Lloyds Banking Group Horse
The signs also provided a means of identification in a largely illiterate society.
Lloyds banking group horse. In the 17th century there were no street numbers and so businesses used decorative signs to attract customers. Black horse is a specialist division of the lloyds banking group having previously been part of lloyds tsb. Then it was adopted by barnetts hoares co. Today black horse is the uks leading provider of motor finance with a range of motor loans and hire purchase products.
The logo dates back to at least 1677 when it was used by londons lombard street goldsmiths the forerunners of todays modern banks. The black horse like many banking signs and symbols was inherited from goldsmiths the forerunners of our modern banks. Lloyds bank inherited the famous black horse symbol in 1884. It was formed in july 2001 as a wholly owned subsidiary of lloyds banking group but its origins can be traced back to 1922the company helps over 200000 customers every year to finance new and used cars caravans motorhomes or motorbikes through their network of over 5000 dealers.
Lent to customers per annum footnote 2. We are a financial services group with millions of uk customers with a presence in nearly every community. This sign dates back to the 17th century when it was used by a goldsmith in the city of london. The deal will see the.
Lloyds banking group is best known for its portfolio of financial services brands that features many of the uks best known brands. But icons are not created overnight. Together they allow the group to serve the breadth of financial needs of a diverse range of millions of customers every day. Halifax was founded in 1853 perhaps unsurprisingly in the town of halifax in west yorkshire.
Welcome to lloyds banking group. Halifax and bank of scotland. Bank of scotland the second oldest bank in the uk behind. 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.
In fact the story of the black horse parallels the story of british banking itself. Black horse formed from the integration of lloyds udt and chartered trust footnote 1. Black horse provides motor retail and asset finance to hundreds of thousands of customers every year. It supports 5000 motor dealers and last year alone.
We are familiar on the high street and with over 1 million businesses through our portfolio of brands. The sign of the black horse had originally hung above the shop of lombard street goldsmith humphrey stokes from as early as 1677. The first recorded use of the black horse sign was in 1677 in lombard. Black horse limited is the united kingdoms leading provider of motor finance.
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. Lloyds adopted the black horse with the take over of lombard street bankers barnetts hoares co.