Millie Dyson PRINCIPALITY Building Society has teamed up with the UK’s leading enterprise charity to bring an entrepreneurial project to young people at home in Wales. The Fiver from Home programme, run by Young Enterprise and funded by Principality, asks students aged five to 11 years to create, research and plan a business with just £5, in preparation for the Fiver Challenge that starts on June 1. Created in response to the coronavirus pandemic last year, Fiver from Home allows young people to develop their creativity, commercial awareness and money management skills at home. As the sponsor of Fiver from Home in Wales, Principality has provided funding allowing Young Enterprise to bring the challenge to Wales on a larger scale and in the Welsh language. Last year’s summer Fiver from Home challenge saw more than 7,000 young people across Wales take part.
With Barclays planning to shut its doors in May and HSBC in July, the town will only be left with just the Principality Building Society. Lisa McCormick, Barclays Market Director for North Wales said: “The decision to close a branch is never an easy one. However, customers are increasingly using alternatives to branches to do their banking. As a result, we are seeing a sustained fall in branch visits across the UK. “This is reflected at the Prestatyn branch where there has been a 14 per cent reduction in counter transactions in the two years to March 2020. In addition, over four fifths (84 per cent) of our customers at the branch are also using different ways to bank.
With Barclays planning to shut its doors in May and HSBC in July, the town will only be left with just the Principality Building Society. Lisa McCormick, Barclays Market Director for North Wales said: “The decision to close a branch is never an easy one. However, customers are increasingly using alternatives to branches to do their banking. As a result, we are seeing a sustained fall in branch visits across the UK. “This is reflected at the Prestatyn branch where there has been a 14 per cent reduction in counter transactions in the two years to March 2020. In addition, over four fifths (84 per cent) of our customers at the branch are also using different ways to bank.
1/1 HOUSE sales across North Wales have risen by 50 per cent on last year since the first pandemic lockdown ended in July, according to one of the region’s leading law firms. Swayne Johnson, which has offices across North Wales and into Cheshire, has seen a dramatic increase in their property work as house hunters have looked to cash in on lower taxes on home sales. Michael Tree, director and head of conveyancing at the firm which has a base in Tattenhall, near Chester, said that sales had plummeted in the first lockdown only to come roaring back in the second half of the year.