Our News
Statement from the Chair of the Board, Will Lindsay
We announce today that Tim Bowen, our Chief Executive for the last 5 years will [...]
Oct
AGM 2023 voting results
Annual General Meeting 2023 The 144th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]
May
Carbon balancing our 2023 AGM mailing
As part of our commitment to the environment we are pleased to tell you that [...]
Mar
Making a donation to our local foodbank
Last week we were pleased to be able to send a large donation of food [...]
Jan
Cash For Kids Mission Christmas 2022
We are an official partner of CFM’s 2022 Cash For Kids Mission Christmas campaign. We [...]
Nov
Increase to Standard Variable Rate – November 2022
As of 1 November 2022, the Society’s Standard Variable Rate (SVR) increased by 1% from [...]
UK Savings Week
This week sees the inaugural UK Savings Week, a collaboration with the Building Societies Association, [...]
Sep
Mortgage applications temporarily paused
We are temporarily pausing new mortgage applications. This is a decision that we have not [...]
We had a great day as Principal Partner at Penrith Show
We are always proud to be involved in our local community and after a break [...]
Jul
We are pleased to announce improvements to our mortgage application and underwriting processes.
From this week, any new mortgage applications will benefit from a new and improved mortgage [...]
Jul
Important Notice: Thursday 21 July 2022 Opening Hours change
Important Notice: Our Branch will close for staff training at 1pm on Thursday 21 June [...]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and MoneyHelper are urging consumers to get help as soon as possible if they are struggling financially because of the rising cost of living.
(The following is a press release taken from the FCA website) Millions of people get [...]
We are offsetting 12,375kg of carbon with tree planting
You may remember that back in April we sent out some of our team to [...]
Jun
Celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
This weekend sees a special extended bank holiday break. It provides an opportunity for people, [...]
May
A warm welcome to Helen Thistlethwaite
We are thrilled to announce Helen Thistlethwaite has joined the Society as our new Business [...]
May
Bright Stars 2022
We are partnering Hayton Primary School in the 2022 Bright Stars programme that challenges primary [...]
May
AGM 2022 voting results
Annual General Meeting 2022 The 143rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]
May
Planting Trees With GED!
Finding ways to reduce our carbon footprint and improve our impact on the environment is [...]
Apr
Going green!
As a Society, becoming more aware of our impact on the climate and what we [...]
Apr
New Starters
Louise Watt – Technology Executive Rather than being a new starter, Louise has returned to [...]
Apr
Celebrating Success
Lucy Hodgson, Finance Assistant Supported by the Society, Lucy embarked upon her studies in September [...]
Mar
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2023
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 Notice is hereby given that The Annual General Meeting of the [...]
Mar
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 Notice is hereby given that The Annual General Meeting of the [...]
Mar
Change of Chair at Penrith Building Society
After nearly nine years of serving on the Board of Penrith Building Society Rob Cairns [...]
Nov
Eden Riding for the Disabled
Following a long break due to Covid-19 Eden Riding for the Disabled have re-started their [...]
Oct
Saturday Opening
We are pleased to announce that our branch will be opening the first and third [...]
Sep
Mortgage Blood Bank
Mortgage Blood Bank Penrith Building Society is proud to be taking part in a nationwide [...]
Jun
AGM 2021 voting results
Annual General Meeting 2021 The 142nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]
May
Focusing on our mental health
This month for our Better Health at Work Award we are focusing on Mental Health. [...]
Mar
Celebrating our Silver Better Health at Work Award
The main aim of the Better Health at Work Award is to improve employee physical [...]
Feb
IMPORTANT NOTICE – Mandatory face coverings
As of Friday 24th July, it has become mandatory for people to wear a face [...]
Nov
Notification – Upcoming Introduction of Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for @PBS
Penrith Building Society is introducing additional functionality to the @PBS portal later in the year, [...]
Sep
New one way system in use in branch
If you come in to the branch you will notice that we now have a [...]
Jul
Our latest community news
We are always proud to be involved in the local community and in these times [...]
Jun
COVID-19 Protect yourself from fraud
Criminals use exceptional circumstances like the current COVID-19 situation as a chance to pose as [...]
May
AGM 2020 voting results
Annual General Meeting 2020 The 141st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]
May
AGM status update
Dear Members, As anticipated and communicated to you with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) documentation, [...]
Mar
Message from the Chairman regarding the AGM and COVID-19 outbreak
Dear Member COVID – 19 – Coronavirus outbreak In light of the current situation with [...]
Mar
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 Notice is hereby given that The Annual General Meeting of the [...]
Mar
Matthew moves up!
Many of our savings members will be used to seeing Matthews smiling face as he [...]
Feb
Have you been affected by the recent flooding?
Following the terrible flooding experienced in various parts of Cumbria and elsewhere in the UK [...]
Feb
Are you making the most of your Cash ISA savings?
You might have noticed that some financial institutions have reduced their ISA interest rates recently, [...]
Nov
Cash for Kids Mission Christmas 2019
It’s official – we are a Cash for Kids Mission Christmas drop off point for [...]
Nov
@PBS – Introduction of Two Factor Authentication (2FA)
Two Factor Authentication (2FA) is a new mandatory requirement for proving the identity of online [...]
Oct
Charity Bike Challenge
On Friday the staff of PBS completed their big bike challenge raising money for Sunbeams [...]
Oct
Exciting staff news at Penrith Building Society
We have had some exciting staff news recently at Penrith Building Society. Lucy will be [...]
Aug
Coniston Bond Launch
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new fixed rate, fixed term product, the [...]
Aug
Better Health at Work Award
Penrith Building Society has recently signed up to the Better Health at Work Award commencing [...]
May
Christine celebrates 40 years of working at Penrith Building Society
Christine joined our team in May 1979 and last week we celebrated 40 years of [...]
May
AGM 2019 voting results
Annual General Meeting 2019 The 140th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]
Apr
Barbara celebrates 40 years of working at Penrith Building Society
Barbara joined our team in April 1979 and this week we celebrated 40 years of [...]
Apr
How to identify and avoid common types of scams
Here at Penrith Building Society, we are passionate about helping people avoid being a victim [...]
Feb
PBS Supports Lazonby First Responders
Clare went out to visit Elaine and Jacqueline of Lazonby first responders on Friday 15 [...]
Feb
A big welcome to Ed Appleby
We are delighted to announce that we have welcomed Ed Appleby to the Penrith Building [...]
Feb
PBS staff take part in British Heart Foundation ‘dechox’ challenge
In February the British Heart Foundation are running the ‘dechox’ challenge – a chocolate detox. [...]
Jan
PBS Barracudas Swimathon
The Penrith Building Society Barracudas swim team are once again participating in a charity Swimathon [...]
Jan
Brand refresh
On 20 December 2018 we officially launched our brand refresh with a launch party in [...]
Jan
GDPR
The Society has updated its Privacy Notice in line with new data protection laws (under [...]
May
2018 AGM
On Wednesday April 18th we held our 139th AGM at the wonderful Sunbeams building on the [...]
Apr