Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) he left the company. In 2017, Howard made a cameo return to the world of advertising in an advert for Hotels.com. Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) Howard Brown (born c. 1966) is a former customer services representative and sales ambassador for HBOS plc, which owned both Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank (previously the Halifax Building Society) in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his appearances in Halifax/HBOS television advertisements, often singing and dancing. He was born in Sheldon, Birmingham, and is of Barbadian descent. Brown became the star of the HBOS Marketing Campaign in 2000, which resulted in
Black-fronted tern gull ("Larus dominicanus") and South Island oystercatchers ("Haematopus finschi") also raiding. Introduced mammals such as the cat ("Felis catus"), stoat ("Mustela erminea"), hedgehog ("Erinaceus europaeus occidentalis") and black rat ("Rattus rattus") have also been recorded. Numbers of black-fronted terns are decreasing across its range, and the species is classified as endangered. Threats include several species introduced to New Zealand - stoats ("Mustela" spp.), feral cats, the brown rat ("Rattus norvegicus"), hedgehog, dog, and from Australia, the common brushtail possum ("Trichosurus vulpecula"), and Australian magpie ("Gymnorhina tibicen"). Black-fronted tern The black-fronted tern ("Chlidonias albostriatus") also known as sea martin, ploughboy, inland