Bristol & West
Bristol & West logo | |
| Bristol & West | |
| Formerly | Bristol, West of England and South Wales Permanent Building Society |
| Company type | originally: mutual building society until July 1997, then: public limited bank, now: banking division of Bank of Ireland |
| LSE: BWSA | |
| ISIN | GB0000510205 |
| Industry | Finance and investments |
| Founded | 1850 in Bristol, England |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Fate | Sold and divested (1997-2005), liquidated (2023) |
| Headquarters | One Temple Back East, Temple Quay, Bristol, England, BS1 6DX, United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | John Burke (CEO) David McGowan (director) |
| Products | Mortgages, savings |
| Services | Financial services |
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| Total assets | £129.7m (2010) |
| Total equity | £82.2m (2010) |
| Owner | Bank of Ireland |
| Parent | Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc |
| Website | BankofIrelandUK.com/bristol-west-plc |
Bristol & West (B&W) was a former mutual building society in the United Kingdom (UK), one of the first to be demutualised to become a publicly traded bank in 1997. Bristol & West had its headquarters in Bristol, England, UK. B&W became a division of the UK arm of the Bank of Ireland in 1997.
B&W's main activity was mortgage lending for residential and commercial customers, although in 2009, its business was transferred to Bank of Ireland and it became a shell company, and stopped accepting new customers.
The Bristol & West brand name has since been replaced by the Bank of Ireland brand. However, as of 2021, Bristol & West plc shares were still publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the BWSA ticker, and globally identified under its International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) GB0000510205, until June 2023, when the Bank of Ireland decided to redeem the outstanding Bristol & West preference shares and liquidate Bristol & West plc.