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BBC News
11-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Banking hub opens as Sherborne's last bank prepares to shut
A banking hub has opened ahead of the closure of a town's last remaining bank hub in Sherborne has opened up in the former Natwest branch at 50 Cheap Street ahead of the permanent closure of Lloyds on 75 Cheap Street on 7 banks at the hub work on a rotating basis, with five different banks available each day through the banking hub, owned by not-for-profit company Cash Access UK and operated by the Post Office, is open from 09:00 to 17:00 on weekdays. It also has an external cash machine. The hub can be used to pay in and withdraw cash/cheques on any week day, but customers can only book appointments with the respective bank consultants on their allocated day. Sherborne Community Banker Schedule:Mon: BarclaysTue: LloydsWed: SantanderThu: NatWestFri: HSBC (start date TBC) Cash Access UK is funded by major high street banks to provide cash and basic banking services in communities across the currently has 150 banking hubs the more unusual locations for banking hubs are a former sardine factory and a converted public toilet. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plans for banking hub to open in Crowthorne church building
Plans to open a banking hub in a church building have been Cash Access UK has applied to temporarily convert an "underused office" to the east of Crowthorne Baptist Church on High Street in Crowthorne, Berkshire, into the hub for up to three hubs provide cash and basic banking services from a number of banking brands, with staff available to help customers in Forest Council has validated the application and a decision is yet to be made. The banking hubs have become essential for areas where bank branches have closed than 150 have now been opened across the a cover letter, agents Ridge and Partners LLP called the Baptist church "an important place of worship and a community facility"."For this application, Cash Access is seeking to convert a small portion of the building, currently an underused office, into a temporary cash hub located to the east of the building, away from the church itself and the community hall."This is to ensure that there is a local bank operating within the high street for all community residents, whilst Cash Access look for a more permanent building." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
