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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 Credit interest has been replaced by a Ā£5 net payment every month if customers abide by the terms of the 'Reward current account'.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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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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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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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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After the death of Jonas Tylor, 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 āhalf timerā in a Leek silk mill aged 8, with little of the required afternoon education forthcoming. He
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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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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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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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