TSB is forging ahead with closures of 73 bank branches and a cut of around 300 jobs despite appeals to save branches in remote and most deprived areas of Scotland.
While there has been continued resistance to closing the ‘last bank in town’ the move means shutting down the last remaining bank in the eastern coastal corner of Fife, East Neuk, home to picturesque fishing towns and described as “one of Scotland’s hidden gems”.
The closure of TSB’s Anstruther branch which overlooks the town’s beach marks the end of the last bank in the area after the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2017.
The Edinburgh-based bank group has confirmed it has begun the process of closure with two branches to shut this week in the Pilton area of Edinburgh and Peebles.
It has begun the process this month with the closure of Grantown on Spey, North Berwick, Castle Douglas, Aboyne, Kelso and Insch.
There had been a battle to stop closures some of thee most deprived…
