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Octopus and Santander launch UK’s first high-street bank mortgage for Zero Bills homes

Stuart Mitchell

Buying a home with no energy bills just got easier, as Octopus Energy and Santander launch the UK’s first mortgage from a high-street bank designed specifically for Octopus Zero Bills homes. The new mortgage is available on selected newbuild homes eligible for a guaranteed 10 years of no home energy bills thanks to Octopus’ world-first Zero Bills energy tariff, helping more people access homes that are cheaper to run from day one. Launched in 2022, Octopus’ Zero Bills allows customers to move into homes packed with cutting-edge green tech –…

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Alzheimer’s Society and Santander win five partnership awards

Stuart Mitchell

Alzheimer’s Society’ work with Santander UK in 2022 has been celebrated with five new awards, recognising our partnership and tireless efforts to create policies, schemes and initiatives that help Santander become a dementia-friendly organisation. The partnership between Santander UK and Alzheimer’s Society continues to provide cause for celebration. To date, Santander’s incredible employees have fundraised over £3.6 million. We are also proud to announce five new awards won by our partnership which recognise our work together in 2022. Winner Business Charity Awards for Banks & Financial Services ​ Winner Third…

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Santander UK becomes first sponsor of Macmillan Cancer Support’s Mighty Hikes

Stuart Mitchell

Macmillan Cancer Support has announced Santander UK, one of the charity’s banking partners, will become the first ever official sponsor of its Mighty Hikes fundraising event series. The sponsorship is part of a three-year partnership which aims to raise vital funds for the charity to help support people financially impacted by cancer. Many people face extra and often unexpected costs following a diagnosis, which on average can reach almost £900 a month. This comes on top of additional financial worries caused by the cost-of-living crisis, making this a truly distressing…

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Santander and Plena Inclusión present the ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide, for people with difficulties in understanding

Stuart Mitchell

Banco Santander and Plena Inclusión Spain have launched the ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide for all those who have any type of difficulty in understanding. This is a finance guide developed using the easy read method, a process for creating documents that are easier to understand, through text, image, design and layout. Thanks to this method, the new ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide will improve access to financial knowledge both for people with intellectual disabilities, such as older people with cognitive impairment due to age, and for other groups, such as immigrants…

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Santander launches its largest ever programme to support Women in Business

Stuart Mitchell

Santander UK has launched its largest ever programme to bolster its support for businesswomen across the UK – the ‘Women Business Leaders’ mentoring programme.  Designed to support women in business across the UK, the mentoring programme pairs budding female entrepreneurs with established business leaders across all sectors, business sizes and geographies. The bank is calling on all businesswomen who feel they would benefit from mentoring – as well as both male and female business owners who think they can add value by becoming a mentor – to sign up quickly…

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