Our News

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 [...]

27
Jul
2022
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 [...]

26
Jul
2022
Important Notice: Thursday 21 July 2022 Opening Hours change
July 21, 2022

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.
July 7, 2022

(The following is a press release taken from the FCA website) Millions of people get [...]

We are offsetting 12,375kg of carbon per year

You may remember that back in April we sent out some of our team to [...]

30
Jun
2022
Celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

This weekend sees a special extended bank holiday break. It provides an opportunity for people, [...]

30
May
2022
A warm welcome to Helen Thistlethwaite

We are thrilled to announce Helen Thistlethwaite has joined the Society as our new Business [...]

16
May
2022
Bright Stars 2022

We are partnering Hayton Primary School in the 2022 Bright Stars programme that challenges primary [...]

16
May
2022
AGM 2022 voting results

Annual General Meeting 2022 The 143rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]

03
May
2022
Planting Trees With GED!

Finding ways to reduce our carbon footprint and improve our impact on the environment is [...]

25
Apr
2022
Going green!

As a Society, becoming more aware of our impact on the climate and what we [...]

12
Apr
2022
New Starters

Louise Watt – Technology Executive Rather than being a new starter, Louise has returned to [...]

07
Apr
2022
Celebrating Success

Lucy Hodgson, Finance Assistant Supported by the Society, Lucy embarked upon her studies in September [...]

31
Mar
2022
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 Notice is hereby given that The Annual General Meeting of the [...]

18
Mar
2022
Rob Cairns - Non-executive Director and Chairman, Penrith Building Society
Change of Chair at Penrith Building Society

After nearly nine years of serving on the Board of Penrith Building Society Rob Cairns [...]

01
Nov
2021
Eden Riding for the Disabled

Following a long break due to Covid-19 Eden Riding for the Disabled have re-started their [...]

26
Oct
2021
Saturday Opening

We are pleased to announce that our branch will be opening the first and third [...]

02
Sep
2021
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Mortgage Blood Bank

Mortgage Blood Bank Penrith Building Society is proud to be taking part in a nationwide [...]

18
Jun
2021
AGM 2021 voting results

Annual General Meeting 2021 The 142nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]

07
May
2021
Focusing on our mental health

This month for our Better Health at Work Award we are focusing on Mental Health. [...]

10
Mar
2021
Celebrating our Silver Better Health at Work Award

The main aim of the Better Health at Work Award is to improve employee physical [...]

23
Feb
2021
IMPORTANT NOTICE – Mandatory face coverings

As of Friday 24th July, it has become mandatory for people to wear a face [...]

01
Nov
2020
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, [...]

01
Sep
2020
New one way system in use in branch

If you come in to the branch you will notice that we now have a [...]

16
Jul
2020
Our latest community news

We are always proud to be involved in the local community and in these times [...]

02
Jun
2020
COVID-19 Protect yourself from fraud

Criminals use exceptional circumstances like the current COVID-19 situation as a chance to pose as [...]

20
May
2020
AGM 2020 voting results

Annual General Meeting 2020 The 141st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]

11
May
2020
AGM status update

Dear Members, As anticipated and communicated to you with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) documentation, [...]

23
Mar
2020
Message from the Chairman regarding the AGM and COVID-19 outbreak

Dear Member COVID – 19 – Coronavirus outbreak In light of the current situation with [...]

18
Mar
2020
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 Notice is hereby given that The Annual General Meeting of the [...]

18
Mar
2020
Matthew moves up!

Many of our savings members will be used to seeing Matthews smiling face as he [...]

20
Feb
2020
Have you been affected by the recent flooding?

Following the terrible flooding experienced in various parts of Cumbria and elsewhere in the UK [...]

17
Feb
2020
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, [...]

20
Nov
2019
Cash for Kids Mission Christmas 2019

It’s official – we are a Cash for Kids Mission Christmas drop off point for [...]

13
Nov
2019
@PBS – Introduction of Two Factor Authentication (2FA)

Two Factor Authentication (2FA) is a new mandatory requirement for proving the identity of online [...]

16
Oct
2019
Charity Bike Challenge

On Friday the staff of PBS completed their big bike challenge raising money for Sunbeams [...]

15
Oct
2019
Exciting staff news at Penrith Building Society

We have had some exciting staff news recently at Penrith Building Society. Lucy will be [...]

17
Aug
2019
Coniston Bond Launch

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new fixed rate, fixed term product, the [...]

01
Aug
2019
Better Health at Work Award

Penrith Building Society has recently signed up to the Better Health at Work Award commencing [...]

24
May
2019
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 [...]

24
May
2019
AGM 2019 voting results

Annual General Meeting 2019 The 140th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Penrith [...]

15
Apr
2019
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 [...]

10
Apr
2019
How to identify and avoid common types of scams

Here at Penrith Building Society, we are passionate about helping people avoid being a victim [...]

21
Feb
2019
PBS Supports Lazonby First Responders

Clare went out to visit Elaine and Jacqueline of Lazonby first responders on Friday 15 [...]

18
Feb
2019
A big welcome to Ed Appleby

We are delighted to announce that we have welcomed Ed Appleby to the Penrith Building [...]

13
Feb
2019
PBS staff take part in British Heart Foundation ‘dechox’ challenge

In February the British Heart Foundation are running the ‘dechox’ challenge – a chocolate detox. [...]

31
Jan
2019
PBS Barracudas Swimathon

The Penrith Building Society Barracudas swim team are once again participating in a charity Swimathon [...]

11
Jan
2019
Brand refresh

On 20 December 2018 we officially launched our brand refresh with a launch party in [...]

04
Jan
2019
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GDPR

The Society has updated its Privacy Notice in line with new data protection laws (under [...]

25
May
2018
2018 AGM meeting
2018 AGM

On Wednesday April 18th we held our 139th AGM at the wonderful Sunbeams building on the [...]

18
Apr
2018