Lloyds Banking Group Horse
Lloyds banking group is best known for its portfolio of financial services brands that features many of the uks best known brands.
Lloyds banking group horse. Halifax and bank of scotland. The first recorded use of the black horse sign was in 1677 in lombard. Bank of scotland the second oldest bank in the uk behind. Lent to customers per annum footnote 2.
This sign dates back to the 17th century when it was used by a goldsmith in the city of london. Today black horse is the uks leading provider of motor finance. Lloyds banking group was named top financial employer and seventh overall in the 2019 stonewall top 100 employers list which celebrates the pioneering efforts of leading organisations to create inclusive workplaces. Lloyds adopted the black horse with the take over of lombard street bankers barnetts hoares co.
In fact the story of the black horse parallels the story of british banking itself. We are a financial services group with millions of uk customers with a presence in nearly every community. The signs also provided a means of identification in a largely illiterate society. In the 17th century there were no street numbers and so businesses used decorative signs to attract customers.
Welcome to lloyds banking group. The sign of the black horse had originally hung above the shop of lombard street goldsmith humphrey stokes from as early as 1677. Our portfolio covers banking insurance retirement planning and every aspect of financial need for individuals and businesses. The black horse like many banking signs and symbols was inherited from goldsmiths the forerunners of our modern banks.
Halifax was founded in 1853 perhaps unsurprisingly in the town of halifax in west yorkshire. It supports 5000 motor dealers and last year alone. Today the lloyds bank black horse is one of the most iconic and enduring logos in the uk. Uk finance giant lloyds banking group is to slice off a portion of its 3bn digital transformation investment and feed it to google as part of a five year agreement.
Black horse provides motor retail and asset finance to hundreds of thousands of customers every year. The deal will see the. Lloyds bank inherited the famous black horse symbol in 1884. Black horse limited is the united kingdoms leading provider of motor finance.
Black horse is a specialist division of the lloyds banking group having previously been part of lloyds tsb. Black horse formed from the integration of lloyds udt and chartered trust footnote 1. We are familiar on the high street and with over 1 million businesses through our portfolio of brands. The logo dates back to at least 1677 when it was used by londons lombard street goldsmiths the forerunners of todays modern banks.
Today black horse is the uks leading provider of motor finance with a range of motor loans and hire purchase products. Then it was adopted by barnetts hoares co.