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Building society opens flagship Gibraltar branch

A North East financial institution is continuing its investment in Gibraltar with the opening of a new flagship branch.

The British Governor to Gibraltar, Sir Robert Fulton KBE, joined Newcastle Building Society chief executive Colin Seccombe for a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.

As the part of the society’s commitment to the local community, a cheque for £1,500 from the Newcastle Community Foundation was presented to the Childline Gibraltar project, which has been nominated by branch staff as their Charity of the Year 2009.

Newcastle Building Society has more than 11,000 customers in Gibraltar, and has had a continuous presence in the territory since 1990.

Colin Seccombe said: “Newcastle Building Society has successfully offered a full range of services to members in Gibraltar for nearly two decades, and we have invested in creating this new flagship branch to ensure we have the right facilities in place to continue to do so in the long-term.”

Senior Branch Manager in Gibraltar, Stephen Maloney, said: “Our opening event was a fantastic opportunity to meet many of our members who have been so loyal to the Newcastle over the years.

“The new branch is at the heart of the territory’s well-known shopping district, and is ideally placed to make our operations on the island even more successful in the coming years.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .