Falkirk loses yet another High Street business as HSBC closure announced - here's when and what it means for customers

Falkirk High Street is set to say farewell to another business after HSBC announced it was closing scores of branches throughout the country over the next few months.
By James Trimble
Published 19th Jan 2021, 12:42 BST
Updated 20th Jan 2021, 10:06 BST
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HSBC has announced the closure of 82 branches, which will shut their doors between April and September.

Falkirk High Street branch will be closing its doors for good in June.

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HSBC stated the closures were due to a shift towards telephone and internet banking.

Falkirk High Street's HSBC branch will be closing its doors for good later in the yearFalkirk High Street's HSBC branch will be closing its doors for good later in the year
Falkirk High Street's HSBC branch will be closing its doors for good later in the year

According to HSBC it aims to redeploy all customer service colleagues affected by the closures into “suitable nearby locations”.

The company said the decision to close Falkirk and the other 81 branches was down to “local market trends, customer behaviour and branch usage".

The closures, which are part of the business’s plans to become a market-leading digital bank, meant there are now 511 branches left throughout the UK and those sites will have to undergo an “overhaul” of the way they operate.

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