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Skipton Building Society has sold Callcredit Information Group, the Leeds-based credit reference agency with 600 staff, to London-based private equity firm Vitruvian Partners for undisclosed terms. 09-Dec-2009 Skipton Building Society is to acquire the savings business of Capital One, allowing Capital One to focus on credit cards. 25-Jun-2009 Skipton Building Society has appointed Wates Construction to build a new £19m 100,000 sq ft headquarters in Skipton, in order to house 800 staff from its Homeloan Management subsidiary. 19-Jan-2009 Skipton Building Society is to merge with the Scarborough Building Society to create a combined group with 860,000 members and assets of £16bn. 04-Nov-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired Medical Care Direct, the Essex-based provider of self-pay hospital services, in order to expand its Private Health Partnership division. 23-Apr-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired a majority stake in Thomson Shepherd, the independent financial adviser with 35 staff in Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness. 08-Apr-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired an 86% stake in Torquil Clark, the independent financial adviser with 120 staff in Wolverhampton and the Lake District. 26-Mar-2008 Skipton Building Society has sold its Direct Life & Pension Services subsidiary to Cardif Pinnacle, in order to focus on savings and lending, mortgage servicing, estate agency, financial advice and data provision. 21-Mar-2008 Skipton Building Society is planning to expand its nationwide branch network from 82 to 150 by 2012. 28-Feb-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired a 90% stake in BDS Mortgage Group, the mortgage distributor with 60 staff, for £4.2m. 13-Feb-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired Broadsystem, the communications management and marketing services firm with 218 staff in Buckinghamshire and Bristol, for £7m. 04-Jan-2008 Skipton Building Society has acquired a 75% stake in Wooljon, the owner of Reading-based independent financial adviser Parnell Fisher Child. 01-Oct-2007 Skipton Building Society has acquired Select Healthcare, the Surrey-based medical insurance adviser, in order to expand its Private Health Partnership business. 15-Feb-2007 Skipton Building Society has acquired a 90% stake in Sterling International Brokers, the London-based provider of money broking services, for £4.7m. 14-Jul-2006 Skipton Building Society has sold Industrial Equipment Finance to Hitachi Capital for £4.4m. 10-Aug-2004 Skipton Building Society has acquired an 80% stake in Mutual One, the provider of compliance, internal audit and insurance services to building societies, for undisclosed terms. 02-Aug-2004 Skipton Building Society is to acquire MLP Insurance Services, the Shipley-based private health insurance broker, for £2.8m. 02-Jul-2004 Skipton Building Society's Homeloan Management division is to open a call centre in Londonderry later this year, with the creation of at least 240 jobs, in order to process mortgage applications. 19-Jan-2004 Royal & Sun Alliance has sold its Sequence UK estate agency business to the Connells subsidiary of the Skipton Building Society. 23-Oct-2003 Skipton Building Society is seeking permission to set up a new support centre for its Homeloan Management mortgage business in Burnley, with the creation of up to 500 jobs. 14-Oct-2003 Skipton Building Society has acquired a 75% stake in Pearson Jones, the Leeds-based independent financial advisor, for up to £9m. 20-Jan-2003 Skipton Building Society has acquired a majority stake in Private Health Partnership, the Otley-based private health insurance broker, for £3.4m. 14-Nov-2002 Skipton Building Society has acquired Industrial Equipment Finance of Redhill, Surrey, for £4.5m. 24-Dec-2001 Skipton Building Society has bought a majority stake in Direct Life & Pension Services for £4.1m, in order to gain access to voice recognition technology that will enable computers to initiate phone calls to sell life assurance. 20-Aug-2001 Skipton Building Society has bought a majority stake in Computer Aided Sales Technology of Cambridge, in order to help with the development of an internet-based trading platform. 15-May-2000 Skipton Building Society has sold its telephone share dealing business to TD Waterhouse for £82m. 04-May-2000
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