Delighted to unveil our new-look branding!

Welcome to our new brand look and feel, with a new logo and colour palette with a modern, fresh look which, at the same time, reflects our rich history as one of the UK’s first building societies.

Featuring ‘heritage’ colours such as bronze, dark and light grey, and cream, our new logo sports a circular date stamp in reflection of our long standing.
Both a reminder of our founding purpose of helping ordinary people to own their own homes, and our commitment to supporting our community.

We announced our new direction to members in our freshly-designed Member Review, and are implementing it gradually from today. The first things members will notice will be new stationary, in-branch displays, a new photography style and updated website. Following shortly will be a new website and, in the next few months, a refit of our branch and head office.

Society Chief Executive Karl Elliott said: “Our existing branding had become dated and we saw the opportunity to modernise the look and feel.

“We’ve witnessed the transition from horse-drawn carts to motor cars and withstood two world wars and several recessions, including the most serious ever global financial crisis.

“During all that time, we’ve remained financially strong by focusing on lending to borrowers the funds our savers invest with us, and offering both groups a way of realising some of their financial ambitions.”

He added: “Not everything will change overnight as we have to decided to implement the changes bit by bit in order to minimise wastage and take the time to get things right.

Keeping cool

The inspiration for our new look was ‘cool heritage’ and some of our inspiration came from the way other brands that are loved by our members – from quality retailers and independent shops to cosy cafes – present themselves.

“We know that what our members value most about the Beverley, is the quality, personal service we offer. Our new branding reflects our ongoing commitment to maintaining that – and our drive to ensure that dealing with us remains as comfortable as visiting their favourite coffee shop,” added Karl.

To make sure we struck the right balance, we started by asking our members what they thought. Their main feedback was: ‘We love your new look, so long as you don’t change a thing about how you do what you do, and the personal touch we love so much!’.

Members also said that our rich heritage and stability as a financial institution that has stood the test of time, is hugely important to them. Hence why our date of establishment is so strongly highlighted in the new logo.

Signifying so much

According to Karl, the branding is just the tip of the iceberg.

“The branding symbolises everything we stand for and the process of creating it has involved thinking about how we can remain relevant for the next 10 years,” he added.

“As a mutual, we were established to help ordinary people buy their own homes when that wasn’t financially possible. We continue to reflect that social purpose through our mortgage lending but are also keen to look at new ways of meeting the needs of people in our East Yorkshire heartland and beyond, by working on things like a new community giving strategy in the year ahead.

“So, watch this space, Beverley Building Society is entering an exciting new era!”

Thumbs-up from members

Member Dawn Overton said: “It’s great. The brand is ready for an update and I love the colours the Society has chosen.

“They reflect the quality but are modern, warm and vibrant too. The reference to the founding date is very important because knowing the Society has stood the test of time is important in this modern age, where people no longer trust financial organisations as much as they used to.”