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South Wales Argus
23-06-2025
- Business
- South Wales Argus
All the UK Santander bank branches that will close this week
The closures are estimated to put around 750 jobs at risk and the Spanish-owned bank will also cut hours across 36 sites and switch 18 to be counter-free. Santander said it will be left with 349 branches after the sweeping changes. This week, a handful of those branches are set to close across the country – see the list. All Santander bank closures happening this week The following Santander branches will close this week: Monday, June 23 Blackwood, Gwent, Wales Cleveleys, Lancashire Eltham, London Glasgow MX, Lanarkshire Tuesday, June 24 Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales Glasgow LDHQ, Lanarkshire, Scotland Greenford, Greater London Wednesday, June 25 Brecon, Powys, Wales Thursday, June 26 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Santander said the changes are being made as customers increasingly switch to online banking with it citing a 63% surge in digital transactions since 2019 while branch transactions have slumped by 61% in that time. A Santander UK spokesman said: 'As customer behaviour changes, we are ensuring that our branches remain fit for the future. 'Our new combination of full-service branches, alongside work cafes, counter-free branches and reduced hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.' He added: 'Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we spend a great deal of time assessing where and when we do this and how to minimise the impact it may have on our customers.' Santander said that from June 30, the majority of the reduced-hours branches will be open three days a week – either Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.30am to 3pm, or Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30am to 3pm and Saturdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Recommended reading: The bank announced in March that it would change 18 sites to being counter-free from June 16 but stressed they will also be manned by staff to offer face-to-face support with an average of eight workers in these branches. The group will be recruiting 95 new 'community bankers' in the locations where it is shutting branches and hopes to redeploy some of the affected workers into these jobs. They will visit local communities on a weekly basis, based in centres such as libraries and community halls. Is your local Santander branch closing? Let us know in the comments.
Glasgow Times
23-06-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
All the UK Santander bank branches that will close this week
The closures are estimated to put around 750 jobs at risk and the Spanish-owned bank will also cut hours across 36 sites and switch 18 to be counter-free. Santander said it will be left with 349 branches after the sweeping changes. This week, a handful of those branches are set to close across the country – see the list. All Santander bank closures happening this week The following Santander branches will close this week: Monday, June 23 Blackwood, Gwent, Wales Cleveleys, Lancashire Eltham, London Glasgow MX, Lanarkshire Tuesday, June 24 Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales Glasgow LDHQ, Lanarkshire, Scotland Greenford, Greater London Wednesday, June 25 Brecon, Powys, Wales Thursday, June 26 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Santander said the changes are being made as customers increasingly switch to online banking with it citing a 63% surge in digital transactions since 2019 while branch transactions have slumped by 61% in that time. A Santander UK spokesman said: 'As customer behaviour changes, we are ensuring that our branches remain fit for the future. 'Our new combination of full-service branches, alongside work cafes, counter-free branches and reduced hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.' He added: 'Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we spend a great deal of time assessing where and when we do this and how to minimise the impact it may have on our customers.' Santander said that from June 30, the majority of the reduced-hours branches will be open three days a week – either Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.30am to 3pm, or Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30am to 3pm and Saturdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Recommended reading: The bank announced in March that it would change 18 sites to being counter-free from June 16 but stressed they will also be manned by staff to offer face-to-face support with an average of eight workers in these branches. The group will be recruiting 95 new 'community bankers' in the locations where it is shutting branches and hopes to redeploy some of the affected workers into these jobs. They will visit local communities on a weekly basis, based in centres such as libraries and community halls. Is your local Santander branch closing? Let us know in the comments.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Promenade plaque celebrates Cleveleys Star Wars connection
The connection between Star Wars and a seaside town in Lancashire has been marked with a brass seafront was transformed into the beach planet Niamos in 2021, which featured in episode seven of Disney's TV spin-off series is a prequel to the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016), and follows the character Cassian Andor five years before the events of the film."Film tourism is a growing opportunity for Wyre, and we're proud to be part of that story," councillor Lynne Bowen said. The plaque mark where lead actor Diego Luna and the Stormtroopers and Sandtroopers filmed around the FBKafé after the spot was identified by location manager Jason Allen, who is from the is part of a wider initiative to promote Wyre's screen credentials and encourage tourism. Each year, Star Wars fans arrive in Cleveleys in costume for an unofficial meet up event and the new brass marker aims to encourages more visitors to explore the said the plaque unveiled by the council "invites fans and visitors to experience the magic for themselves". The Disney+ series' connection with the town has also been marked with a mural at the bus station. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
