21/05/2014

Lloyds Announce Latest Round Of Job Cuts

The latest round of job cuts at Lloyds banking group have been announced with a further 645 jobs to go along with the closure of its telephone banking centre in Cheshire.

It brings the total number of jobs the bank has cut to 13,000, just 2,000 off the target the bank set in 2011.

It is understood that 180 jobs are to go at the Lloyds call centre in Warrington with another 120 staff to be moved to its Speke centre.

The bank say that use of telephone banking has declined rapidly with the uptake of online banking.

(MH/CD)

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