Boris Johnson announced betting shops would close under three-tier lockdowns earlier this month. It is the latest blow to the high street which has been crippled by closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Banks have so far managed to avoid making themselves major villains in the pandemic. Unlike some insurers, which have tried to wriggle their way out of paying valid claims to small firms, they have been working with the Government to support business and families. Covid-19 has presented our High Street lenders with an opportunity to … Read more
TSB will axe 900 jobs and close 164 high street bank branches Edinburgh-based bank says it expects most of the redundancies to be voluntary TSB said branch network would be the seventh biggest in the UK after closures Some 193,731 job losses now announced by major UK employers since lockdown TSB, part of Sabadell, says … Read more
Banks claim branches are increasingly redundant. But the queues outside Hounslow’s branches reveals what is lost when face-to-face contact is snatched away.
Unions preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as they enter talks with the Big Four lenders By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Unions are preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as … Read more
Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered High Streets By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 Co-op Bank is axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered high streets. … Read more
The Co-operative Bank is to axe around 350 jobs from up and down the country and close 18 branches as it becomes the latest business to fall victim to Britain’s coronavirus jobs bloodbath. More than 187,000 people across a range of industries face redundancy, or have already been laid off, in recent months as the … Read more
Natwest customers slam bank’s poor branches and overdraft services as they rate it one of the worst for service By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 Natwest’s customers have rated it as one of the worst banks, calling out its poor branches … Read more
Customers at KFC and Pret A Manger have complained staff don’t understand the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out Scheme. Some irate patrons said one manager claimed the Monday to Wednesday discount only applied in the afternoon while some staff enforced a £10 minimum spend or asked to see a voucher. It comes as thousands … Read more
Banks are still closing branches at an ‘alarming rate’ as figures show more than 1,500 have shut down since 2017 – despite new rules brought in to protect them NatWest alone has shut more than 650 bank branches in the past three years Banks are required to consider impact of closing branches on local residents … Read more