TSB to reduce opening hours at Scottish branches and close four completely

A TSB spokesman said employees would be offered options about their employment, and insisted there would no job losses.

He said: “Our customers use banking services in different ways and that is why we try to adapt our offer to deliver them the best possible service however they choose to bank. This means investment in both branches and digital channels.

“With fewer people using some of our branches, we are reviewing the number of hours some of them open.

“We have over 150 branches across the country and 70 per cent of people in Scotland live within 2 miles of a TSB branch.

“Our branch partners are working with our customers to support them as we make these changes and there will be no job losses.”

Andrew McRae, FSB’s Scotland policy chair, said: “This looks like TSB is reducing opening hours in branches up and down Scotland before closing their doors for good.

“In scores of communities these changes will reduce local footfall, hurting the vibrancy of many of our high streets. It will make it more difficult to run a business, especially if you operate in our cash-dependent retail and hospitality industries.

“UK Ministers must stop sitting on their hands when it comes to bank branch closures and uncertainty over our ATM network. We need to see policymakers look at the impact of these sorts of closures on the economic health of local communities.”

Branches where TSB is reducing hours: