Lloyds Banking Group is to close a call centre in Bridgend that employs 700 people, says a union.

Unite union said it was working with the bank to redeploy as many as possible to Lloyd's other south Wales offices. Lloyds has centres in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, but it is not yet known how many staff will be redeployed. David Fleming, Unite national officer, said: "This decision will devastate the local workforce in Bridgend."

Lloyds last month reported a £3.47bn loss for the first three months of the year after setting aside £3.2bn to cover potential payment protection insurance mis-selling claims.
It made a £721m profit a year ago.

The contact centre is at the Pencoed business park, and once employed 850 staff.
Mr Fleming said: "When the Bridgend site opened there was a significant commitment to the community and the bank secured a grant to this end.

"This withdrawal smacks of hypocrisy and makes a mockery of the statements made by the new CEO, Antonio Horta-Osorio, to support the bank's........Click HERE to read more