They are offering a very competitive interest rate presently, and are a very good building society to deal with. Their staff is very friendly and helpful and offer unbiased advice on all their services.

Alliance and Leicester has excellent offers. 3 months ago, we thought of taking a loan from Alliance and Leicester, but the customer service was not at all friendly. The online information is very good, though. The online banking as part of the deal gives you peace of mind as the security measures are very much in place; they have password and picture codes as security options.

Alliance and Leicester offer a great service. The online information is very thorough. The online banking as part of the deal gives you piece of mind as the are very good security measure in place, ie password and picture codes.

Alliance & Leicester have a great current account - it pays 5% interest (on the first 2.5k of your balance), has a free overdraft for a year, instant transfers to other A&L savings accounts (they used to have the best rates for both Cash ISAs and instant access accounts but check around as rates change all the time). The internet banking part of the website is easy to use, fast, works in multiple browsers, and has good security features (they tell YOU a password and code picture that you set up previously before you enter all your security details so you know it's really their site not a look-alike phishing site). I've rated them 4* not 5* because their customer service phone number is expensive (0870) and they refuse to talk to you if you use their "international" number (i.e. a proper 01... UK number)(unless you hide your caller ID and tell them you're e.g. in Spain when you call and they ask)