of the conference seminars, ‘How […]
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by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society A short while ago, I wrote an article which explained how a discussion paper jointly issued by The Bank of England, The PRA and The FCA has the potential to change the way all financial institutions might be asked to operate in the future. The paper […]
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by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society In July 2018, The Bank of England, The PRA and The FCA issued a joint discussion paper called ‘Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience’. The paper also goes by the name of DP 01/18. You may have seen some commentary in the trade press but […]
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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 […]
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Impact Specialist Finance and the Harpenden Building Society have completed a £1 million interest only residential deal on a new build flat for a client in their 50s. The transaction was for a very upscale 19th floor new build property situated on the South Bank of the Thames in London. It had a valuation of […]
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by Harpenden Building Society The demand for holidays and time to rest can be affected by the economy but there will always be people trying to seek a break from it all. Holiday Lets are becoming an increasingly attractive investment proposition for many across the UK and it’s not just down to political and economic […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Certainty in uncertain times Fixed rate products and improved deals pave the way for increased mortgage sales Sarah Howe, CEO, Harpenden Building Society As I consider the current economic climate one thing for certain is ‘uncertainty’ and the negative impact this brings. One area of the economy particularly impacted has of course been property sales. […]
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