Annual General Meeting 2019 The 140th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith Building Society was held at 6.00pm on Thursday, 28 March 2019 at The Sunbeams Music Centre, Stoller House, Redhills, Penrith. The results were as follows: As has been the case for a number of years the Society donates a sum […]
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Barbara joined our team in April 1979 and this week we celebrated 40 years of her loyal and dedicated service. Our Chief Executive Tim presented Barbara with a lovely bouquet of flowers and she said how much she had enjoyed working at the Society and hoped to have many more years of doing so. Barbara […]
Here at Penrith Building Society, we are passionate about helping people avoid being a victim of fraud. Below you will find information about the types of scams that you could be affected by and some pointers that should help you to identify if that phone call or email is trying to catch you out. Pension […]
Clare went out to visit Elaine and Jacqueline of Lazonby first responders on Friday 15 February, to see how they were getting on with their new equipment which was sponsored by the Society. In terms of training people in giving life saving CPR, this new model will prove invaluable. Not only does it provide more […]
We are delighted to announce that we have welcomed Ed Appleby to the Penrith Building Society team as our new Business Development Manager. Ed and his wife recently relocated back to Northumberland having spent the past five years living in Edinburgh. Prior to joining us Ed worked at a bank in a development capacity and […]
In February the British Heart Foundation are running the ‘dechox’ challenge – a chocolate detox. The rules are that anything with cocoa in it is off limits which is much harder than it sounds! That means no chocolate bars, no chocolate biscuits and not even any on their cappuccino. You can read more about the […]
The Penrith Building Society Barracudas swim team are once again participating in a charity Swimathon organised by Penrith Rotary Club on January 26 2019. The team of 5 includes 3 members of staff – our Finance Director Elspeth, our Finance Manager Freya and Customer Representative Trevor. They will be aiming to swim as many lengths […]
On 20 December 2018 we officially launched our brand refresh with a launch party in the branch. This included drinks and food as well as a live outside broadcast by Eden FM. Our Chairman Rob Cairns, our CEO Tim Bowen and our Retail Operation and Distribution Executive Michelle Stevens were all interviewed giving their thoughts. […]
The Society has updated its Privacy Notice in line with new data protection laws (under the General Data Protection Regulation) which came into effect on 25 May 2018. We take our data privacy responsibilities very seriously at Penrith Building Society, and we want our members to understand and feel confident about how we collect, store […]
On Wednesday April 18th we held our 139th AGM at the wonderful Sunbeams building on the outskirts of Penrith. Thankyou to the members who attended and also to Annie Mawson for her inspirational talk, we were delighted to hear about all the fabulous community work of Sunbeams Music Trust.