Yorkshire Bank was founded in 1859 in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Yorkshire Bank has 188 retail branches, a strong personal customer base and an expanding business banking capability through a UK-wide network of 72 Financial Solutions Centres. Yorkshire Bank was named as “Best Regional Lender” for the 11th year running in the 2009 Your Mortgage Awards. Yorkshire Bank is a trading name of Clydesdale Bank plc, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group of companies. Yorkshire Bank joined the Group in 1990.