At the start of the new mobile bank visiting Eccleshall with Martin King, proprietor of The Old Smithy, Christine Heelis, Clerk to Eccleshall Parish Council and Clive Robert, Nat West Bank Manager, Stafford - August 2015
From December 2014 to March 2015, a strong campaign was mounted to keep 'the last bank' in Eccleshall open, including :-
The bank still closed in March 2015, but Nat West did agree to bring a mobile banking unit to support the town instead and since it started in August 2015, between 40 - 50 people attend every week in the hour it is at The Old Smithy
- Meeting with the Chief Executive of Nat West
- Meeting with the Chief Executive of parent co - RBS
- Presenting a 750 signature petition to the Borough
- Passing a motion in mian Council to write to George Osborne, Eric Pickles and Vince Cable asking them to keep the bank open
- Meeting with Eric Pickles to discuss the issue
- A motion in the House of Commons by Sir William Cash to discuss the closure
The bank still closed in March 2015, but Nat West did agree to bring a mobile banking unit to support the town instead and since it started in August 2015, between 40 - 50 people attend every week in the hour it is at The Old Smithy
National Westminster Bank, High Street, Eccleshall - closed March 2015
Rt. Hon Sir Eric Pickles, MP - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - February 2015
Staffordshire Newsletter - March '15
on Staffordshire County and Stafford Borough Councils
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