9th June 2021
esbs website poll results – Should children get pocket money? Children are quids-in according to our most recent survey. We asked whether children should receive pocket money and 100% agreed they should, 80% with the caveat that it should be earned. Nobody agreed that parents supplied everything, so earned pocket money seems the well-established...
14th May 2021
Leicestershire building society expands team Following the addition of three new mortgage administrators to its team, esbs, or Earl Shilton Building Society, has also welcomed a fourth new starter recently. Nitin Mistry has joined the Earl Shilton based team as an Assistant Management Accountant, bringing a wealth of experience having spent his career so...
10th May 2021
Local charities benefit from Leicestershire building society support esbs, or Earl Shilton Building Society, has announced the results of its In the Community scheme for the first quarter of 2021, which continues to operate online. The scheme enables customers to decide how £500 will be split between two local causes by casting votes each...
6th May 2021
esbs website poll results – Do you have an overdraft? A financial buffer is always a good idea but there’s a variety of ways these can be formed; some people have a rainy day savings pot while others prefer an emergency credit card. We asked how many people utilise an overdraft and almost...
28th April 2021
esbs website poll results – Has the Coronavirus outbreak affected your financial habits? A year into the Coronavirus outbreak and it’s affected us all in varying ways. We asked about the impact on your finances and received a remarkably positive response with 71% being able to save more money, and the remaining 29%...
23rd March 2021
esbs, or Earl Shilton Building Society, is celebrating business growth with the addition of three new mortgage administrators to its team. Diane Stokes, Sue Beaumont and Dan Massoudi have all joined the Earl Shilton based team. Diane comes with a wealth of experience having previously worked as a Mortgage Systems Co-ordinator at another local...
11th March 2021
As the high street has been effectively closed for a year it’s not surprising that almost 50% of respondents to our latest poll haven’t been in a building society branch for that long. Sometimes nothing can replace human interaction though; 40% have visited a branch in the last week while the remaining 14% came...
6th March 2021
Leicestershire based building society esbs has welcomed Darren Hickman and Alex Robinson to the board as Non-Executive Directors. Darren has joined as chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee and is a member of the Assets and Liabilities Committee, while Alex chairs the Nominations Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and...
12th February 2021
Many people see the new year as an opportunity to set fresh goals for themselves, and with challenges like no-spend months becoming more popular on social media, we wondered how many of our customers include financial resolutions in their yearly targets. Voters were equally divided over this topic, with a third saying yes, the...
8th January 2021
With online shopping becoming more popular over the last few years, regardless of the present circumstances, we weren’t surprised to see the majority of respondents completed most of their Christmas shopping online this year. It seems people still prefer in-person shopping for some items as only 15% completed all their shopping online, but nobody...
