At first i thought we were dealing with a new political alliance

However if you go to
www.blairoliverandscott.co.uk ;  

Then press on the Halifax link.You will see that this is an anti HBOS website.If you visit the forum you will discover that they are the debt collection dept of HBOS,and are wholly owned by them.

It gives an alternative number there 0131 442 7777,which is the number of the main HBOS switch presumably they can put you through.

Having the same problem as you but the number on the letter from them is 0870 240 5138,spoke to someone who also informed me that no local/national number existed,she also refused to call back as this number is incoming only??.
By the way the address I have is
PO Box 66,
rosythe,
fife,
KY11 2WG

Blair Oliver and Scott Limited is yet another banking device to confuse cutomers. The address shown on their correspondence is PO Box 66  Rosyth  KY11 2WG. The PO Box and the post code is registered to Bank of Scotland. Directory enquiries (more than one version) don't list BO&S (odd, isn't it, that it's initials are B (Bank) O (of) S (Scotland). According to the listing at their registered office their business is something quite different to debt collecting. It also shows their telephone number (geographical) as the same as Bank of Scotland head office in Edinburgh.

This tends to suggest that the HBOS group of companies are not as open and transparent as they would have you believe. Strange to say, Blair Oliver are not listed on the HBOS website as a subsidiary.

Anyway, they are chasing me for a debt which doesn't exist, and with a bit of luck they will take the matter to Court so I can show the Court just how poor their systems are. After a full and final payment on a loan, two months later Halifax say there is still an outstadning balance. Oddly, at the time (November 2005) they did not record telephone calls, according to their customer relations department, and have no record of a call agreeing a settlement figure, but they now do record calls.

They aint getting any more money from me, though.

One of my clients with the Halifax was transferred to Blair Oliver Scott. I called 0131 442 7777 and this got me through to a swithcboard, (ask to be transferred) who then transferred me to BOS.

Blair Oliver & Scott tell me they are <nothing to do with BOS> They don't call back as arranged & say there are no other numbers.  They also say <there is no point writing to us> Quite Amazing!! A call to 0131 442 7777 secured both an internal transfer (although Blair Oliver Scott then hung up) & a FREEPHONE number 0800 056 0808

That is often the case with debt collectors, not just this lot. Perhaps JohnnyDebt would be able to offer more info on this company, as it falls within his chosen path,  if he still subscribes here.

If A65Bill was told that Blair Oliver and Scott have nothing to do with Bank of Scotland, someone’s telling porkies.

Blair Oliver & Scott’s registered office is at :-

8 North Bank Street
Edinburgh
EH1 2LP,

The registers of members and debenture holders are kept at :-

The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ

They have only 2 shareholders :-

Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Nominees Limited, and

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.

Over to them……