I've used this company for years for my buildings insurance, have occasionally shopped around but…read moredo always get a better offer from them. A long lasting relationship, each year I email laura Neal and ask her for a renewal quote and am always happy with what she gives. Also, I'm a difficult customer that nit picks the policy and Laura never loses patience with me and always answers my queries till I'm happy. Laura, thanks for all your help over the years

We've all seen the adverts - Compare the Market is one of the the UK's biggest and most well-known…read moreinsurance price comparison providers - I've never thought to check Yelp for these sort of companies before, must to my surprise I found this listing for Compare the Market as I'm pleased to become First to Review the business. It was only after booking my plan for an upcoming trip to Stockholm, Sweden that I even thought of reviewing Comparethemarket.com on Yelp! Compare the Market has one of the biggest areas to compare prices in terms of insurance (travel, car, home, life, business, travel) and has recently even stepped up to comparing prices for day to day appliances such as broadband, tv and phone and even mobile phone plans - they seem to be one of the few providers to go across all mobile phone networks including EE, Three, Tesco, O2, Vodafone, Sky and more - they even seem to include some of the smaller brands which Carphone Warehouse and co (the biggest on the market for that industry with many retail stores) don't even cover! I like how they also reward loyalty through the Meerkat app, named after the pun (and the animated meerkats who do their adverts), it allows policyholders (even if you buy one-day travel insurance in the UK for just over a pound) to get 241 at many restaurants (it is powered by Tastecard - there are many restrictions which limit using it, however) as well as discounts going to the movies/cinema. The interface online is easy to use, and it's pretty easy to filter for any medical conditions or the amount of cover/excess you need, I also like how they seem to include all tariffs in your required order rather than using advertising of pushing their affiliated providers to the top, which many others tend to do. I do feel being able to rate providers via the website would be pretty good as obviously, they use hundreds and the cheapest and ones which might sound the best on paper obviously won't always work out the best - but overall this is a great application and useful tool to get the cheapest insurance or even appliances from broadband to a sim only deal with a nice reward for using them compared to other price comparison websites who might have the same exact deals for the same prices in certain areas, but you're getting rewarded at the same time making their offering superior. 4*

This Lloyds branch has just had a makeover and is attractive inside. It is open till 5pm weekdays…read moreand 1pm Saturdays. Many of the staff have been there a long time, so have both product and customer knowledge. However, they are let down badly by their customer services counter. This is located at the head of the queue for the counters, so everyone queuing up can here your business. Private areas are available, but only if you ask. I for one don't want everyone over-hearing my business!

The staff in this branch are very, very pleasant. They are open till 5pm Mon - Fri and 1pm Sat,…read morewhich is quite good in comparison to some other local banks and building societies. However, they are let down by the way they operate, which is doubtless dictated to by head office,. There can be large queues at the tills but staff are still on the shop floor, trying to sell you insurance etc. More emphasis on servicing existing products and customers may help retain customers - I for one have closed my account as I am fed up with the queues.

I have been with the Nationwide for over 30 years now, since I was a baby and this branch is one of…read moremy local ones that I use quite a lot. The staff are really helpful and efficient and they always look really well turned out. The branch is not tiny but it is also not one of the biggest ones and I think there are only four counters, although there are a couple of paying in machines and a cash machine as well as two outside the branch. They are open on Saturday mornings which is good, but it is not really a good time to visit as it gets really busy and the queue is often quite long if you need counter service. I have always found Nationwide Building Society to be one of the best and this branch does the job nicely.

This branch has the plus point of knowledgeable, friendly staff. However, although it is ok inside,…read moreit is very dark from the outside and often looks shut even when it isn't! It's biggest problem is its' opening hours. These are very limited: Mon, Tue, Thu - 9.30am to 1.30pm Wed - closed Fri - 9.30am to 3.00pm Sat - 9.00 to 12 noon I would like to continue to support a local society, especially as things are at the moment, but I find it very difficult to find the time - my only chance is a few hours on a Saturday morning.

This is a great discount store. You do need to be a member before you can shop here and is not open…read moreto the general public. They do bulk items that work out very cheap. They do the larger boxes of crisps and things that are more aimed at businesses and caterers. There are some great bargains to be had. It is a no frills shop and you definately need a coat on when wandering round. A great store with good prices.

I opened an account with them lately and was quite pleased.friendly and helpfull staff,they helped…read moreme a lot in making a decision by offering great choices. later on they contacted me for some more info and kept me up to date to what was going on witch was great!