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  2. HBOS - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Bank of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group.The bank was established by the Parliament of Scotland in 1695 to develop Scotland's trade with other countries, and aimed to create a stable banking system in the United Kingdom . [2]

  4. Lloyds Banking Group - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees. [4] Lloyds Bank was founded in 1765 but the wider Group's heritage extends over 320 years, dating back to the founding of the Bank of Scotland by the Parliament of Scotland in 1695. [5]

  5. HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 - Wikipedia

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    HBOS Group wished to restructure the bank into a public limited company (plc) governed under the Companies Act 1985, and transfer the assets and liabilities of its other UK subsidiaries with a banking licence (Capital Bank, Halifax plc and HBOS Treasury Service plc) to the new Bank of Scotland plc. By doing it could save the costs of ...

  6. Capital Bank plc - Wikipedia

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    Capital Bank became part of the HBOS Group when Bank and Scotland and Halifax merged in 2001. Capital Bank continued to grow its corporate banking activity until 2006, when assets totalled almost £22 billion. [7] In the same year the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 was passed through the UK Parliament.

  7. Bank of Scotland International - Wikipedia

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    In 1975, Bank of Scotland opened its first overseas office in Houston, Texas.Branches followed in other U.S. states, Moscow, Hong Kong and Singapore.Inroads were subsequently made into Australasia, with the 1987 purchase of Countrywide Bank in New Zealand (sold to the National Bank of New Zealand in 1998) and that of the Bank of Western Australia in 1995 (sold to the Commonwealth Bank in 2008).

  8. List of companies of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum related industries associated with the extraction of North Sea oil have also been important employers from the 1970s, especially in the north-east of Scotland. Edinburgh is the financial services centre of Scotland, with many large banking and finance firms based there, including the Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group (owners of ...

  9. Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) - Wikipedia

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    Howard Brown (born c. 1966) [1] is a former customer services representative and sales ambassador for HBOS plc, which owned both Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank (previously the Halifax Building Society) in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his appearances in Halifax/HBOS television advertisements, often singing and dancing.