<P> Bristol & West ( B&W ) was a former building society in the United Kingdom , one of the first to be demutualised to become a commercial bank . It became a division of the Bank of Ireland in 1997 . Bristol & West had its headquarters in Bristol , England . The bank 's main activity was mortgage lending for residential and commercial customers , although in 2009 its business was transferred to Bank of Ireland and it became a shell company and stopped accepting new customers . The Bristol & West name has since been replaced by the Bank of Ireland brand . </P>
<P> Bristol & West ( B&W ) was a former building society in the United Kingdom , one of the first to be demutualised to become a commercial bank . It became a division of the Bank of Ireland in 1997 . Bristol & West had its headquarters in Bristol , England . The bank 's main activity was mortgage lending for residential and commercial customers , although in 2009 its business was transferred to Bank of Ireland and it became a shell company and stopped accepting new customers . The Bristol & West name has since been replaced by the Bank of Ireland brand . </P>
who took over the bristol and west building society
who took over the bristol and west building society
Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland