Job losses as building society branches close

The company will close the branches in July this year, as well as those in Wombwell, Doncaster and Cudworth.

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) merged with Barnsley in 2008 and the company said all of its remaining branches will be rebranded as YBS.

The plans could see up to 13 job losses across the country.

Chris Pilling, chief executive of YBS, said: “Our branch network always has been, and remains, at the heart of our business, providing the face to face service that many of our members prefer. 

“These planned changes will make us more efficient and will deliver greater long-term value to both new and existing members. They will also help us to support the changing needs of our members. 

“The plans are aimed at improving the way we serve our members and it's our intention to retain a branch or agency in every location where we currently have a presence.

“A key priority of these plans was to ensure we delivered the changes with minimum impact on colleagues.

“As a result, we will, wherever possible, avoid redundancies with the majority of colleagues involved in the plans simply moving to a new branch in the same location.”

For more information and details of your nearest branch visit www.ybs.co.uk.