ByPeter Navin, MD of Branch and Business Banking

I hope you are looking forward to Christmas.  It’s a great time of year to spend with friends, family and the local community – and of course receiving presents!

But what has this got to do with TSB I hear you say? Well next week, in 20 of our branches*, we’ll be inviting local people to come in and nominate their local unsung heroes – people who deservean extra special ‘thank you’.

Agift tag for the nominated person can be hung on our TSB ‘Giftmas’ tree, a blue Christmas tree in the branch. Each local hero then is in with a chance to win a special gift of a Red Letter Day experience.  Once all the nominations have been received, the local TSB bank manager will randomly pick and reveal the winner.

Why are we doing this?

Our research shows that the average person says thanks 23 times a day, but six-out-of-10 do so fewer than 11 times a day as a result of their busy lives or simply forgetting.

What our research also shows is that people think Christmas is an ideal time of year to thank someone in their local community.  Our TSB Giftmas trees are therefore an ideal way for people to do just this.  We want to give some neighbourly support to the local communities we’re based in and give people the opportunity to thank those around them.

So, if you’re local to one of our 20 participating TSB branches, come in, say hi and nominate a local hero to be in with a chance of winning a gift.  We very much like the idea of the TSB Giftmas tree and we hope you do too!

We would also love to hear from you and see your pictures on social media; Tweet us at @TSB using #TSBgiftmas.

Peter

*Branches where Giftmas trees will be located.

Branch	Branch Address
Bath	10 Quiet Street, BA1 1JU
Bedford	65 Midland Road, MK40 1PR
Birmingham	13 Temple Street, B2 5BN
Bristol Broadmead	36-38 Merchant Street, BS1 1YG
Bromley	58 High Street, BR1 1EG
Cardiff	2-3 Working Street, CF10 1GN
Cheltenham	153 High Street, GL50 1DQ
Coventry	15 High Street, CV1 5RD
Crawley	The Pavillion, Queens Square, RH10 1DE
Hammersmith	9 King Street, W6 9HR
Ilford	82 High Road, IG1 1 DL
Kingston Upon Thames	82a Eden Street, KT1 1DJ
Maidstone	16 High Street, ME14 1HT
Norwich	9 Guidlhall Hill, NR2 1SN
Plymouth	162 Armada Way, PL1 `1LB
Reading	200 Broad Street, RG1 7QJ
Romford	3 Stewards Walk, RM1 3RJ
Solihull	58 Poplar Road, B91 3AB
Taunton	34 North Street, TA1 1LT
Watford	40 High Street, WD17 2BS