The new Lloyds Banking Group is proud to be one of the UK’s leading financial services companies. They formed on 19th January 2009 when Lloyds TSB Group acquired HBOS. In doing so, they now have an impressive number of high street and household names in the portfolio. The goal is to be the best financial services provider in the UK.  To do this they are building a leadership position not on the basis of scale, but on the foundations of reputation and recommendation. To Lloyds Banking Group, relationships are key to the business, and inform the way they both deal with customers and how they work internally. People really are at the heart of everything done. The organisation has over 140,000 employees, serving over 30 million customers and operating across over 40 countries. In fact, one in three people, and one in five small and medium sized businesses in the UK bank with Lloyds. It’s not surprising that a career with Lloyds Banking Group has endless exciting possibilities.Bank of Scotland can offer you a dynamic working environment in which to build your career. They offer a wide range of career opportunities with jobs across many different product areas. Within the Retail Banking environment alone, job vacancies in banking, savings, mortgages, credit cards - plus many more are offered.And it's not just within the UK that they operate - they also have a significant presence in North America, Europe and Ireland. They employ around 72,000 people across the Group and have the biggest shareholder base in the UK. The company prides itself on being a forward thinking and innovative company and have a reputation for excellence in corporate finance and business banking.