ALLIANCE & LEICESTER PERSONAL LOANS SCOOPS TOP PERSONAL FINANCE AWARD

ALLIANCE & LEICESTER PERSONAL LOANS SCOOPS TOP PERSONAL FINANCE AWARD

Alliance & Leicester has been voted ‘Best Personal Loans Provider’ for 2005 by the readers of ‘Personal Finance & Savings’ magazine, it was announced today.

The Award, which will be presented in May, builds on the success from 2004, in which Alliance & Leicester were Highly Commended in the same category.

The Awards were voted on by more than 6,200 readers over a three month period. Alliance & Leicester beat Tesco and Halifax into second and third place respectively. Interestingly, only Lloyds TSB and Nat West were the only representatives of the ‘Big Four’ in the Top Ten reaching 8th and 9th place respectively.

Andy Bayes, Head of Alliance & Leicester Personal Loans said: "We are delighted to have been voted ‘Best Personal Loan Provider’ by the readers of ‘Personal Finance & Savings’ magazine. We pride ourselves on giving our customers a great loan experience, both in terms of the customer service they receive and great value we offer.

"We operate in a very competitive market and we have to be at the top of our game to get recognised in this way. To enable us to build on this success, and as part of our commitment to keep all our call centres in the UK, we are investing and creating a significant number of new jobs in our ‘Personal Loans Centre of Excellence’ in Leicester."