Welshpool on Barclays ‘safe list’

As the pace of high street bank closures continues unabated across the UK, Barclays have provided a reassurance that its Welshpool branch is safe, for now.

The Bank have released a safe list through the Press Association of more than 100 branches located in remote or “last bank in town” areas so that they will remain until at least October 2021.

Adam Rowse, managing director of branch-based banking at Barclays, said: “By maintaining last-in-town or remote branches over the next two years, and working with the community, we hope to increase demand and keep these branches viable.”

Welshpool has been impacted hard by the closure of its Nat West Bank two years ago, with a mobile service offered once a week from a local car park instead. It has also left behind a nasty derelict eye sore in the centre of town.