Jan 9, 2025 | All Members, Branch Closures
The post-festive return to work in the snow, rain and wind is never easy, but for Lloyds and Halifax branch staff it’s made much worse when one reads the latest missive from Ms Jayne Opperman, CEO, Consumer Relationships. In September 2024, Lloyds announced that it...
Sep 24, 2024 | All Members, Branch Closures
On almost the very day that Lloyds Banking Group and the other ‘Big Four’ banks were due to meet Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to discuss how they can create more banking hubs, Lloyds launches a pre-emptive strike by announcing a further 55 branch...
Mar 14, 2024 | All Members, Branch Closures
Another day and another round of branch closures. According to the latest announcement 53 branches (21 Lloyds, 10 BoS and 22 Halifax) will close between June 2024 and January 2025. Members of staff in the 53 branches will be offered roles in other branches but in many...
Aug 26, 2023 | All Members, Branch Closures
Lloyds Banking Group is planning to get rid of 3.1 million passbook accounts in a bid to reduce the number of counter transactions. 2.6 million of those passbook accounts are held by Halifax customers. Lloyds will be writing to customers from 30th October 2023 telling...
Jul 25, 2023 | All Members, Branch Closures
At the height of the ‘Farage’ affair last week, Lloyds sneaked out that it was closing a further 39 branches. That’s the fourth announcement this year, with Lloyds planning to close 176 branches over the next 12 months. Whilst it’s true that there will be no...
Jun 6, 2023 | All Members, Branch Closures
Lloyds has announced that it is closing a further 53 branches (21 Lloyds, 17 Bank of Scotland and 15 Halifax) between September 2023 and May 2024. The bank has made the usual argument about customers moving to digital channels but when you look at the branches that...
