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The Leeds Permanent Building Society was a building society founded in Leeds, England in 1848 and was commonly known in a shortened form as The Leeds or The Perm. It should not be confused with the extant Leeds Building Society (formerly Leeds and Holbeck Building Society)
1,474 (2021) Website. Official website. Leeds Building Society is a building society based in Leeds, England. It serves approximately 719,000 customers across the United Kingdom, who together hold £9.9 billion in savings balances and is the fifth largest building society in the UK. [2]
In 1995, the Halifax announced it was to merge with the Leeds Permanent Building Society and convert to a plc. The Halifax floated on the London Stock Exchange on 2 June 1997. [5] Over 7.5 million customers of the Society became shareholders of the new bank, the largest extension of shareholders in UK history.
In 1987, Blackburn became the chief executive officer (CEO) of Leeds Permanent Building Society. His time there was characterised by significant changes, including the closure of several branches and overseeing charitable initiatives. In 1993, Blackburn was named as the CEO of the Halifax Building Society.
Portman Building Society: 1993 Leeds Permanent Building Society: merged with the: Halifax Building Society: 1995 City & Metropolitan Building Society: merged with the: Stroud & Swindon Building Society: 1996 Nottingham Imperial Building Society: merged with the: Newcastle Building Society: 2000 Gainsborough Building Society: merged with the ...
Albion Tower aka Leeds Permanent Building Society Tower, 61 m (200 ft). Constructed in the 1960s and demolished in 1998 for replacement with The Light leisure / shopping complex. Arena Point Tower, 79 m (259 ft). Demolished in 2022–23 to be replaced with 134 m (440 ft) tower. History of tallest buildings in Leeds
Developments included the construction of Permanent House, the headquarters of the Leeds Permanent Building Society, Lewis's department store and the Odeon Cinema, which opened as the Paramount Theatre. Headrow House was constructed in the 1950s.
Yorkshire Building Society branch on Briggate in Leeds. In 1864, the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society was founded in Huddersfield, and expansion through a series of agreed mergers, predominantly with the Bradford Permanent Building Society in 1975
Once all members were housed, these organisations were typically wound up, although some became permanent societies in an effort to promote wider home ownership, as exemplified by the Leeds Permanent Building Society. The first recorded credit union in the United Kingdom was formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1960.
Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution [2] and the largest building society in the world with over 16 million members. [3] Its headquarters are in Swindon, England. Nationwide is made up of around 250 different building societies.