By Elliot Gulliver-Needham Virgin Money’s lending to customers dropped by one per cent last quarter as the group prepares to be taken over by Nationwide imminently. Britain’s sixth-biggest high street bank reported that lending to customers had fallen from £72.7m in March to £72m by 30 June in a quarterly trading update this morning. Mortgages also dipped, falling 1.1 per cent over the quarter or 2.7 per cent since a year ago, to just over £56m, while loans to businesses dropped 1.1 per cent as well to £9.2m. However, there were some strong figures in the group’s results, with customer deposit…