Birmingham Midshires Reviews

Birmingham midshires are normally good for savings but at the moment they are only paying 3.38%, this is lower than both Tesco's and ING. The website is poorly designed with overlapping tabs but the online service is excellent, allowing you to close accounts your self without having to explain your reasoning as is the case with every other ...  Read the complete review

I have been a customer of Birmingham Midshires for around about 20 years. More recently over the last 5 years I have had a telephone account with them. ***Background*** Birmingham Midshires has roots dating back to 1849 and is the result of an amalgamation of some 50 building societies including the Midshires and ...  Read the complete review

Birmingham Midshires.These are absolutely useless. I opened a esaver a/c with them just over a month ago, I've been trying for 3 days to speak to someone on the phone about a query I have,but i've given up. I'm fed up hearing the same old message;"We're sorry to keep you waiting,someone will be with you shortly"After 3 days of that, i've given up and closed the account!What a way to run a business.

For savings interest rates thes guys are one of the best. I previousley had a fixed bond with them which is due to expire shortly. However I have just opened a fixed rate ISA with them. Their customer service is a bit hit and miss, I have rang them on quite a few occaions, mainly just for information, as there website can be a bit ...  Read the complete review

I have recently applied to open a ISA with Birminham Midshires and despite my old ISA provider writing to me on the 23rd April to say the transfer is complete, Birmingham Midshire have not yet opened my ISA account and cannot tell me where my savings are currently sat. It is now the 23rd May and my savings have been in a void for one whole month. ...  Read the complete review

My relationship with the Birmingham midshires first began in 2000 when our financial advisor recommended them as having the best fixed rate mortgage deal at the time. Applying to transfer our mortgage was relatively easy even though we found Birmingham Midshires a bit fussier than the Bradford and Bingley, our previous provider. Birmingham ...  Read the complete review