TWO banks have announced huge closures across the UK which includes the Hailsham branches in the town centre.
Halifax has announced it will close its High Street branch and Lloyds will also shut its bank on Market Street, both on 19th February 2024.
Halifax has said only 176 of its customers regularly used the local High Street branch over the past 12 months. Lloyds says customer visits to the branch are down 70% since 2018.
A spokesperson at Halifax said: “The world is becoming more digital than ever before and more of our customers are doing their everyday banking online. With more customers banking digitally, we’ve seen a fall in branch visits. Because of this, we’ve decided to close this branch.”
It can only be good news for the town’s Council-owned Post Office which recently announced annual losses. Customers still wanting to use the banks services can do so at the Post Office in the High Street.
The move will leave Hailsham with just one Building Society located on George Street.
