As I have worked here for a few years in the past, I thought I would review as an employee…read more The Nationwide Building Society is a great place to work. I worked there a few years back and found that nearly everything is centred around the needs of the individual and not necessarily the business needs. However, all the work gets done and everyone seems happy with this and they are very successful managing, unlike some, to keep hold of all the money invested with no help from the government. The motivation for this good will to employees could stem from one or two places - it's mutual status allows it to do this without answering to shareholders and it needs to be good to retain staff Whatever the reason try working there to find out more.

Did you know that here, at their Head Office, they have a walk in customer service centre? You can…read moredo all the transactions that you might usually go to the Regent St branch but without the parking problems. They have designated customer parking places just outside. Also have cash machines for withdrawals and paying in. Another bonus is that it's nowhere near as crowded as the town branch.

Nationwide is a buidling society, not a bank, so is owned by the customers. This is a small branch…read morewith three cashier windows and a fast-till (good for paying in cash and cheques) and was the only city-centre branch until the Portman merger - the ex-Portman branch is by the Thermae Spa. Queues can be very long, the internet banking service is good and there's an internet banking terminal in the branch. Staff are generally very helpful, but always worth checking your facts on products.

If you've been a student, you'll know the fear and loathing felt when checking your bank statement…read more But this branch of Lloyds TSB has some of the most efficient and helpful staff I've ever met in a bank. They take the time to listen, offer great advise and don't go for 'the hard sell' when you loosely ask about opening a savings account. It genuinely seems that your needs come first - which makes a welcome change! This branch rarely has queues, which makes it a great place to pop in a cheque on your lunch hour. They also have in-store cash machines, deposit machines and a separate help-desk if you need some one-to-one advise. They also have trays of free Murray Mints on the desk which I think is sweet touch (see what I did there?)

This is a very small branch of Nationwide Building Society. There is only one desk, so you can…read morequeue quite a bit. They offer all the services cash point outside and inside. The staff are very friendly and helpful. It is nice to go to somehwere that is small and personable. It is well located in the centre of town so very easy to pop in during lunch time. They also have a machine inside the branch to deposit cheques and money, this could save queueing. I think if it got to busy then you could waste half your lunch time in the queue. Maybe go to a bigger branch if to busy.

This is a good sized branch, which probably serves quite a large geographical area so it needs to…read morebe. There are several cashiers, but there is also an enquiries desk as well. At busy times (lunchtime) there can be a big queue sometimes even when all the cashiers are open, but the enquiries desk team will offer to do various things. They can't handle cash though so you'd have to queue for that. They also have a full financial team here so you can go in and meet mortgage advisors etc. There are little meeting rooms as well for privacy. Also has a fast drop service for cheques which means I don't have to queue!

Great service all round,willing and helpful staffread more

This is a large cash and carry warehouse in the West Swindon area, just off of junction 16 of the…read moreM4. It is only open to the trade, not to the public, so in order to go and shop there, you will need to have proof that you are a trader of some sort. They have a large pets section (selling things for pets, not live animals) , a butchers, wine, beers and spirits, cigarettes, tinned and dried food and a small section of gifts.

First class advice and service. No axes to grind as it's fee based. Well qualified staff.read more

A handy cash point.read more