Santander has introduced plans to shut 95 branches throughout the UK, placing round 750 jobs in danger because the financial institution continues to downsize its bodily presence in response to altering buyer habits.
The newest spherical of closures will see Santander’s department community shrink from 444 to 290 full-service branches, alongside 5 Work Cafés—co-working areas designed to offer banking providers and assist for native companies. The financial institution can even introduce new counter-free places and decreased opening hours at chosen branches.
Santander says the choice displays the rising dominance of digital banking, with on-line transactions surging by 63% since 2019, whereas in-branch monetary transactions have fallen by 61% over the identical interval.
Regardless of the transfer, the financial institution insists that 93% of the UK inhabitants will nonetheless be inside 10 miles of a Santander department. Clients affected by closures can have various choices, together with group bankers visiting native venues, excessive road banking hubs, and in-person providers on the Publish Workplace.
A Santander UK spokesperson stated: “Our new mixture of full-service branches, Work Cafés, counter-free branches, and reduced-hours places goals to offer the fitting stability between digital banking and face-to-face assist.
“Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision, and we carefully consider the impact on customers and employees before making such moves.”
Alongside closures, Santander is investing thousands and thousands into upgrading its remaining branches, with 99 places already refurbished previously two years and one other 50 set for enhancements in 2025. Upgraded branches will embody digital self-service rooms, permitting clients higher privateness and simpler entry to banking providers.
Santander can also be enhancing its cellular banking app, chat service, and phone banking to make sure clients can entry providers remotely.
The closures come as a recent blow to in-person banking, with issues mounting over the accessibility of banking providers—notably for aged and weak clients.
Santander’s restructuring additionally places 750 jobs in danger, with affected workers going through redundancy or potential redeployment throughout the firm.
In response to the shift, Santander has expanded its Work Café idea, providing free co-working areas with superfast WiFi and occasion services to assist native companies. Two new places have not too long ago opened, with one other set to be introduced quickly.
Listing of department closures and repair modifications
June Closures
June 14 – Colne
June 16 – Clacton, Croydon, Gateshead Metro, Launceston, Peterhead
June 17 – Arbroath, Kilburn, Louth, Torquay
June 18 – Kidderminster
June 23 – Blackwood, Dungannon, Eltham, Glasgow MX
June 24 – Aberdare, Glasgow LDHQ, Greenford, Magherafelt
June 25 – Brecon
June 30 – Fleet, Musselburgh, Portadown, Swadlincote
July Closures
July 1 – Armagh, Borehamwood, Market Harborough
July 2 – Malvern
July 5 – Blyth, Canvey Island
July 7 – Caernarfon, Camborne, Cumbernauld, Ruislip, Tenterden
July 8 – Didsbury, Herne Bay, St Austell, Tottenham
July 11 – Brixton, Formby, Sidcup
July 14 – Bognor Regis, Holloway, Honiton, Plympton
July 15 – Exmouth, Hackney, Rawtenstall, Seaford
July 16 – Felixstowe
July 21 – Falmouth, Saltcoats
July 22 – Kirkby
July 23 – Crowborough, Shaftesbury, Strabane
July 24 – Colwyn Bay, Hawick
July 28 – New Milton, Pudsey
July 29 – Farnham, Hertford
July 30 – Ross-On-Wye, St Neots
July 31 – Stokesley
August Closures
August 5 – Blyth, Canvey Island, Rustington
August 6 – Downpatrick, Finchley, Whitley Bay
August 11 – Edgware Highway
August 12 – Holywell
August 13 – Holywell, Willerby
August 14 – Plympton
Closures with Dates to Be Introduced
Wishaw
Bexhill
Billericay
Dover
Droitwich
Dunstable
East Grinstead
Holyhead
Ilkley
Larne
Lytham St Annes
Maldon
Morley
North Walsham
Redcar
Saffron Walden
Turriff
Uckfield
Urmston
Counter-Free Branches (Efficient Dates)
June 16 – Abingdon, Accrington, Stirling
June 23 – Eastleigh, Edgware, Neath
June 30 – Bromsgrove, Northwich, Sittingbourne, Streatham
July 7 – Bracknell
July 14 – Hartlepool, Nuneaton
August 4 – Gravesend, Liverpool AR
Decreased Hours Branches (Efficient June 30, 2025)
Alton – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Banbury – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Barry – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Beeston – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Bicester – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Braintree – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Bury St Edmunds – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Caerphilly – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm
Chippenham – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Cirencester – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Cricklewood – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Durham – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Ely – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Grantham – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Nice Yarmouth – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Harlesden – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Hitchin – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Irvine – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Kendal – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Kettering – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Kilmarnock – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Lowestoft – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Newark – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
Penrith – Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Petersfield – Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30am to 3pm
