Thursday. August 7, 2008

MEDIA RELEASE

New-look B&E Ulverstone Branch officially opened

 Statewide $1million branch upgrade project comes to conclusion

A 12 month $1million project to upgrade B&E Personal Banking’s state-wide branch network has come to a conclusion with the official opening today of the new-look Ulverstone Branch.

The branch improvement project has also included a major upgrade of the Rosny Branch and refurbishment of B&E’s branches in Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston, Kings Meadows, Devonport, Burnie and Wynyard.

B&E Personal Banking Chief Executive Officer Paul Ranson said that the project is part of the company’s’ commitment to delivering exceptional service for clients at the community level.

“The Ulverstone Branch is one of our busiest transactional branches and the $300,000 upgrade features new and improved access from Reibey Street, an enhanced customer service area, an additional client meeting room and improved staff facilities,” Mr Ranson said.

“We are delighted with the results and feedback from clients to date has been very positive.”

B&E Personal Banking is a Tasmanian financial institution (building society) with more than $470M in assets, 35,000 clients, nine branches statewide and 90 employees. B&E provides a wide range of financial services and solutions and has established a progressive reputation for helping Tasmanians to achieve their financial and lifestyle goals over its 138 year history.