TSB will axe 900 jobs and close 164 high street bank branches Edinburgh-based bank says it expects most of the redundancies to be voluntary TSB said branch network would be the seventh biggest in the UK after closures Some 193,731 job losses now announced by major UK employers since lockdown TSB, part of Sabadell, says … Read more
Unions preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as they enter talks with the Big Four lenders By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Unions are preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as … Read more
Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered High Streets By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 Co-op Bank is axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered high streets. … Read more
Co-operative Bank will axe 350 jobs in middle management and head office and will close 18 branches as Covid jobs bloodbath continues The bank said low interest rates during the pandemic hit income of all lenders More customers also banking online and making fewer transactions in branches Britain is already facing a loss of 187,000 … Read more
Natwest customers slam bank’s poor branches and overdraft services as they rate it one of the worst for service By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 Natwest’s customers have rated it as one of the worst banks, calling out its poor branches … Read more
Customers at KFC and Pret A Manger have complained staff don’t understand the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out Scheme. Some irate patrons said one manager claimed the Monday to Wednesday discount only applied in the afternoon while some staff enforced a £10 minimum spend or asked to see a voucher. It comes as thousands … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks have baulked at the idea of sharing branches, but now its time has come By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 18 July 2020 Slowly, life is returning to our high streets. It won’t be quite the same as it was … Read more
Burger King UK’s boss has warned that more than 50 of its 530 UK branches could shut, putting up to 1,600 jobs at risk following similar cuts at other chains such as Pret a Manger and Upper Crust. More than 12,000 job losses were announced at the start of July at various restaurants, shops and … Read more
McDonald’s opened 571 locations across the UK and Ireland for delivery today, while outlining plans for takeaway and click and collect services to resume in some branches.
McDonald’s will reopen 500 more UK branches for delivery-only next week – after week of long queues and chaos at its newly-reopened drive-thrus The chain restaurant has already reopened restaurants three times his week 500 more restaurants will see more than 1,000 McDonald’s operating again McDonald’s will continue to serve a limited menu but breakfast … Read more