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| Alliance & Leicester plc | |
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| Type | Public (LSE: AL.) |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Narborough, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Roy Brown, Acting Chairman David Bennett, CEO |
| Industry | Finance and Insurance |
| Products | Financial Services |
| Revenue | £4,167m (2007) |
| Operating income | £417m (2007) |
| Profit | £296m (2007) |
| Employees | circa 6,000 |
| Website | www.alliance-leicester.co.uk |
Alliance & Leicester plc (LSE: AL.) is a British bank, formerly a building society.
Founded in 1985, the Alliance & Leicester became a bank in 1997 when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange. It is listed in the FTSE 250 Index, having formerly been a FTSE 100 constituent from April 1997 to June 2008. Its headquarters are in Carlton Park, a business park in Narborough, south of Leicester in England.
The group also has premises in Bootle, Manchester, Wigan, Leeds, Ashford and Belfast, and all its contact centres are UK based.
