A bank closure in Beeston has been labelled a 'shame' by shoppers who have been left to ponder the future of the 'lovely' building. NatWest recently announced its branch in High Road will close on January 25, 2023.
The bank said this was a result of mobile and online banking reducing the number of people using the branch. NatWest said in Beeston the number of counter transactions dropped by 70 percent between January 2019 and January 2022
The branch was also only used by three personal customers regularly in 2021, with 104 business customers using the bank regularly within the same period. Some locals thought the closure would affect the elderly, while others suggested what they thought was suitable to replace the bank once closed.
