As from 1st August 2005, The Staffordshire Building Society ceased and now falls under the Portman Building Society. [Staffordshire Building Society]

Scottish Widows for Life, Pensions and Investments, as well as savings, credit cards and mortgages. [Scottish Widows]

They work with the leading providers for a range of financial products and provide SMEs relevant, free quotes, most of them instantly online, from the providers most appropriate for them. Overall, they have access to hundreds of schemes and packages from the majority of UK lenders and service providers. [Decision Finance]

The world's number one building society. A competitive range of mortgage products, Online Banking via the Internet, online mortgage quotations, savings products with on-line interest rate comparisons and a wide range of other financial services. [Nationwide Building Society]

They claim to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective to banking. Because they have the backing of the Abbey National, they can offer attractive rates and the security of an established financial institution. [Cahoot]

Secured Loans from £5,000 to £50,000. Home owners with little or no equity in their home can obtain a secured personal loan up to 25% more than the value of their property, less their current mortgage balance. [Firstplus]

One of the United Kingdoms largest financial service organisations with products to cater for borrowing, investment and protection needs. [Woolwich]

Offer savings and investments, mortgages products and home insurance. [Birmingham Midshires Building Society]

Established in Ireland in 1861 and currently has assets under management in excess of £5 billion. First Active plc offers a range of direct savings accounts to UK savers paying competitive rates of interest. [First Active]

The reasons for their success, they say, are simple - absolute security, great flexibility, utter simplicity and above all, the best in customer service. They provide a wide range of savings and mortgage products. [Standard Life]