As part of Scotwest’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations and our ongoing commitment to our communities, we asked our members to nominate an individual or group who they feel deserve recognition for the work they do helping their local community. We are … Continued
Scotwest held its 26th Annual General Meeting last night on Monday 28 November. The CEO and myself gave reports on the progress of Scotwest during the year and the 2015/2016 Financial Statements were presented. In addition we held elections for … Continued
Our Annual Statements for the past year have now been posted to members who have not opted out of receiving them. Last year’s statements cost approximately £18000 to produce and post and used close to 130,000 sheets of paper! We … Continued
A recent poll carried out on behalf of ourselves and Scotcash Approachable Finance has found that 49% of people in Scotland are currently in debt with 1 in 5 feeling they are struggling to cope. Scotwest has entered into a … Continued
This year almost 3000 Scotwest Members saved a record breaking £1.9m in their Christmas savings accounts. All members with a Scotwest Christmas Savings Account will receive their savings as cleared funds in their nominated bank account on Thursday 10 November. … Continued
We would be delighted to welcome our members to the 2016 General Meeting taking place at The Marriot Hotel., 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8RR on Monday 28th November at 6.30pm. To celebrate this being our 25th AGM there will … Continued
Last night’s Board meeting primarily centred around signing the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2016 in order that they can be presented at the AGM. We also approved a proposal to ask the members at the … Continued
You may remember we asked members to Refer A Friend to take advantage of Scotwest Credit Union’s savings and loans as part of our 25th Anniversary celebrations. The lucky winners picked at random were Jennifer Picken who referred her colleague … Continued
The 2016 Scotwest Credit Union Member’s Survey is now open! Help shape the future of your credit union by letting us know what you think about our products and services. The survey will be open from 1 November until 30 … Continued
At last night’s Board meeting we discussed profitability/dividend strategy in light of decreasing Bank of England base rates and considered the draft out turn for the financial year ended 30 September 2016 ahead of our forthcoming AGM. The AGM will … Continued
