....and cull hundreds of jobs

• Lloyds Banking Group to close 49 branches 'as customers switch to online and phone banking'
• Yorkshire Building Society Group to shut 13 branches
• Wider YBS restructuring could cost 200 jobs
• Union condemn Lloyds decision to 'ignore its corporate social responsib

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A deadline for the closure of current accounts with the Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) has been cancelled, with 30% of customers still to receive letters explaining the move. It was announced in January that the building society's brand is to be abolished, some branches closed, and current accounts...

Yorkshire Building Society announces branch closures and rebrand

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 31st January 2016 08:25
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Here's the list of proposed closures:-

*London*

Bow County Court
Feltham Magistrates’ Court
Greenwich Magistrates’ Court
Hammersmith County Court (formerly West London County Court)
Lambeth County Court
Pocock Street...

Lloyds Bank confirms 9,000 job losses and branch closures

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th October 2014 13:42.

*Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed 9,000 job losses and the net closure of 150 branches over the next three years. The latest job losses -......

Published letters from Banks regarding using fictitious/solicitors etc:-

• ter from HSBC in response to Andrew Tyrie's letter of 8 July 2014 ([img]http://www.parliament.uk/assets/images/pdf-icon.gif[/img])[img]http://www.parliament.uk/assets/images/new-window-icon.gif[/img]Published 05 September 2

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Laundering Fears Prompt RBS Account Closures

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th February 2014 08:17.

*Concerns over money-laundering and a clampdown on costs are behind a decision to close thousands of RBS accounts* The taxpayer-backed Royal Bank...
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Decline of branches: Banks fail rural customers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th November 2013 19:01.

*Branch closures are depriving local communities of essential services, leaving them with few alternative ways of banking* Carol Cropley was......

Co-op Bank to close 37 branches and lose Britannia name

The Co-operative has become the latest bank to announced a programme of branch closures. It also confirmed the Britannia name will disappear from the high street.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/...

Debt buyer’s office closures to affect 100 jobs

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th November 2012 18:49.

Debt purchaser Capquest has announced plans to close its offices in Twickenham and Cape Town, South Africa, in a move that will affect 100 jobs.......

Nationwide to close 23 branches - Customers says: then we shut our accounts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd June 2012 22:49.

Nationwide Building Society has just announced the closure of 23 branches – a blow that will devastate many customers. The move,...

Game Group set to become biggest High Street casualty since Woolworths as it calls in administrators

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 21st March 2012 22:07.

Game Group is set to become the next major retailer to disappear from the High Street as it called in the...

Whilst I do not agree with everything our unions do on this occasion I am right behind them.

We all must unite and do our bit to save our NHS, it is the peoples national treasure and something I am very proud of we must not allow the Government to strip it apart by piecemeal and no doubt...

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1873

New changes now in force.
Agency workers

Also see: Working Hours
Temporary and contract workers play an important role in providing flexibility for UK businesses. Employers who use recruitment agencies are responsible...

Tax underpayment letters due warns city accountants

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd October 2011 17:30.

Letters will be dropping onto around 1.2 million doormats over the next three months warning people they have underpaid their tax, with the average......