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List of discount shops in the United Kingdom View history This is a list of the current and defunct discount chains of the United Kingdom. This list does not include discount supermarket chains which can be found at list of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom . This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2016)

The Faster Payments Service ( FPS) is a United Kingdom banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts to typically a few seconds, from the three working days that transfers usually take using the long-established BACS system.

Topographically, Halifax is located in the south-eastern corner of the moorland region called the South Pennines. Halifax is situated about 4 miles (6 km) from the M62 motorway, close to Bradford and Huddersfield. The A641 road links the town with Brighouse, Bradford and Huddersfield. The Hebble Brook joins the River Calder at Salterhebble .

First Direct was formed on 1 October 1989 by Midland Bank, one of the 'big four' banks in the United Kingdom. It became a part of HSBC in June 1992, when that business acquired Midland Bank. First Direct took its first call on 12:01 am on 1 October 1989; more than 1,000 calls were taken within the first twenty four hours.

Shelf is a village in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated halfway, about 4 mi (6.4 km), between Bradford and Halifax, on the A6036 road. [2] In 2001 it had a population of 4,496. [3] At the 2011 Census Shelf was measured as part of the Calderdale ward of Northowram and Shelf .