Where we are concerned is that the closure of branches is proceeding at a faster pace than any alternatives that are being put in place to assist vulnerable customers and others".
Now that the closure of branches and shedding of jobs has been ruled out, says a foreign banker in Seoul, the likely benefits from fusing the two banks will be diluted.
By the end of 2012, the Waterstones estate had shrunk to 288 stores, with "commercial reasons" given for the closure of branches in Bromsgrove, Stevenage, Watford, Fleet Street, High Holborn and Epsom among others, with staff being redeployed where possible.
The local business group is deciding what action to take, such as boycotting the bank and teaming up with customers affected by closures of branches across the UK.
At La Redoute, another store chain, workers have set up a blog called "On redoute La Redoute" (we fear La Redoute) to stay informed about possible closures of branches and call centres, and to organise resistance.In this section The meaning of Norilsk Mogul v mogul Deconstructing Jerry Where is everybody?
With the closure of the branch, Parson Street lost its interchange status, and in January 1971 the station buildings were demolished.
After the closure of the branch line the buildings of the two cemetery stations remained open as refreshment kiosks, and were renamed North Bar and South Bar.
At the time he said that a need to digitise the business would result in the closure of 200 branches.
Low incomes, the closure of bank branches in some poorer areas, and the lack of incentives for banks to focus on customers with limited means are all factors.
A "love letter" to Liverpool's libraries from an army of major writers depicting the planned closure of 11 branches as "a massacre" has been answered by the city's council: all 18 of Liverpool's libraries will stay open.
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed 9,000 job losses and the net closure of 150 branches over the next three years.
