Do Portman Building Society offer competitive products? Portman Building SocietyThe Portman Building Society can trace its roots back to 1846, making it the third oldest building society in the UK. Originally established in Ramsbury, Wiltshire and named the Provident Union Building Society, the current name dates back to 1881 when the Portman Chapel Temperance Permanent Benefit Building Society was founded. In the last 20 years a number of mergers have taken place bringing together strong regional societies. Most significant of these was the joining together of the Regency and West of England to create the Regency & West of England Building Society, and Portman and Wessex Building Society - creating Portman Wessex Building Society. These two societies merged in 1990 to form the Portman Building Society that exists today. In December 1993 the St Pancras was absorbed, followed in July 1997 by the Greenwich Building Society. Today the Portman is the largest regional building society in the south of England. At the Portman, they strive to deliver a consistently high level of service to their savers and borrowers. They deliver that service through a range of distribution channels; from traditional high street branches, a modern mobile branch to their central telephone contact centre and on the Internet. It is important that you have the choice of how you contact and transact with the Portman. As a mutual building society they do not have to pay dividends to shareholders and this gives them an advantage over our plc competitors. It is an advantage that they use for the benefit of our members through the provision and development of a wide range of competitively priced savings and mortgage products. | 
