It’s time for a change Everyone always seems to have the same aim each year – “new year, new me”. But if you don’t change anything, how is it a “new you”? Maybe 2018 is time for change. Perhaps you may want to travel to somewhere different on holiday, try a new look or maybe… Read more »
Earlier this year the Credit Union heard the terrible news that our IT Student, Ben Rawson, had been diagnosed with cancer. Ben was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in his knee, meaning that as part of treatment he would need an amputation above his knee, as well as chemotherapy. Aged 21 and two years into… Read more »
We are happy to announce our 2017 dividend rates. Member Account – 1.25% Junior Account – 1.25% Notice Plus Account – 1.75% Our performance is a balance of providing competitive lending rates on our loans and a stable healthy return on savings. We are pleased to say we have been able to achieve this… Read more »
One of our lovely Customer Service Officers, Megan, decided to take the plunge at the weekend to get her long locks chopped off. Megan turned up to work this morning and surprised her fellow colleagues with her new look. Megan wants to donate her hair to a charity that helps to create wigs for… Read more »
If you have, well done – keep it going! If you haven’t, now is the perfect opportunity to plan in advance for 2018 (and make sure it doesn’t happen again). When you save with us, you can access your money whenever you need to. Your money isn’t locked away and there’s no limit to how… Read more »
Halloween can be a scary time of year with ghosts, witches and vampires lurking nearby. Whilst kids enjoy ‘trick-or-treating’ we want to make sure you don’t get tricked by the term ‘Representative APR’. We have put together this simple guide to avoid being spooked when you need a loan. So firstly…what is ‘APR’? The Annual Percentage Rate… Read more »
Over lunchtime on Friday 6th October, the Cheadle Royal Business Park held a 5k run within its premises. The track consisted of four laps of the lovely business park, round the lake and past many different office buildings. Four of No1 CopperPot’s staff, including the CEO Caroline Domanski, joined in to help paint the business… Read more »
We’re here to give you a friendly reminder that the old £1 coins cease to be classed as legal tender, as of Monday 16th October. Instead we’ll be using the shiny new £1 coin! Search for your old coins The first place many of us will look for old pound coins is probably the most… Read more »
Our financial years run from the 1st October until 30th September, therefore the start of October is the start of our new financial year for 2017/18. Happy new year to us! Every year we remind ourselves of the Credit Union’s mission to become the best credit union in the UK, providing financial services that are… Read more »
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held later this year at 1pm on Tuesday 19th December 2017. The AGM will take place at our office at Slater House, Oakfield Road, Cheadle Royal Business Park (SK8 3GX). If you’re a member of No1 CopperPot Credit Union then you are personally invited to join us on… Read more »