Santander

This bank on Dumbarton Road used to be an Abbey National — but since being bought out by the Spanish banking giant, they’ve now changed their name to Santander.
I wandered into this (very warm it has to be said) bank one late afternoon, with a vague idea of picking up some information about bank accounts. I’d gone into the nameless bank a few doors up just before this — wanting to talk to someone about opening an account — and has left sorely disappointed with the service I received.
This was not the case in this Santander branch, though. Within about three minutes of walking in the door I was sat down in a booth with a knowledgeable lady offering me chocolates. She answered all my questions and filled in an application form for me all in about twenty minutes.
Perfect.