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Lloyds Banking Group has announced plans to close 60 high street branches in yet another blow to towns and cities across the UK.
The branches set to close include 24 Lloyds stores, 19 Bank of Scotland banks and 17 Halifax branches.
Vim Maru, group retail director, Lloyds Banking Group said: “Just like many other high street businesses, fewer customers are choosing to visit our branches.
"Our branch network is an important way for us to support our customers, but we need to adapt to the significant growth in customers choosing to do most of their everyday banking online.
Lloyds claims the decision has been made as it now has 18.6 million regular online banking customers and over 15 million mobile app users. These have increased 12% and 27% respectively in the last two years.
Trade union Unite has said the move could result in 124 job losses, although the company has not said how many workers will be affected.
Lloyds stressed it aims to offer a new role to all staff affected.
The company said the move was driven by a surge in online banking demand over recent years, while branch footfall has dwindled.
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Lloyds Bank branches affected and when
- Aylesbury Gatehouse – 26/07/2022
- Beaconsfield – 29/06/2022
- Beaconsfield – 15/09/2022
- Birmingham Temple Row – 01/08/2022
- Bolton Westhoughton – 11/08/2022
- Bradford Thornbury – 20/09/2022
- Buckingham- 30/06/2022
- Chandlers Ford – 10/08/2022
- Chipping Campden – 30/06/2022
- Colchester St Johns – 20/09/2022
- Cottingham – 21/09/2022
- Edgbaston – 06/07/2022
- Knutsford – 07/07/2022
- Liverpool Woolton – 14/07/2022
- Lyndhurst – 13/07/2022
- Marlow – 04/08/2022
- Morriston Swansea – 21/07/2022
- Oxford Summertown – 03/08/2022
- Poulton-le-Fylde – 28/06/2022
- Rushden – 26/07/2022
- Shanklin – 28/07/2022
- Shrewsbury Mount Pleasant – 11/08/2022
- Smethwick – 21/07/2022
- Swanwick – 25/07/2022
- Tiptree – 25/07/2022
Halifax branches affected and when
- Abingdon – 29/06/2022
- Beaconsfield – 28/07/2022
- Beccles – 05/07/2022
- Belfast Shaftesbury – 28/06/2022
- Bideford – 06/07/2022
- Devizes – 27/07/2022
- Doncaster Mkt Pl – 19/09/2022
- Dunstable – 11/07/202
- Finchley Central – 12/07/2022
- Halifax Commercial St – 19/09/2022
- Margate – 18/07/2022
- Morriston – 18/07/2022
- Penge – 10/08/2022
- Totton – 19/07/2022
- Wokingham – 20/07/2022
- Worcester Park – 20/07/2022
- Yeadon – 25/07/2022
Bank of Scotland branches affected and when
- Aberdeen 201 Union St – 14/09/2022
- Alness – 27/07/2022
- Brechin – 02/08/2022
- Broxburn – 09/08/2022
- Carluke – 27/06/2022
- Clarkston – 04/07/2022
- Dunblane -07/07/2022
- Dyce – 05/07/2022
- Edinburgh Barnton – 13/07/2022
- Edinburgh Shandwick – 13/07/2022
- Forres – 11/07/2022
- Glasgow Riddrie – 09/08/2022
- Innerleithen – 04/08/2022
- Kirkcudbright – 03/08/2022
- Lockerbie – 08/08/2022
- Selkirk – 08/08/2022
- Shotts – 15/08/2022
- Stromness – 17/08/2022
- Troon – 21/09/2022
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