History
- 1846 Provident Union Building Society is established in Ramsbury, Wiltshire.
- 1881 Portman Chapel Temperance Permanent Benefit Building Society is founded in London.
- 1989 Portman merges with the Wessex Building Society.
- 1990 The Portman Wessex Building Society merges with the Regency & West of England Building Society to form Portman Building Society.
- 1993 Portman merges with the St. Pancras Building Society.
- 1997 Portman merges with the Greenwich Building Society.
- 2001 Portman acquires Sun Bank, a specialist mortgage lender.
- 2003 Portman merges with Staffordshire Building Society, and both are re-branded.
- 2004 Sun Bank changes its name to The Mortgage Works.
- 2006 Portman merges with Lambeth Building Society.
- 2006 Portman and Nationwide Building Society announce their merger intentions.
- 2007 Portman and Nationwide complete their merger, with Nationwide the successor entity.
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