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Halifax (previously known as Halifax Building Society and colloquially known as The Halifax) is a British banking brand operating as a trading division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. It is named after the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, where it was founded as a building society in 1853.
In 2006, HBOS secured the passing of the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 (c. i), a local act of Parliament that rationalised the bank's corporate structure. [6] The act allowed HBOS to make the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland a public limited company, Bank of Scotland plc, which became the principal banking subsidiary of HBOS.
The HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 (c. i) is a local act of Parliament, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in June 2006. The aim of the act was to provide HBOS plc, a banking and insurance group in the UK, the legal authority to reorganise its subsidiaries into a simplified structure.
Lloyds Banking Group has announced plans to close 45 branches across the Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland networks. See below if your local bank is one of those impacted and what date they are ...
HBOS offices in Lovell Park, Leeds, formerly that of the Leeds Permanent Building Society, before their takeover by the Halifax in 1995. Technology too was beginning to make an impact. In 1964 the board approved a research project to investigate the conversion of mechanical accounting to electronic data processing.
Crosby joined the Halifax bank in 1994 as Managing Director of Halifax Life. [8] Five years later, he became the chief executive of Halifax plc, replacing Mike Blackburn, and in 2001 Crosby became the first chief executive of the newly formed HBOS Group after overseeing the merger between Halifax plc and the Bank of Scotland. [9]
In 1993, Blackburn was named as the CEO of the Halifax Building Society. [6] [7] His tenure at Halifax was marked by involvement in legal disputes, including a notable case against the UK government and the European Court of Justice concerning financial issues. [3] In 1999, Blackburn left Halifax and was succeeded by James Crosby.
Cross Gates railway station serves Cross Gates, an area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line , operated by Northern 4.25 miles (7 km) east of Leeds railway station . In the past signwriters have been unsure as to the correct spelling of Cross Gates, with "Cross Gates" on the westbound platform and "Crossgates" on one ...