From the first Lloyds Bank in 1864 to HSBC’s ring-fenced banking HQ in 2019, the West Midlands is one of Europe’s largest and fastest-growing Business, Professional and Finance Services clusters.
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The first Lloyds Bank was opened in Oldbury in 1864. The bank was originally set up in 1765 by John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd as a private banking business in Dale End, Birmingham.
Today, the West Midlands is a major banking and finance centre, with 321,000 employees working at more than 43,000 BPFS companies. The region is a base for big names such as Deutsche Bank, PwC and HSBC, which started as the Birmingham and Midlands Bank in 1836.
Discover great places to visit, our leading business sectors, and all the information you need about holding your next conference or event in the region. Find out more about our successful Universities of the West Midlands and how to travel comfortably and easily around the region by West Midlands Railway.
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