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Our HistoryThe history of Yorkshire Building Society. 1864 Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society is established by three gentlemen who meet each morning from 5 - 8 a.m. in a single room in Huddersfield. Early directors of the Society include a dentist, a shoemaker and a plumber. 1866 West Yorkshire Building Society is established at the Royal Hotel in Dewsbury with only two staff. 1871 The luxury of an umbrella and a rug were purchased for the Society's offices. 1885 Bradford Self Help Permanent Building Society is established in St. George's Hall Coffee Tavern. Assets at the end of the first year total £185, with 43 members. 1885-1889 During its first four years of business the Bradford Permanent opens for just an hour and a half once a week. 1893 By this date, the Society's office was fitted with the electric light. 1915 The first lady employees join the Society. 1923 The number of staff employed by the West Yorkshire BS has doubled to four. 1930 The modernised offices of the Bradford open at Queen Anne Chambers with rubber covered floors and ultraviolet ray glass. 1975 The Huddersfield and Bradford Building Societies merge in the largest marriage of two societies to date. 1982 The Huddersfield & Bradford and West Yorkshire Building Societies merge - The Yorkshire Building Society is born! 1990 Yorkshire Guernsey Limited established in St. Peter Port as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Yorkshire, offering offshore investment facilities. 1992 Yorkshire Building Society merges with the Haywards Heath Building Society. 1994 YorkSHARE Limited is launched - the first sharedealing service to be developed, owned and run by a building society. 1999 Yorkshire Building Society's assets top £10 billion. 2001 Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest mutual in Britain with assets of over £11 billion. |
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