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Mr Willis said building societies were able to keep branches open with less profit margin than the new banks, which had to satisfy shareholders as much as customers.

The library system will also disperse 50 laptop computers to neighborhood branches and keep branches open on Thursday mornings, when they are now closed, to serve library patrons who might otherwise have ventured downtown.

Amid news that property prices were already falling sharply before the Bank's first use of its lender-of-last-resort facility in more than 30 years, the Newcastle-based Northern Rock was forced to keep branches open late to allow savers access to their money.

The so-called "Carnegie Compact," which enabled the funding, required the City to keep the branches open six days a week -- from at least nine in the morning until nine at night -- and to keep the branches in good physical condition.

Mike Ashley, the billionaire founder of Sports Direct, has said he is working on a bid for BHS that would prevent job losses among its 11,000 staff and keep all branches open.

But this rise, which has helped to keep some branches open, has been heavily criticised by some campaigners.

To attract customers, Commerce kept its branches open seven days a week, and focused on amassing large deposits and improving customer service, instead of offering the best interest rates.

Keep branching out and networking.

Y.M.C.A. officials have offered to keep the branch open another year if $416,000 in private and public donations can be raised, to which it would add $100,000.

"I'm hopeful that we can pull this out of its current uncertainty and keep the branch open and flourishing," Mr. Anderson said.

In fact, they're campaigning to keep the branch open.