"Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) Howard Brown (born c. 1966) 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. He was born in Sheldon, Birmingham, and is of Barbadian descent. Brown became the star of the HBOS Marketing Campaign in 2000, which resulted in him singing in most of his adverts. In 2003, he had a role in ""The Office"" Christmas special, playing himself alongside"
"Following the merger the Lloyds Bank, Halfax and Bank of Scotland took different routes for its advertisement. In addition to the numerous singing and non singing adverts, between 2002 and 2006 an animated version of Brown also appearing in adverts, voiced by London actor Paul Shearer and created in conjunction with Paris-based animation stars Numéro Six, which used the ""Who Gives You Extra?"" at the end of each advert. The real Howard Brown has continued to appear in the live-action adverts. Further adverts were Written and art directed by Richard Lovell and Martin Cox at DLKW (London). In an interview"
"with news agency Reuters, Brown said: In 2004, the Bank Of Scotland dropped Howard from their versions of the adverts. The Bank of Scotland stated that Scottish customers could not stand him because he was ""too in-your face, and particulary annoying"". HBOS admitted mistakes have been made in promoting the new image north of the border, as it did not take into account the Bank of Scotland brand nor its heritage. The replacement advertising campaign instead feature Scottish members of staff, although the animated version of Howard were used north of the border. HBOS Marketing Campaign In late 2000, UK"
"lent his name to two marketing campaigns; American Express and Microsoft. Seinfeld starred in the company’s advertising campaigns for three years. The comedian’s tenure as spokesperson for the Bank marked a rise in brand awareness both locally and nationally. The Bank established The Greater Charitable Foundation in 2011. The Foundation partners with Australian-based charitable organisations throughout the Bank’s area of operations with a goal of improving life outcomes and supporting families and communities. The Foundation was established with an initial allocation of $1 million by the Bank on behalf of its members and staff. The Bank continues to fund the"
"resided in Majorca, Spain and claimed to have been an international bond trader, whose clients were ""vetted"" by United States embassy officials and Special Branch before he accepted their money. Brown's clients include former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards. In June 2008, after being charged with various counts of fraud and money laundering, Brown fled bail and an arrest warrant was subsequently issued. the charges or Fraud and money laundering were later discharged by the judge at trial . Brown was last known to live in Templewood Avenue, Hampstead, north-west London. He told various former clients he had been suffering"
"Thomas Yau from Leeds singing a version of Herman's Hermits ""I'm into Something Good"". It was first shown in January 2008, though was axed in August 2008. In 2008 following a review of its creative marketing campaign, company reappointed the then newly merged DLKW and Lowe agency, to revise its advert strategy to make it more serious, As advert styles were too upbeat for the then gloomy economic climate. With the move away from its upbeat singing ads, in April 2008, Howard Brown no longer starred in any more Halifax adverts, instead taking a role in its public relations department."
"Exchange following on 13 July 1989. The first chairman of the bank was Christopher Stewart, who chose Australian actor Jack Thompson to head the bank's TV advertising campaign, which ran for a decade. The bank focused operations on retail banking, with a branch network and operations focused on the state of Victoria. As a former building society, the bank was also heavily involved in lending in the residential property market. In 1996 the bank acquired the Victorian business of Challenge Bank from Westpac for A$659.7 million, making the Bank of Melbourne the fourth largest regional bank, and the eighth largest"
"the forthcoming invasion of Iraq. In June 2007, Blair resigned as the leader of the Labour Party and Gordon Brown, previously the Chancellor of the Exchequer, succeeded him following the 2007 Labour Party conference. Three years earlier, Blair had announced that he would not be contesting a fourth successive general election as Labour Party leader if he won the 2005 general election. Brown initially had strong public support and plans for a quick general election were widely publicised, though never officially announced. On 18 February 2008, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced that the failing bank, Northern Rock, would"
"where many perceive stereotypes. Journalist Lydia Stockdale, writing in the Birmingham Post, commented on advertisers' association of Birmingham accents with pigs: the pig in the ad for Colman's Potato Bakes, Nick Park's Hells Angel Pigs for British Gas and ITV's ""Dave the window-cleaner pig"" all had Brummie accents. In 2003, a Halifax bank advertisement featuring Howard Brown, a Birmingham- born and based employee, was replaced by an animated version with an exaggerated comical accent overdubbed by a Cockney actor. Urszula Clark has proposed the FACE vowel as a difference between Birmingham and Black Country pronunciation, with Birmingham speakers' using /ʌɪ/"
"unhelpful bank manager. The adverts have received acclaim for wit and humour, but also criticism for stereotyping bank managers. Barbara is portrayed by Australian comedian Genevieve Morris. In 2010, ANZ spent $195m in Australia on advertising. In 2011, a series of ads were fronted by Simon Baker, the star of the American television show The Mentalist. According to a 2014 top 20 list of advertising spends, ANZ was in the top 20. In 2015, ANZ held a campaign in sync with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. In 2016, New Zealand ANZ had the highest spend of any bank."
