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was full time at the age of 13, later moving from mill work to farming, printer's apprentice and then becoming a local jobbing printer. His work with the church was recognized by the elders and he benefitted from their personal tuition. Amongst other activities he helped the blind secretary of Leek United Permanent Benefit Building Society by reading to him. Hill became increasingly involved with the administration of the Leek and that became his main work from 1896. It was from the position of Secretary to the Leek that he was recruited by the Halifax in 1903, at the age of 37.
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day for up to Ā£2999.99 and Ā£3 per day for over Ā£3000.00. For unarranged overdrafts the fee is Ā£5 per day. Credit interest has been replaced by a Ā£5 net payment every month if customers abide by the terms of the 'Reward current account'. These changes were implemented to all current account customers (except student accounts) from December 2009. These changes caused a great deal of media attention at the time of the change, with
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the time of the merger the Halifax Permanent had assets of Ā£33m and the Equitable Ā£14m. One of the features of the Equitable was that it had formed its own bank in 1900 ā€“ the Halifax Equitable Bank. Although independent from the building society, only society members could buy shares. The Equitable Bank was sold to the
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was passed. The aim of the Act was to simplify the corporate structure of HBOS. The Act was fully implemented on 17 September 2007 and the assets and liabilities of Halifax plc transferred to Bank of Scotland plc. The Halifax brand name was to be retained as a trading name, but it no longer exists as
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and Martins on the grounds that banking was best left to specialists. The Halifax Permanent Building Society paralleled the Equitable by forming its own bank in 1910 ā€“ the Halifax and District Permanent Banking Company ā€“ but that was sold in 1917. Following the merger, branches were quickly opened in
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After the death of Jonas Taylor, the appointment of his successor brought in Enoch Hill, destined to be one of the great names in building society history. Hill was a mill worker's son becoming a ā€œhalf timerā€ in a Leek silk mill aged 8, with little of the required afternoon education forthcoming. He
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in 1930. On the back of the expansion in branches and agencies, and helped by the boom in private housing, assets increased from Ā£47m after the 1928 merger to Ā£123m in 1938. That was the year in which Sir Enoch Hill retired, at the age of 72, having been in charge of the Halifax for 35 years. He had
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cards. They also align themselves with all other Halifax current accounts with an increased ATM daily withdrawal limit of Ā£500. Instead, all overdraft-eligible Halifax 'Standard current account' customers pay Ā£1 per day for being overdrawn by up to Ā£1999.99 within an arranged overdraft, and Ā£2 per
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By 1928 Halifax was in the unique position of having the two largest building societies in the country and they decided to merge. The Halifax Equitable Building Society had been formed in 1871 and it too grew rapidly. By 1911 it claimed to be the 11th largest; third by 1921 and second by 1924. At
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In February 2009, Halifax made significant changes to its current accounts. From then, all new standard current accounts had zero credit and debit interest, along with no paid and unpaid item charges (which were previously up to Ā£35). Halifax has replaced their basic 'Easycash' account with the
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One of Hill's early decisions was to concentrate on owner occupiers, particularly the cheaper properties. In 1904/5 the Halifax claimed to have opened more new accounts than any incorporated building society in the UK; in 1908 it had the largest advances and by 1913 it was the largest building
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The 1903 history dutifully recorded the branch expansion in the late decades of the nineteenth century. By 1871 another ten local offices had been opened, supported by the construction of a new head office in 1873. Another 22 were opened in the next decade including the important cities of
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which carried out lending. Its decision to withdraw from lending led directly to the formation of the building society. The Halifax Permanent Building and Investment Society was proposed by the town's leaders at a meeting in December 1852. Its rules were ratified in February 1853 and it was
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A new head office was built at Trinity Road, Halifax, in 1973. 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
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for a one-off charge of Ā£10. It is computerised and could originally be filled with Halon gas in the event of fire. Its importance has diminished in recent years because property data is now kept on a central database kept by
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which allowed societies greater financial freedoms, and diversification into other markets. Accordingly, the Halifax acquired an estate agent to complement its mortgage business. It also expanded by offering
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demutualised in 1989, the process was not repeated until the late 1990s, when most of the large societies announced demutualisation plans. In 1995, the Halifax announced it was to merge with the
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been Chairman of the National Association of Building Societies from 1921 to 1933; the first secretary of the International Congress of Building Societies in 1914 and was knighted in 1928.
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in January 2009 amid falling share price and speculation as to its future. Bank of Scotland plc (including its brands such as Halifax) became a wholly owned subsidiary of the group.
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On 14 November 2009, HBOS was hit by a power failure which affected all branches, cash machines and online banking. The bank said that the power failure occurred at an IT centre in
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office followed in 1924. Between 1918 and 1928 around 100 new branches and agencies were opened, doubling the Halifax's coverage; that decade finished with new offices in
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in 1853. By 1913 it had developed into the UK's largest building society and continued to grow and prosper and maintained this position within the UK until 1997 when it
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urging Halifax customers to keep their accounts in credit wherever possible, or consider moving their accounts to an alternative bank, in response to the new charges.
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As Halifax plc, the new bank was the fifth largest in the UK in terms of market capitalisation. Further expansion took place with the 1996 acquisition of
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on 2 June 1997. Over 7.5 million customers of the Society became shareholders of the new bank, the largest extension of shareholders in UK history.
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which caused several problems for Halifax's banking system. Halifax's online banking system did not recover from the power failure for several hours.
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One of the features of the Halifax was its willingness to finance the philanthropic housing development by prominent local businessmen.
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On Boxing Day 2000, Halifax started a successful marketing campaign, which was continued after the creations of HBOS.
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instead of mutually owned organisations, owned by the customers who borrowed and saved with the society. Although the
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In 2001, a wave of consolidation in the UK banking market led Halifax to agree a Ā£10.8 billion merger with the
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model housing scheme in the 1860s that was financed by the Halifax. There followed a more substantial scheme with
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and the next stage was to take the Society national. The first branch in the south was opened at
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as among the reasons. The Bank of Scotland name was to be retained for business banking.
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The deregulation of the financial services industry in the 1980s saw the passing of the
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for a fee of Ā£1. The branches were renamed as one of LSL's existing brands,
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The 1986 act also allowed building societies to demutualise and become
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legally transferred the assets and liabilities of the Halifax chain to
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In February 2021, Halifax released a TV advertisement featuring the
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The History of the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society
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The Halifax was formed out of the Loyal Georgian Society, a
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society by size of assets. Despite its size, by the end of
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Halifax / Bank of Scotland retreat on overdraft charges
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The former headquarters of the Halifax in Trinity Road,
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Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
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On 16 October 2009, Halifax Estate Agency was sold to
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Halifax have also created adverts that have featured
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Halifax (United Kingdom bank)
Halifax (disambiguation)


Trade name
Division
Bank of Scotland
Finance
insurance
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Managing Director
Financial services
Lloyds Banking Group
Parent
Bank of Scotland plc
www.halifax.co.uk
banking
Bank of Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group
Halifax, West Yorkshire
building society
demutualised
public limited company
FTSE 100 Index
HBOS
HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006
Bank of Scotland
plc
Lloyds TSB
Court of Session

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