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Britannia Building Society is considering plans to transfer a small number of treasury department jobs from Leek to London, following its merger with the Co-op. 16-Nov-2009 The Britannia Building Society is planning to merge with Manchester-based Co-operative Financial Services, creating a combined mutual society with 12,000 staff at 300 branches and 20 corporate banking centres. 22-Jan-2009 Britannia Building Society is to acquire 97 Bristol & West bank branches from Bank of Ireland in a £150m deal, and about 32 branches are expected to close with the rest being rebranded as Britannia. 25-May-2005 Britannia Building Society is to create 100 new jobs in Staffordshire, following a rise in demand for mortgage products. 18-Dec-2002 Britannia Building Society is closing its Britannia Independent financial advisory service in Hanley with the loss of 15 jobs, while the payroll, internal audit and valuation departments are being outsourced. 22-May-2001 Britannia Building Society is to relocate its mortgage processing centre and up to 70 staff from Hanley to its headquarters in Leek this summer. 27-Mar-2001 Britannia Building Society has acquired Platform Home Loans for £55m, in order to move into the market for non-conforming mortgages. 13-Feb-2001 Britannia Building Society is to spend £40m updating its computer and IT systems, and aims to improve customer service by creating a fully-integrated system throughout the branches. 16-Jan-2001 Britannia Building Society is looking to set up branch-sharing agreements with other mutuals, following the recently-announced deal with Yorkshire Building Society. 22-Sep-2000 Yorkshire Building Society and the Britannia Building Society are to link their branch networks so that customers can use any branch for simple transactions, and other building societies are also expected to join the alliance. 16-Aug-2000 Britannia Building Society has sold its life assurance business and 75% of its asset management division to Britannic, in a £346m deal. 02-Sep-1999 Britannia Building Society is said to be planning to sell its Britannia Life insurance business and a 50% stake in its fund management arm to Britannic Assurance. 26-Jul-1999 Britannia Building Society is opening a new staff training centre in Leek that will provide services to its 4,000 staff nationwide and includes an online link to Stoke-on-Trent College. 18-Jun-1999 Britannia is looking to sell its life insurance business, which has 460,000 policyholders, in order to focus on mortgage and savings products. 24-May-1999 Reeds Rains, the independent estate agent, has acquired Britannia Building Society's eight estate agency branches in the Staffordshire area. 14-Dec-1998 Britannia Building Society has announced compulsory redundancies for 36 employees in Leek, as part of recently-announced plans to cut 200 jobs at its Moorlands headquarters. 15-Oct-1998 Britannia Building Society is to merge its two investment subsidiaries - Britannia Investment Managers and Britannia Fund Managers - into a new holding company called Britannia Asset Management. 12-Aug-1998 Britannia is paying out £39m in loyalty bonuses to its 1.1m members in order to demonstrate the benefits of remaining a mutual building society. 13-Feb-1998 Britannia Building Society is to stop selling through independent financial advisers at its Britannia Life subsidiary, and will cut 160 jobs in its sales network and 340 jobs at its Glasgow head office. 05-Dec-1997 Britannia building society has closed one of its main accounts in order to deter speculators who believe there may windfall bonuses in the offing if the society decides to convert to a bank. 22-Jan-1997 Britannia building society has bought a £1.1bn mortgage book from Citibank for undisclosed terms. 01-Oct-1996 Britannia Building Society has suspended 20% of its sales force due to failure to correctly complete information sheets on customers. 26-Jul-1996 Britannia Building Society has separated its investment and fund management units from its life insurance division. 10-Oct-1995 Britannia Building Society plans to acquire more mortgage books, following its acquisition of Lloyds Bowmaker home loans book. 19-Sep-1995
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