Leek 1 year Regular Saver (now reopened for business)

Milarky

7.5% fixed for one year

They will now allow anyone with one of these accounts (and anyone who was already a member of Leek on 2 January?) to start another regular saver upon Maturity of the the first account. They have thus sent out a second set of paperwork to out-of-area customers and you may now tick the box in 'Section D' to open a new Regular Saver account (ignoring the reference to where you live)

"I refer to our recent letter regarding maturity of your account. Following representations from any loyal customers, we have reconsidered our decision to limit new accounts to customers in the local area only. I am pleased to advise that we are now able to accept applications for regular saver [sic] from existing customers of the society, irrespective of their location within the U.K"

Milarky

(old wording)

"Please note: With effect from 1 January 2008, this account is only available to applicants whose permanent residential address is within the four counties of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire."

(new wording)

"EXISTING members who already hold a savings account with the Society will be entitled to open a Regular Savings account, if they wish.

NEW applicants may only open this account if their permanent residential address is within the four counties of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire."

Dagobert

For anyone who has a regular saver about to mature: it is possible to take £250 off the maturing funds to invest it in the next r/s. (I checked this with the branch.)

Funds can be transferred via BACS now.

steady__eddie

One of the best typos I've seen in ages, :rotfl:

"Following representations from any loyal customers,"

I would have thought that a comment like that would have been more appropriate if it had originated from Nationwide.

Seriously though, thanks for the info.