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Barclays to close 14 more branches across the UK

By Hugh Fort in UK Business News, posted March 14, 2023

Barclay has announced the closure of an additional fourteen branches, which will bring the total number closed to 55 by the end of the year.

The decision to shut down branches has been justified by the bank citing a lack of footfall and the high cost of keeping them open.

Despite the justification provided, the closure of branches has been met with criticism from customers, who have voiced their concerns over the negative impact on local communities and the inconvenience of having to travel further to access banking services.

The effects of these closures have been especially felt by elderly and vulnerable customers who may have difficulty traveling to other branches or accessing digital banking services.

Barclays also runs pop-up banking sites - it currently has 200 of these and has announced plans to increase this number by another 70.

A Barclays spokesperson said: “As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.

“Where there is no longer enough demand to support a branch, we maintain an in-person presence though our Barclays Local network, live in over 200 locations, based in libraries, town halls, mobile vans and our new banking pods.