Santander to close 95 branches with 750 jobs at risk

Santander has announced it is acceptable to adjacent 95 branches crossed the UK, putting 750 jobs astatine risk.

The High Street slope said its customers were progressively shifting to banking online and it was aiming to commencement closing branches from June.

As portion of the changes, Santander volition besides trim hours astatine 36 branches and region the beforehand counters retired of 18 others.

It is the latest slope to denote subdivision closures, with Lloyds announcing 136 closures successful January.

The closures volition permission Santander with 349 branches, down from 444.

It said the areas to suffer branches would beryllium covered by "new Santander assemblage bankers" who volition sojourn section communities connected a play basis.