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If you have a complaint

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We aim to offer you the best possible service, but there may be times when you feel you have cause for complaint. If so, we will always try to resolve the problem quickly and to your satisfaction. If you're unhappy with our response, you can take your complaint further through our complaints procedure.

How to complain about mortgages

Please talk to us about your complaint and give us the opportunity to put it right. You can call us on 0845 300 2627. We'll take the time to listen and do whatever we can to help.

The staff who look after your account will be able to resolve most problems. They'll be in the best position to deal with your concerns as quickly as possible.

If you're still not satisfied they'll immediately refer your complaint to their Manager.

We aim to resolve your concerns within 24 hours. Sometimes it may take longer to look into the matter fully. If this happens, we'll let you know within five working days who will deal with your complaint.

If you're still not happy

In the unlikely event that you remain unhappy please contact:

Customer Care Team
Birmingham Midshires
PO BOX 81
Pendeford Business Park
Wobaston Road
Wolverhampton
WV9 5HZ
Telephone: 0845 603 6582

If the matter can't be resolved

We're committed to resolving complaints whenever possible through our complaints procedure. However, if the matter can't be resolved, we'll issue a Final Response letter, giving you six months to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service at:

Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza
183 Marsh Wall
London
E14 9SR
Telephone: 0845 080 1800
E-mail: complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk

Complaints about Birmingham Midshires Financial Services Limited

If your complaint relates to a financial services product e.g. a life assurance, endowment or pension policy and you are not satisfied with the advice you have received in relation to this, please write to:

Customer Care Team
Birmingham Midshires
PO BOX 81
Pendeford Business Park
Wobaston Road
Wolverhampton
WV9 5HZ
or Telephone: 0845 603 6582

We'll send a letter of acknowledgement within five working days of receipt of your complaint. We'll also tell you when we'll be able to give you a more detailed response.

If your complaint relates to advice given after 1 January, 1992, this acknowledgement may come from AXA Sun Life if your complaint relates to an AXA Sun Life policy. If your complaint relates to a product sold by Birmingham Midshires Independent Financial Services Limited, the acknowledgement may come from Halifax.

If a matter can't be resolved, we'll send you a Final Response letter giving you six months to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Complaints about AXA products sold from January 1992 to December 2008

Any complaint relating to the sale of AXA Sun Life products through Birmingham Midshires financial consultants, between January 1992 and December 2008, may need to be passed to AXA Sun Life to investigate.

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If you do not have professional experience, you should not rely on the information contained on this site. If you are a professional and you reproduce any part of the information contained on this site, to be used with or to advise private clients, you must ensure it conforms to the Financial Services Authority's advising and selling rules. These pages are for the use of those people who are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK and should not be regarded as an offer or invitation to sell Mortgage products in any jurisdiction other than the UK.

Birmingham Midshires is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No. SC327000. Registered office; The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ

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