Press Releases
Displayed below are our current press releases.
Scotland Retains Local Authorities As Only Verifiers
Press Release Date: 20th December 2011A recent announcement from the Scottish Government confirmed that the Local Authorities would continue to be the only approved Verifiers of Building Standa... Read Full Article
Chartered Building Companies = Premium Discounts
Press Release Date: 19th April 2011For almost every endeavour there is a code of some sort that sets out to govern it, the question for Checkmate is; do these codes prove useful in terms of reduc... Read Full Article
Free Electricity for 25 Years Plus
Press Release Date: 7th February 2011We are all very much aware of the need to reduce our energy consumption and to use energy more wisely. Read Full Article
Castle 10 Receives Approval From Coventry Building Society
Press Release Date: 17th January 2011Checkmate are delighted to confirm that with immediate effect the Coventry Building Society (including Godiva Mortgages) have granted Checkmate’s Castle 1... Read Full Article
Leeds Building Society Approves Castle 10
Press Release Date: 17th January 2011Checkmate are delighted to confirm that with immediate effect the Leeds Building Society have granted Checkmate’s Castle 10 new home warranty approva... Read Full Article
Checkmate Membership Registration
Press Release Date: 13th January 2011We all know how difficult today’s housing market is and I’m sure we are all trying our best to make the necessary changes to our businesses to be re... Read Full Article
The Housing Market and its overly strict Lending Criteria
Press Release Date: 11th January 2011It is old news now that the housing market is stuck due to the strict lending criteria set by the lenders. Read Full Article
Checkmate Partners With Leading Provider Of Construction Industry Training
Press Release Date: 4th January 2011Checkmate are pleased to announce an exciting collaboration with EMQC a leading provider of NVQ training facilities to the Construction Industry. Read Full Article
House Prices – up and down they go, why?
Press Release Date: 30th December 2010For as long as I can remember house prices have always been on a long term upward scale. Read Full Article
Checkmate's First Quarterly Newsletter
Press Release Date: 7th December 2010Checkmate have released their first quarterly newsletter which aims to recap what we have managed to achieve during our first nine months. Read Full Article
Construction work, skilled or punishment?
Press Release Date: 3rd December 2010There has been recent talk from the Justice Department about a suitable punishment for offenders sentenced to community service being to serve their time buildi... Read Full Article
New Home Warranty receives approval from RBS / NatWest
Press Release Date: 15th November 2010Checkmate are delighted to confirm that with immediate effect RBS / NatWest have granted Checkmate’s Castle 10 new home warranty approval for mortgage pur... Read Full Article
Lenders
Press Release Date: 12th November 2010Please find below a list of lenders who have approved the Castle 10 New Home Warranty(Updated November 2010)AbbeyAccord MortgagesAlliance & Leicester B... Read Full Article
Castle 10 Approved By Lloyds HBoS and Northern Rock
Press Release Date: 22nd October 2010Checkmate are delighted to confirm that Lloyds HBoS and Northern Rock have confirmed acceptance of the Castle 10 new home warranty. Read Full Article
Checkmate has been given the status of Designated Warranty Provider
Press Release Date: 18th October 2010Checkmate are pleased to confirm that Checkmate has been given the status of Designated Warranty Provider by the Department for Communities & Loca... Read Full Article
Checkmate Awarded Chartered Building Consultancy Status
Press Release Date: 4th October 2010Checkmate. Read Full Article
Santander Approves Castle 10 New Home Warranty
Press Release Date: 1st October 2010Checkmate would like to confirm that the Santander group have now approved Castle 10 New Home Warranty for mortgage purposes on new residential homes. Read Full Article
Castle 10 Lender Update
Press Release Date: 13th September 2010We are delighted to report some further good news. Read Full Article
Yorkshire Building Society APPROVES Castle 10
Press Release Date: 2nd September 2010Checkmate are delighted to confirm that with effect from the 1st September 2010 Yorkshire Building Society group have confirmed acceptance of the Castle 10... Read Full Article
Barclays & Woolwich Accept Checkmate's New Home Warranty Policy
Press Release Date: 21st July 2010The team at Checkmate are delighted to be able to confirm that we have now received written approval for our Castle 10 New Home Warranty Policy from the Barclay... Read Full Article
Latest Website Updates From Checkmate
Press Release Date: 7th July 2010The Checkmate team are delighted to inform you that our fully functional website is taking shape and developing nicely; over the coming weeks we will be buildin... Read Full Article
More Building Societies Approve Checkmate's New Home Warranty Policy, Castle 10
Press Release Date: 4th June 2010Checkmate would like to announce that 2 more mortgage lenders have approved the Castle 10 new home warranty policy, these are:Principality Building SocietyDunfe... Read Full Article
Checkmate Moves Office
Press Release Date: 1st June 2010We would like to advise all clients and suppliers, that Checkmate have moved offices over the Bank holiday weekend, our new address is:Checkmate, The St. Read Full Article
Join Checkmate At Silverstone
Press Release Date: 28th May 2010Silverstone is the home of British motor racing and the circuit is owned by the British Racing Driver’s Club (BRDC). Read Full Article
Checkmate's Position On Mortgage Lender Approvals
Press Release Date: 21st May 2010Checkmate would like to confirm our position with regards to the mortgage lenders in the UK and the acceptance by them of us and Castle 10, our new home warrant... Read Full Article
Leading Environmental Insurance Broker Partners Checkmate
Press Release Date: 14th April 2010Checkmate partners with Building & Land Guarantees for Environmental Insurance. Read Full Article
Nationwide Building Society Approves Checkmate's New Home Warranty Policy
Press Release Date: 14th April 2010Nationwide Building Society, along with the Cheshire Building Society, Derbyshire Building Society, The Mortgage Works and National Counties Building Society ha... Read Full Article
Checkmate Offers Building Control Services
Press Release Date: 22nd March 2010Checkmate offers Building Control services through Butler & Young. Read Full Article
One-Stop Solution For Compliance With Acoustic And Energy Issues From Checkmate's New Partner
Press Release Date: 19th March 2010Checkmate is proud to partner with UKSoundTesting, UKAirTesting and UKSaps who provide a one-stop solution for compliance with acoustic and energy issues u... Read Full Article
Exceptional Lifestyle Service Offer From Checkmate
Press Release Date: 12th March 2010Checkmate offer an exceptional lifestyle service. Read Full Article
Checkmate Announces Its Launch
Press Release Date: 27th February 2010Checkmate announces its launch. Read Full Article
New Home Warranty With Property Log Book
Press Release Date: 15th February 2010Checkmate is delighted to announce that it has agreed terms in principle with The Property Log Book Company to provide a complimentary Property Log Book with ev... Read Full Article
Checkmate Becomes a Patron of the British Racing Driver's Club
Press Release Date: 15th February 2010Checkmate proudly signs a contract with the British Racing Driver's Club (BRDC) to become a Patron of their Rising Stars scheme. Read Full Article
Checkmate Helps Stimulate New Home Sales
Press Release Date: 14th January 2010Checkmate delivers two pioneering new products in the UK to help stimulate sales of new homes. Read Full Article
Checkmate Announces It's Launch To The Market
Press Release Date: 11th January 2010Checkmate would like to announce its launch to the new home warranty insurance market in February 2010. Read Full Article
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