HBOS Marketing Campaign HBOS Marketing Campaign In late 2000, UK bank Halifax began a long-running television advertisement campaign featuring staff singing popular songs with the words changed to reflect its financial services products. The campaign was the brainchild of DLKW Creative Directors Malcolm Green and Gary Betts, who had previously found fame when they launched the Gary Lineker Walkers Crisps campaign. Auditions were held and Halifax employee Howard Brown was selected by Green and Betts to spearhead the new advertising drive for the bank in 2000. Brown was the first and most frequently featured star of these adverts. His first advert saw him
Red-fronted lemur Red-fronted lemur The red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, "E. fulvus". In 2001, "E. fulvus" was split into several separate species, including "Eulemur rufus", in which this species was included. In 2008, "E. rufus" was split into two species, the red lemur ("E. rufus") and the red-fronted lemur ("E. rufifrons"). "E. rufus" covers the population on the west coast north of the Tsiribihina River and "E. rufifrons" covers the population on