Plus, now that Santander has brought together all the previous Abbey and Bradford & Bingley branches, you can enjoy access to over 1,000 branches across the UK On the 11th January 2010 Abbey National plc, which included the Bradford & Bingley savings business, changed its name to Santander UK plc Our success comes from having firm banking principles; a retail banking focus, a prudent approach to lending, maintaining sensible capital ratios and spreading risk across geographical areas At Santander our strength and stability is built on the relationship we have with our customers and we hope that you will enjoy the benefits that this relationship brings