A councillor has blasted plans for the Bank of Scotland to close the doors of its Girvan branch next February.
Independent councillor Alec Clark said that the move will not only affect a significant number of constituents, it would also impact on the local economy and force rural customers into a 60-mile round trip to their nearest branch in Ayr.
In an motion to the final meeting of the council, he asked the council’s chief executive Eileen Howat to write the the bank ‘to express the disappointment of South Ayrshire Council at the loss of physical branch banking services to not only the residents of Girvan and South Carrick but also to other towns within South Ayrshire which will lead to the nearest bank branch to remain open being in Ayr’.
