TSB closures: the 82 branches closing in 2020 as bank announces £100m savings plan

Over 80 branches have been affected by the closures, including the Fareham branch.

The change will affect 370 staff members, according to TSB.

The Spanish-owned bank said that they were working towards moving affected staff to new roles within its organisation.

TSB chief executive Debbie Crosbie said that "difficult decisions" were made in order to deal with a "challenging external environment".

The move comes after a major IT failure saw millions of the bank’s customers locked out of their accounts.

"A huge blow"

The bank will spend £180million on closing the banks and restructuring costs.

An additional £120million is to be spent on improving the bank’s digital product, as well as automating some branches.

By 2022 it’s predicted that 90% of transactions with the bank will be self-service. It’s not yet known how many jobs could be affected by the automation of branches.

In a statement, customer Banking Director at TSB Robin Bulloch said that customers would be fully supported "through this transition".

“We realise this is difficult news for our branch partners and will do everything to support those affected to offer voluntary redundancies and redeploy as many people as we can to other roles.”

Which?'s head of money Gareth Shaw said the news would come as a "huge blow" to customers.

"Bank customers are still enduring almost daily IT glitches, which is why everyday banking services and access to cash - which is a vital back-up - must be protected," he added.

"The next government should urgently intervene with legislation that protects access to cash for as long as it is needed."

Full list of closures

Here is a list of planned branch closures in 2020:

Yorkshire/Humber:

- Headingley, Leeds (February)

- Thorne (April)

- Skipton (May)

- Hull – Willerby (May)

- Normanton (May)

- Todmorden (June)

- Brough (July)

- Market Weighton (July)

- Shipley (November)

- Harrogate (November)

North:

- Wigton (June)

- Newcastle Upon Tyne – Chillingham Road (September)

North West:

- Urmston (June)

- Chester (June)

- Chorlton, Manchester (October)

- Congleton (October)

- Warrington – Penketh (October)

- Leyland (November)

- St Annes-on-Sea (November)

- Ormskirk (November)

East Midlands:

- Leicester – Cavendish Road (May)

East:

- St Albans (September)

- Ipswich – Felixstowe Road (September)

West Midlands:

- Birmingham – Great Hampton (April)

- Coventry – Walsgrave Road (April)

- Pershore (May)

- Cannock (September)

- Rugby (September)

- Warwick (September)

- Birmingham – Stirchley (September)

- Lichfield (October)

- Stourbridge (October)

- Coventry – Jubilee Crescent (November)

- Leamington Spa (November)

- Sutton Coldfield (November)

- Bearwood Road Smethwick (November)

South West:

- Moreton-in-Marsh (May)

- Okehampton (May)

- Stroud (June)

- Poole (October)

- Salisbury (October)

South East:

- Abingdon (April)

- Burgess Hill (April)

- Sidcup (June)

- Amersham (June)

- Guildford (July)

- Ashford (September)

- Woking (September)

- Redhill (October)

- Basingstoke (October)

- Worthing (October)

- Fareham (October)

- Cowley (November)

London:

- Elephant and Castle (February)

- Holborn (May)

- Finchley (June)

- Barkingside (September)

- Wandsworth (September)

- Bayswater (September)

- St James’s Park (September)

- Chingford (November)

- Gidea Park (November)

- Old Street (November)

- Twickenham (November)

- Potters Bar (November)

Scotland:

- Barrhead (April)

- Glasgow – Govan (May)

- Bishopbriggs (May)

- Milngavie (May)

- Dunbar (May)

- Portobello (May)

- Jedburgh (May)

- Kinross (May)

- Tain (June)

- Uddingston (June)

- Edinburgh – Clerk Street (July)

- Carluke (July)

- Brechin (July)

- Dumbarton (July)

- Clarkston (July)

- Edinburgh – Morningside (September)

- Wishaw (September)