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Members of the public walk past the Nationwide Building Society in London. Nationwide has pledged to keep all 696 of its branches, including Virgin Money locations, open until at least 2030 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

High street bank pledges to keep all 696 UK branches open until 2030

Managing communication with clients, logging receipts and expenses and filing tax returns took up the most time.

The typical self-employed worker spends 17 hours a month on admin

Women were more likely than men to feel worried about money, research reveals

One in three Brits say hiding money worries damages relationships

Lifestyle spending grew by 16 per cent this summer

Brits are spending more on eating out and travel, data reveals

61 per cent of Brits ‘always’ offer a drink to a tradie

How many cuppas should you offer a tradesman? Here's the answer

The results were released by Virgin Money

UK spending trends revealed - with £1.8 BILLION on non-essentials

Credit card customers spent £430.5 million on getaways between December 2024 to February 2025

Holidaymakers use winter months to plan and book holidays, study shows

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Major UK bank to pay £50 to 12 million customers

A double-decker bus has been given an upgrade

Iconic London double decker bus has been given a 'first class lounge'

Breast cancer survivor turns trauma into successful swimwear business

Members of the public walk past the Nationwide Building Society in London (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Building society says £2.3bn gain from deal will 'benefit' customers

Spending data revealed that summer lifestyle spending (June and August 2024) rose to £756.9m - a £12.9m increase compared to last year

Brits are spending more time with loved ones this summer, study finds

Boomers save most, but Gen Z reckon they make their money work harder

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Bank outages: what to do if payments are still missing

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HSBC mobile app outage frustrates thousands of users - what to do

Nationwide Building Society will pay customers £100. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Breaking Bank to pay customers £100
Nationwide Building Society will pay its members £100 as part of the Fairer Share scheme.
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The stores which are closing, including the Belfast city centre store at Wellington Place, have seen an average reduction in customer transactions of 43% since March 2020 and 96% of customers in these stores are transacting less than once a month on average

Virgin Money Belfast branch is set to close

Virgin Money to shut 39 branches. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Breaking Virgin Money to shut 39 branches, 255 jobs now at risk

The banks with the best online and app security have been revealed as research has found some bank chains miss basic protections

The banks with the best & worst online security revealed

British entrepreneur Richard Branson walks out of a giant wallet as he launches Virgin Money's new credit cards in Sydney Harbour on July 27, 2010. The financial services arm of Branson's Virgin Group now offers Australians low interest rate credit cards, savings accounts, superannuation and car insurance. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP) (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

Virgin Money is giving thousands of staff £1,000 cost of living bonus

TSB to close 70 UK branches - this interactive map shows which banks are shuttin...

DLRT has won a Virgin Money supplier award

DLRT win Virgin Money award

Wondering if a fixed term mortgage is for you? Here's what you need to know (Photo: Shutterstock)

2 and 5 year fixed rate mortgage deals explained - and how to choose what to go ...

The closures come as part of the company's restructuring plans (Photo: Shutterstock)

Virgin Money, Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank are closing 52 branches - here’...

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and RBS have all been hit by the cyber attack on Travelex...

Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks are rebranding as Virgin Money - here’s what to d...

Savers tempted but few switch

Savers miss out on £7bn in interest by failing to switch
Savers are losing out on an extra £7 billion of interest by failing to switch to challenger banks as the high street lending giants retain their stranglehold on the market, according to research.
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Former Virgin Money CEO one of two women on FPC

The rate could be a boon for UK savers, who have suffered for years

Goldman Sachs to trump UK banks with top savings rate

Some UK lenders such as Shawbrook have already been snapped up

CYBG-Virgin Money deal may start run of banking tie-ups

Nationwide says it is responding to customer demand for business banking

Nationwide eyes RBS fund and business banking

The majority of large UK companies are still paying out more to men than women (Photo: Shutterstock)

Men still earn 8% more than women thanks to significant gender pay gap

File photo dated 06/01/15 of money in a piggy bank, as one in seven adults still keeps cash in a piggy bank - while some are also stashing money in ornaments, empty margarine tubs, teapots or even in the freezer, a survey has found

One in seven adults admit to keeping cash in a piggy bank - survey

Top rate five years ago was 3.15%

Cash ISA rate offers '˜among the worst on record'

CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia said the company continued to deliver strongly against its objectives

Virgin Money sees 53% profits surge

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