tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677812664139454613.post6910870606914813528..comments2024-02-22T05:52:53.519-08:00Comments on Life in Hay: Barclays Bank is ClosingEigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368838188678418192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677812664139454613.post-25504107167962933312018-06-14T11:21:02.815-07:002018-06-14T11:21:02.815-07:00Barclays Bank as a whole made a profit of £3.54 bi...Barclays Bank as a whole made a profit of £3.54 billion last year.<br />They can afford to keep branches open if they wanted to.<br />There's also the problem of how they arrived at their figures - I was sorting out the banking for the shop where I work this morning, and there were three days' worth of banking from the days that Barclays was not open, plus a request for change. Back when Barclays was open 5 days a week, that would have been 4 visits to the bank, but now is counted as only one visit. So no wonder there are fewer visits to the bank.Eigonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368838188678418192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677812664139454613.post-84216572080283739462018-06-13T05:32:37.621-07:002018-06-13T05:32:37.621-07:00I'm curious what you'd have a business do ...I'm curious what you'd have a business do that isn't generating enough revenue from one of its sites?<br /><br />I completely get your frustration, but we sometimes forget that banks are businesses, have rent and (in Hay especially) astronomical rates to pay, as well as all their other overheads.<br /><br />They can't keep it open as a loss leader.<br /><br />I can only hope that this gives the Post Office a boost in trade and makes it much more likely that it will be able to survive.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677812664139454613.post-28973414049621263372018-06-11T00:40:30.989-07:002018-06-11T00:40:30.989-07:00I can't believe that they cited the cash machi...I can't believe that they cited the cash machine in Llyswen as a viable alternative. There is no direct bus service between Hay and Llyswen so to use this cash machine you would have to catch the bus into Brecon, wait and then catch the bus out to Llyswen, get your cash and wait 2 hours for the return to Brecon where you will also have to wait some time before catching a bus back to Hay. It can in no way be described as a "Free" cash machine no matter how you travel to it since even walking would require another new pair of Daps in the end!Ian Charlesworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677812664139454613.post-40836314067283221212018-06-09T18:14:21.305-07:002018-06-09T18:14:21.305-07:00You let them off lightly. Spineless and jobsworth ...You let them off lightly. Spineless and jobsworth come to mind, of those random blurts that might be publishable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506483414526287868noreply@blogger.com