A BUILDING society has been praised for its services to its customers at a recent industry awards ceremony.

Darlington Building Society, which has ten branches across Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire, won the Customer Services Award and Community Services Award at the industry-recognised Mortgage Finance Gazette awards.

Building society vice-chairman Bob Cuffe said: “This is an exciting time for us, recently winning at the North East Marketing and Money Age Awards for our products and campaigns, but these awards for our service to both customers and the community are even more special. This service, through our internal initiatives and external support to the communities we serve is at the heart of everything we do, and something we’ll be building upon through an upcoming upgrade of our branch network.