Halifax

Halifax is one of the major banks in Britain, owned by the the Lloyds Banking Group, it is become quite a big name in british banking, competing with Santander, Natwest, Lloyds bank and many others, and that is just within minutes walking distance of this particular branch in Manchester city centre!
This particular branch, is a more modern branch, but still it does seem to be one of the busier banks I have seen in Manchester, alongside Barclays, meanwhile the likes of Santander and Lloyds Bank do seem to be quiet.
They is a good range of cash machines here, both inside and out, the ones inside seem to be easy to use and relatively modern, which beats the ones at my local branch of Halifax in Middleton, and simply most of the banks we have in Middleton.
I came into Halifax today, to get advice in changing my account over to them, due to the bank I’m with now, changing the main package of my account, which got me to sign up in the first place, and I felt this was unacceptable and meant me having to change banks.
As I said, this bank is in a good location, and is in Piccadilly gardens, close to a good number of eateries, coffee shops and shops, which can be expected for a city center bank.
The staff member who assisted me, didn’t seem to show like he was serious when talking to me, he basically talked to me, not in more private circumstances, but when I was basically just stood in a queue, I would of liked to have been pulled to the side, where it was both a little more quieter and private.
I was upset Halifax could not provide me with any booklets or written information about what they were offering me, and he seemed to be rushing me away, as he seemed not to be giving me the full information I would like to know, and seemed to have rounded up all the figures, to an amount that is a little misleading.
This bank is a relatively nice bank, but still is your average you would expect from a city center, If you are a member of Halifax you basically have no choice in coming here, but if not, I would recommend going to another, perhaps quieter branch to withdraw money, such as Lloyds Bank, near enough opposite 3 on Market Street, or simply visiting your local branch of Halifax, if you are considering joining them.

Even though I’m not some sort of wealthy tax dodger, I did have my off shore accounts closed down last week (I’m from the Isle of Man so allowed them…) with me residing in the UK for 8 years now — which to be honest was a pain in the arse as I couldn’t be bothered switching banks but hey ho!
Halifax seemed to have the best deal and we easily switched online although there were a few bits we had to do in branch with regards to joint accounts etc. I found the whole process pretty easy and their on and offline support staff have been great.
We had a meet here yesterday with one of their managers and she was super friendly and a pleasure to deal with — nice work Halifax!