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BBC News
02-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Banking hub to open in Crowthorne Baptist Church building
Part of a village church is set to become a banking hub after receiving council Baptist Church in the High Street had an office space which was available for businesses to Access UK, a not-for-profit organisation, funded by banks including Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC, NatWest and TSB, has taken the space on and will use it as a banking Forest Council approved the firms plans, on 24 June, to change the space from a community and learning centre into a place for commercial, business and services. The venue will provide cash and basic banking services from a number of banking brands, You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.


BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plans for banking hub to open in Crowthorne church building
Plans to open a banking hub in a church building have been Cash Access UK has applied to temporarily convert an "underused office" to the east of Crowthorne Baptist Church on High Street in Crowthorne, Berkshire, into the hub for up to three hubs provide cash and basic banking services from a number of banking brands, with staff available to help customers in Forest Council has validated the application and a decision is yet to be made. The banking hubs have become essential for areas where bank branches have closed than 150 have now been opened across the a cover letter, agents Ridge and Partners LLP called the Baptist church "an important place of worship and a community facility"."For this application, Cash Access is seeking to convert a small portion of the building, currently an underused office, into a temporary cash hub located to the east of the building, away from the church itself and the community hall."This is to ensure that there is a local bank operating within the high street for all community residents, whilst Cash Access look for a more permanent building." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.