Hundreds of jobs to go as NatWest and RBS announce branch closures

Royal Bank of Scotland is to close 259 branches, which includes 26 in Yorkshire, in a move expected to result in 680 job losses.

The group, which remains 72% taxpayer-owned after its rescue during the financial crisis, said 62 locations in Scotland under its RBS brand would shut, as well as 197 NatWest sites in England and Wales.

It blamed the decision on the increasing shift to online and mobile banking, Sky News reported.

List of branches in Yorkshire that are closing:
– Bawtry
– Broomhill Sheffield
– Cleckheaton
– Cottingham
– Dinnington
– Driffield
– Ferryhill
– Firth Park Sheffield
– Heckmondwike
– Hillsborough Sheffield
– Hornsea
– Hoyland
– Hull Hessle Road
– Immingham
– Millhouses Sheffield
– Penistone
– Pickering
– Pocklington
– Richmond
– Ripon
– Stocksbridge
– Stokesley
– Thorne
– Whitby Yorks
– Woodseats Sheffield
– Yarm