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Yorkshire Building Society Yorkshire Building Society is planning to open 15 new branches over the next three years, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 10-Jan-2007 Yorkshire Building Society is to acquire Abbey National's Sharesave business for undisclosed terms. 07-Jun-2006 Yorkshire Building Society is planning to merge with the Gainsborough Building Society, which has one branch and more than a dozen agency offices in Lincolnshire. 26-Nov-2001 Yorkshire Building Society is creating 72 jobs at call centres in Bradford over the next six months. 17-Aug-2001 Yorkshire Building Society has approached all 67 UK building societies about plans to set up a branch sharing scheme that would allow customers to perform transactions at any branch free of charge. 20-Nov-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 Yorkshire Building Society is to create 200 new jobs over the next six months, due to rising demand for its mortgage and savings products on the internet. 18-Feb-2000 Yorkshire Building Society has sold its sharedealing operation to TD Waterhouse for £9.6m, and the US company is now planning to launch its internet stockbroking business in the UK. 24-Sep-1999 Yorkshire Building Society has announced a £20m plan to offer better rates to savers and borrowers. 05-Oct-1995 Yorkshire Building Society is to stop offering advice on financial services due to concern about costs. 13-Sep-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007