"biggest bank in the world, the building is currently (2015) under development as a hotel. HSBC UK swift code (all offices in the United Kingdom) being ""MIDLGB22"" reflects its past as the Midland Bank. The Midland Bank was famous for its golden griffin logo, surrounded by golden coins originally introduced in 1965 on a black, then later blue background, and for its slogan ""the listening bank,"" written by the advertising executive Rod Allen. Advertisements for the bank appeared in the popular computer game ""Theme Park"". The Midland Bank still traded as Midland Bank, but using the HSBC logo from 1997,"
"emerges from a challenging period in its history. The television commercial opens with the bank's origins in the Old West, references the scandal and fast-forwards to depict dedicated bank employees and happy customers as a narrator assures viewers: ""It's a new day at Wells Fargo"". Wells Fargo is the top banker for US gun makers and the National Rifle Association (NRA). From December 2012 through February 2018 it reportedly helped two of the biggest firearms and ammunition companies obtain US$431.1 million in loans and bonds. It also created a US$28-million line of credit for the NRA and operates the organization’s"
"operated his own company called The Carrara Group, a government affairs and public relations company which was later acquired by Burson-Marsteller, the world's largest public relations firm. Following the acquisition he got a job as the Executive Vice President of corporate and government relations and marketing for The Howard Hughes Corporation and from 1994 to 1999, worked for the company, that is also an affiliate of The Rouse Company. Yet, by 1999 Brown began to transition into the world of Las Vegas casinos. He served as an Executive Vice President of government relations and corporate communications for Station Casinos, Inc."
"""Taggart"" 26 times. Tennant is the voice behind the 2007 advertising campaign for catalogue retailer Argos, and appeared in adverts for The Proclaimers' 2007 album and learndirect in June 2008 (using his natural Scottish accent in both). Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. Tennant appeared in Derren Brown's ""Trick or Treat"". In ""TV & Satellite Week"" (26 April – 2 May issue), Brown is quoted as saying: ""One of the appeals of ""Doctor Who"" for David is time travel, so I wanted to give him that experience. He was open and"
"mud pools to the opening of the World Trade Center was altered in the wake of ""9/11"". The line of dialogue in question changed so that Goldstein merely commented on the presence of the mud. Ira Goldstein Ira Goldstein is a fictional character played by Stephen Mellor, who appears in television and radio commercials for ASB Bank in New Zealand. The commercials were screened from January 2000 to October 2010 and were produced by TBWA / Whybin agency. In the commercials, Goldstein works as an employee for a New York City bank and is sent to New Zealand by his"
"it had changed its name to Bank of the Hudson and moved its headquarters elsewhere while retaining the building as a branch, it dropped the objection and the building was added in 1998 as part of a later MPS. The bank itself has since been acquired by TD Banknorth, which used it as a branch office until the early 2010s. In 2016 it was the local headquarters for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign during the weeks before the New York primary. Volunteers decorated the vault with crime scene tape, and pasted on it a quotation from the candidate: ""If a"
"the 7th CEO of the company. William A. Osborn was named president and chief operating officer in 1993 and became chairman and chief executive officer, in addition to president, in 1995. Osbourne stepped down as president in 2006 and as CEO on January 1, 2008. Frederick H. ""Rick"" Waddell then became president and CEO. At this point Trevor Robinson CBE stepped in to Northern Trust as the chairman of the directors, from 2006 to 2016 Trevor Robinson was able to guide the bank through the financial crisis. In 2009 Northern Trust was one of 3 banks able to gain large"
"Rowan’s Hospice, The International League for the Protection of Horses, Special Wishes for terminally ill young people and Children in Need, where he walked from Lloyds Bank in Cosham to Lloyds Bank Head Offices in the City of London, visiting Lloyds branches along the way. Downlands Cancara Downlands Cancara (1 May 1975 - June 2006) was an English graded Trakehner stallion famous for representing Lloyds Bank as the Black Horse in a long-running series of television adverts. Downlands Cancara was selected to become the horse used in the bank’s TV adverts in 1988 and filming for the first took place"
