Lloyds Bank announces locations of 100 branch closures and 325 job losses

Job losses form part of wider cost-cutting programme that will see 12,000 staff cut once complete

he announcement today will impact 54 Lloyds branches, 22 Halifax branches and 24 Bank of Scotland branches, Unite said (iStock)

Lloyds Bank has announced the locations of 100 branch closures that will lead to 325 job losses.

The announcement affects 54 LBG branches, 22 Halifax branches and 24 Bank of Scotland branches.

The job losses form part of a wider cost-cutting programme that will see 12,000 jobs go by the time it is complete.

A spokesperson for Lloyds Banking Group said the latest closures formed part of a plan first announced in June 2016, adding that branches would continue to play a "vital role" in meeting its customer needs.

"We will further expand the mobile branch fleet across Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank, with the addition of nine new mobile branches," the spokesperson added.

"This will provide continuity of services in some of those areas affected by branch closures, alongside other ways to access banking locally."

Unite the union, which represents Lloyds staff, expressed anger over the decision to close the branches.

Rob MacGregor, Unite national officer said: “The continuous stream of branch closures announced by the UK’s retail bank branches appears to show no signs of ending. The loss of a further 100 local banks will be painful for high streets across the country to absorb.

"Lloyds Banking Group’s rationale for branch closures is the claimed customer preference towards the use of technology across banking. However this simply doesn’t ring true when it’s clear that many customers still value the face to face engagement with experienced and knowledgeable bank staff.

“The industry must halt these endless branch closure programmes and open their eyes to what these closures are doing to rural communities, their disabled customers and the small business customers who depend on access to a local branch.”

Last month the Royal Bank of Scotland announced it would close over 150 bank branches and cut 470 jobs in response to changing consumer behaviour and a surge in the popularity of online and mobile banking.

Citing similar reasons, HSBC said in January that it plans to close 62 branches this year, resulting in up to 180 job losses.

The full list of Lloyds branch closures:

Brand	Branch Name
Bank of Scotland	Beauly
Bank of Scotland	Beith
Bank of Scotland	Bonar Bridge
Bank of Scotland	Coldstream
Bank of Scotland	Dalbeattie
Bank of Scotland	Dalry (Kirkcudbright)
Bank of Scotland	Dornoch
Bank of Scotland	Edinburgh Goldenacre
Bank of Scotland	Edinburgh North Morningside
Bank of Scotland	Fortrose
Bank of Scotland	Gatehouse
Bank of Scotland	Glasgow 235 Sauchiehall Street
Bank of Scotland	Gorebridge
Bank of Scotland	Gullane
Bank of Scotland	Helmsdale
Bank of Scotland	Kingussie
Bank of Scotland	Lairg
Bank of Scotland	Lauder
Bank of Scotland	Newtown St Boswells
Bank of Scotland	Port William
Bank of Scotland	Stewarton
Bank of Scotland	West Linton
Bank of Scotland	Wigtown
Bank of Scotland	Wooler
Lloyds Bank	Bakewell
Lloyds Bank	Baldock
Lloyds Bank	Blackfield Southampton
Lloyds Bank	Bordon
Lloyds Bank	Bourton-on-the-Water
Lloyds Bank	Brewood
Lloyds Bank	Broadstairs
Lloyds Bank	Broadway
Lloyds Bank	Carterton
Lloyds Bank	Clay Cross
Lloyds Bank	Clifton Village Bristol
Lloyds Bank	Colmore Row Birmingham
Lloyds Bank	Corsham
Lloyds Bank	Derby Road Ipswich
Lloyds Bank	Droylsden
Lloyds Bank	Garstang
Lloyds Bank	Gonville Place Cambridge
Lloyds Bank	Grayshott
Lloyds Bank	Hawkhurst
Lloyds Bank	Haxby Road York
Lloyds Bank	Heckington
Lloyds Bank	High Wycombe Business Centre
Lloyds Bank	Langley
Lloyds Bank	Lichfield Road Stafford
Lloyds Bank	London Law Courts
Lloyds Bank	Longridge
Lloyds Bank	Lymm
Lloyds Bank	Manchester University
Lloyds Bank	Marton-in-Cleveland
Lloyds Bank	Mere
Lloyds Bank	Montpellier Cheltenham
Lloyds Bank	Mosley Street Manchester
Lloyds Bank	New Ash Green
Lloyds Bank	Nottingham Old Market Square
Lloyds Bank	Pewsey
Lloyds Bank	Pontypridd Treforest Ind Est
Lloyds Bank	Portland
Lloyds Bank	Settle
Lloyds Bank	Southampton Row
Lloyds Bank	Stokenchurch
Lloyds Bank	Sturminster Newton
Lloyds Bank	Tenterden
Lloyds Bank	Tetbury
Lloyds Bank	Three Bridges Crawley
Lloyds Bank	Tidworth
Lloyds Bank	Topsham
Lloyds Bank	Tyldesley
Lloyds Bank	Wadhurst
Lloyds Bank	Wendover
Lloyds Bank	West Dulwich
Lloyds Bank	Wincanton
Lloyds Bank	Wirksworth
Lloyds Bank	Wood Lane End Hemel Hempstead
Lloyds Bank	Yatton
Halifax	Alton
Halifax	Atherton
Halifax	Banstead
Halifax	Bexhill on Sea
Halifax	Brighton London Road
Halifax	Droitwich
Halifax	Elland
Halifax	Godalming
Halifax	Heckmondwike
Halifax	Hertford
Halifax	Horley
Halifax	Huddersfield Mkt St
Halifax	Leatherhead
Halifax	Leytonstone
Halifax	Mill Hill
Halifax	New Malden
Halifax	Plymouth Mutley Plain
Halifax	Sheffield Surrey St
Halifax	Swansea Oxford St
Halifax	Wallington
Halifax	West Swindon
Halifax	Weybridge