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A new head office was built at Trinity Road, Halifax, in 1973. [5] The distinctive diamond-shaped building was used on marketing material during the 1980s and 1990s. Underneath the building is a specially constructed deedstore which is used to store property deeds for a one-off charge of £10.
The corporate headquarters of the group were located on The Mound in Edinburgh, Scotland, the former head office of the Bank of Scotland. Its operational headquarters were in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, the former head office of Halifax. [3]
Head office of the Bank of Scotland at The Mound, Edinburgh. On 17 September 2008, the BBC reported that HBOS was in takeover talks with Lloyds TSB, in response to a precipitous drop in HBOS's share price. [23] The talks concluded successfully that evening with a proposal to create a banking giant which would hold a third of UK mortgages. [24]
The Halifax bank was founded and has large offices in the town. Dean Clough, north of the town centre, was once one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) long; today the building has been converted for office and retail use including a gym, theatre, Travelodge and radio station.
Halifax branches: Lymington – High Street – March 11 Macclesfield – Chestergate – March 11 Barnet – High Street – March 12 Orpington – High Street – March 12
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]
This is a list of bank buildings that are notable. The architecture of banks in many countries is diverse, but has a common goal of conveying solidity and suggesting confidence in the security of deposits, as a matter of basic marketing.
Paul Russell Moore (30 October 1958 – September 28, 2020) [1] was best known as the HBOS whistleblower following his dismissal from Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2004. . Moore was the bank's Head of Group Regulatory Risk and was fired from the role by HBOS Group Chief Executive Office James Crosby following his warnings to the Board about HBOS's risky sales strategi