"north to the New South Wales North Coast, establishing branches at Ballina and Coffs Harbour. In 2003, Greater Bank established its first Gold Coast branch at Robina. The Society has merged with a number of building societies over the years. In 1998, it merged with the Mitchell Building Society of Central Western NSW, and in 2011 it merged with ABS Building Society of Armidale. As of 2014 the Bank’s assets were over A$5 billion. Directors: Management: In 2010, Australian marketing guru John Dwyer tempted actor Jerry Seinfeld out of retirement, to be spokesman for the Bank. Seinfeld had only ever"
"campaign, Prescott toured the UK in a customised white transit van dubbed his ""Battlebus"" canvassing support for the Labour Party. Prescott was publicly very supportive of Gordon Brown, and has called him a ""global giant"". Prescott has stated in interviews that he is not religious. He chose to make a non-religious solemn affirmation rather than swearing an oath during his introduction in the House of Lords. Beginning on 7 January 2011, John Prescott appeared in a TV advert for insurance company moneysupermarket.com, along with comedian Omid Djalili, which gently mocks events in his political career. On 27 February 2011, Prescott"
"positions he had served in beginning in 1998 and continuing through November 18, 2008. John T. Stuart III, a director of the company and the bank, was appointed as interim chief executive officer and interim chairman of the board of the company. Also in November 2008, the company appointed Kevin J. Hanigan, previously a senior executive vice president and chief banking officer of the company and the bank, to fill the role of president and chief operating officer of the company and the bank. As a thrift bank, its charter required it to keep 70% of its assets in housing-related"
"Bank in 1999 as part of the adoption of the HSBC brand throughout the Group. The last head office of the Midland Bank, opposite the Bank of England in Poultry and Princes Street, was sold in 2006 to a Russian tycoon, with HSBC vacating the banking hall on the ground floor and huge underground deposit vaults in 2007. The ground floor is now used in the Channel 4 game show ""The Bank Job"". The architect John Alfred Gotch designed the building. with assistance from Edwin Landseer Lutyens. Built between 1921 and 1939, and symbol of the 1930s pride of the"
"when N Brown announced it was facing a £40m hit after finding issues with a credit insurance product it sold to customers between 2006 and 2014, responding to a crackdown by the Financial Conduct Authority. In 1999, ""Simply Be"" was launched to cater for women aged 25 - 45 in sizes 12 - 32 and has been a vocal champion of size inclusivity. In 2007, ""Jacamo"" was launched, catering for 25 - 45 year old men of all body shapes, from small to 5XL. Former cricketer Freddie Flintoff is a key brand ambassador. In 2018, ""JD Williams"" rebranded to become"
"Mark E. Brown Mark E. Brown is an American businessman and former CEO of Zen Entertainment and a former vice president of The Howard Hughes Corporation. His company currently has partnership deals with ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, NBCSports.com, Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Wrestling Entertainment, and casinos such as the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Hard Rock Hotel. He is also the former Partner and President of R&R Partners, the ad agency which created the ""What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"" advertising campaign for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In addition, Brown is founder and director of"
"Brown's government introduced monetary and fiscal policies to help keep the banks afloat during the financial crisis in 2008, and as a result the United Kingdom's national debt increased dramatically. The Government took majority shareholdings in Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland, both of which experienced financial difficulties. Large amounts of money were injected into several other banks, including newly merged HBOS-Lloyds TSB, which received £17 billion. Domestic policies focusing on education, employment and health were introduced by the administration. The Labour Party was persuaded to give Gurkhas settlement rights in Britain by the campaign of actress Joanna Lumley"
"made ""ASB Bank"" different). At its conclusion, the Goldstein campaign had produced approximately sixty commercials and had run for eleven years. New Zealand's Jewish community, which perceived Goldstein as an unfortunate stereotype, expressed initial resistance to the advertising character. The popularity and success of the character has, however, largely mollified any initial concerns. ASB Bank pulled the Ira Goldstein commercials from air for several weeks following the World Trade Center attacks of September 2001, out of respect and for fear of causing offence with their image of a bumbling New York banker. One commercial that showed Goldstein comparing Rotorua's boiling"
