Hi-Scot

🐣 Easter Closing 🐣
Our office will be CLOSED for the Easter break on Friday 19th April and Monday 22nd April.
Please note that any transactions made via our online banking after 3.30pm on Thursday 18th April will not be processed until we are open again on Tuesday 23rd April.

Did you know that HI-Scot is the biggest Credit Union in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland with over 3,000 active members?
As well as covering the Highland region we also cover The Orkney Islands, The Shetland Islands and The Western Isles from our base in Stornoway.
According to the Bank of England, at the end of March 2018 (the latest figures available) there were 93 Credit Unions in Scotland with over 350,000 members.
... If you would like more information on HI-Scot or would like to join, take a look at our website: www.hi-scot.com
To join click on the big orange 'Join Us Online' button at the top right of our homepage. Joining only takes a few minutes and could be the best decision you make today.
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Payroll Deduction
HI-Scot are delighted to welcome Skills Development Scotland as a Payroll Partner.
Any employee of Skills Development Scotland who lives or works in the Highlands & Islands can now join HI-Scot and take advantage of this fantastic facility.
... Payroll deduction enables an employee to save direct from their salary. This is an extremely convenient way to save and saving money regularly helps protect you from unexpected financial pressures as well as helping you manage your finances more effectively.
If you are interested in joining HI-Scot you can do so here: www.hi-scot.com.
If you are already a member and wish to start saving through payroll deduction then forms are available here: www.hi-scot.com/application-forms
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Job Opportunity - Member Services Assistant

Shetland Islands Credit Union members are now part of HI-Scot
Welcome packs are in the post and we are delighted that hundreds of Shetland residents are now part of the largest Credit Union in the Highlands and Islands.
HI-Scot now has has over 3,000 members and is a genuine aternative to the high street banks for savings and loans.
... If you live or work in the Highlands and Islands then take a look at what we can offer at www.hi-scot.com.
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Please note, the office will be closed on Thursday 7th June 2018 for essential system maintenance.
We try to limit this type of closure as much as we can but on this occasion we have no option but to close the doors for the day.
We apologise for any inconvenience this causes our members.
... Our telephone service and our on-line banking service will be available as normal.
Doors will be open as normal at 09:30am on Friday 8th June 2018.
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Good morning everyone, I hope you are taking advantage of the lovely sunny weather.
HI-Scot had hoped to welcome a number of new members from Shetland this week but, due to circumstances outwith our control, we have to delay this for another week.
For Shetland Islands Credit Union members, things will carry on as as they are at present. I will provide an update early next week - keep an eye on our Facebook page.

Easter Closing
Our office will be CLOSED for the Easter break on Friday 30th March and Monday 2nd April.
We will be open again as usual on Tuesday 3rd April at 9:30am.

Over £60,000 Christmas Savings paid out to our members in the last few days.
This service is proving to be more and more popular with members from across the Highlands and Islands making use of it.
Take a look at www.hi-scot.com for more information.

When we sent out our statements earlier in the year we asked our members for a bit of feedback on our loan products.
The response was fantastic and we would like to thank each and every member who took the time to complete the survey.
We offered a £50 gift card to a randomly selected member who took part in the draw.
... The lucky winner is Margaret Clark (pictured). We hope Margaret has fun spending her winnings.
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Normally you need to purchase a ticket to win the lottery but not in this case - how lucky are we :)

A huge congratulations to Emma Cameron for Graduating from the CU Futures Programme.
This inuagural programme took the best young talent from across the UK Credit Union sector and put them through a year of intensive development and training.to help them become future leaders.
Emma has worked extrremely hard and everyone at HI-Scot congratulates her on this fantastic achievement.

Another multi billion pound loss from state owned RBS.
Thats a total loss of £58 billion since the 2008 Government bail out.
A bailout that cost the UK taxpayer a total of £850 billion.
... No profits in 8 years equals a bonus pot of £343 million.
And 87 RBS bankers will receive a bonus with the word million after the number.
It's absolutey outrageous.
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Finally all statements are out - our franking machine can take a well earned rest :)
If you have elected to receive e-statements you should have received an email this morning.
If you receive paper statements you should receive them in the post by early next week.
... Don't forget to return your survey to be in with the chance of winning a £50 Amazon voucher.
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HI-Scot has thousands of members across the Highlands and Islands with members from Yell in the North to Fort William in the South, from Wick in the East to Castlebay in the West.
The Board of Directors are drawn from our members and live across the massive area we cover. We meet every month by telephone but once a year we make the effort to get together face to face for the day and have a more in depth discussion.
There was a great turnout for this years get together in cent...ral Inverness with some Directors meeting each other for the first time despite haven spoken on the phone many times before.
Pictured are:
Seated (L-R): Ruth MacDonald, Anne MacCorquodale Standing (L-R): Dave Rattray, Bill Fernie, Roderick McLeod, John Rodwell, Gordon Murray, Margaret A. Macleod, John Richards
The Board were joined by Lorna Eller (Supervisory Committee - standing far right) and David Mackay (General Manager - behind the lens).
Roddy Johnston was not able to join us.
These face to face meetings make a massive difference and the commitment of the Board of Directors and the supervisory Committee (all doing this in their own time - many taking time off their day jobs to do so) should provide reasurance to our members that their Credit Union is in very capable hands.
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Nice piece in the Radio Times