Barclays can be closing 18 financial institution branches throughout England and Scotland in September to account for purchasers making fewer visits in individual.

The shuttered branches will be part of Barclays’ bigger record of at the least 156 places to shut down over the course of 2023 and 2024.

An announcement on Barclays’ web site reads: “Our branch network and the colleagues who work in them remain a vital part of what we offer our customers.

“Yet with customers visiting our branches less and less each year, we must constantly assess how and why our branches are used and make decisions based on that insight.

“There will be times when this means that we will make the difficult decision to close a branch.”

The full record of 18 Barclays branches to shut in September consists of:

• Corn Street, Leominster - September 1, 2023
• Market Street, Wellingborough - September 1, 2023
• The Arcade, Westfield, London - September 1, 2023
• Putney High Street, London - September 1, 2023
• Finchley Road, London - September 6, 2023
• 16 High Street, Harpenden - September 6, 2023
• 100 Market Street, St Andrews, Scotland - September 8, 2023
• 39 High Street, Haverhill - September 8, 2023
• High Street, St Ives - September 8, 2023
• Killigrew Street, Falmouth - September 15, 2023
• Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - September 15, 2023
• Bank Street, Hemsworth - September 15, 2023
• Breadmarket Street, Lichfield - September 15, 2023
• The Shopping Village, Castle Point Centre, Bournemouth - September 20, 2023
• Market Place, Pontefract - September 22, 2023
• Evesham Walk, Redditch - September 29, 2023
• The Strand, Bude - September 29, 2023
• Hanover Square, London - September 29, 2023.

To preserve face-to-face assist in areas the place footfall has diminished, Barclays is as an alternative pursuing a extra “flexible” strategy to assist prospects.

A Barclays spokesperson beforehand informed Express.co.uk: “As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.

“Where there is no longer enough demand to support a branch, we maintain an in-person presence through our Barclays Local network, live in over 200 locations, based in libraries, town halls, mobile vans and our new banking pods.

“We also support access to cash with our cashback without purchase service, 24-hour deposit-taking ATMs and by working alongside the Post Office and Cash Access UK.”

Under the brand new mannequin, the financial institution works with native councils and communities to rearrange a presence in locations comparable to city halls and libraries, providing in-person banking assist.

Barclays Local colleagues present in-person help, serving to prospects with their on a regular basis funds and cash administration wants. Each Barclays Local additionally provides free digital abilities workshops and fraud and scams consciousness occasions for the neighborhood.