"community involvement in its advertising. The bank used a caricature portrayal of Benjamin Franklin as its advertising mascot, who repeated the tagline ""The Leading Local Bank"" in its television commercials. Chevy Chase Bank was the subject of two national class action lawsuits for violations of the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 involving as many as 7,000 mortgage borrowers. A federal district court ruled against the bank in January 2007, but the ruling was stayed pending appeal to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the federal district ruling in September, 2008. The"
"Maureen O'Hara and John Huston before settling on Dennis Weaver who became their main spokesman from 1982 until 1996. The tagline of the bank's advertising campaign during this time was """"We'll Always Be There"""". As a tribute to their most notable celebrity spokesman, Great Western commission in 1984 a full-sized bronze statue of the actor John Wayne by noted American western-motif sculptor Harry Jackson to stand in front of their then Beverly Hills headquarters at 8484 Wilshire Boulevard. The building was later sold after the company relocated their headquarters to Chatsworth in 1992. Magazine publisher Larry Flynt later obtained the"
"to do, the ads averred, unless one has an Allstate agent to undertake the deed for the customer (switching from another insurer to Allstate). The viewer learned that ""breaking up is ""easy"" to do"" as reassured on the screen by Haysbert. In his role as spokesman for Allstate, Haysbert officiated the coin toss prior to the 2007 Sugar Bowl between LSU and Notre Dame. In 2008, Haysbert was featured in national television ads to raise public awareness about lending discrimination. The ads were commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity."
"that he had a certified mail receipt showing Browne's refusal of the package. In 2007, on CNN's ""Anderson Cooper 360°"", Browne's business manager Linda Rossi stated that Browne would not be taking Randi's challenge ""because she has nothing to prove to James Randi"". During the late 1980s, local authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating Browne and her businesses over several bank loans that caused ""sustained losses"" to banks. In 1992, Browne and her then-husband Kenzil Dalzell Brown were indicted on several charges of investment fraud and grand theft. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, found"
"opponent Sherrod Brown didn't pay his taxes for thirteen years. This claim led to the Associated Press reporting on October 19 that, ""Several Ohio television stations have stopped airing a Republican ad because state documents contradict the ad's accusation that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown didn't pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years."" Brown produced a commercial citing these facts. DeWine's ads were changed to state only that he had failed to pay his unemployment taxes until legal action was taken against him. According to an article in the October 16, 2006, edition of ""The New York Times"","
"Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse... Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since February 2007. Hubbard is currently a board member of: Hubbard was interviewed in Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning documentary film, ""Inside Job"" (2010), discussing his advocacy, as chief economic advisor to the Bush Administration, of deregulation. Ferguson argues that deregulation led to the 2008 international banking crisis sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch. In the interview, Ferguson asks Hubbard to enumerate the firms from whom"
"largest bank, Kaupthing, in hopes that it would strengthen the institution's balance sheet. On 8 October 2008 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the UK government would launch legal action against Iceland, whose government announced that they had no intention of compensating any of the estimated 300,000 UK savers after the nationalization of Landsbanki and its online brand, Icesave. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced that the UK government would foot the entire bill, estimated at £4bn, and that he was taking steps to freeze the assets of Landsbanki. The following day, Darling used the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and"