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Oct 2022
Banking services have returned to Knaresborough with the opening of a new branch of Newcastle Building Society.
The town has been without a bank for more than 18 months after the Halifax branch on Market Square closed in February 2021.
Now, Newcastle Building Society has opened a community branch in Knaresborough Library.
Its chief executive Andrew Haigh was in town yesterday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. He said:
Knaresborough is the fourth community branch to be opened by Newcastle Building Society, following Wooler in Northumberland, Yarm in Stockton-on-Tees, and Hawes in Richmondshire.
As well as face-to-face financial services, the Knaresborough branch is expected to offer a OneBanx multi-bank transaction terminal by the end of the year. It will offer customers from all major UK banks a way to withdraw and deposit cash.
The building society worked alongside North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Borough Council to restore banking services to the town by opening its 31st branch.
To mark becoming part of the community, Newcastle Building Society has given grants of £2,000 to Orb Community Arts and £4,000 to Chain Lane Community Hub.
North Yorkshire County Council’s executive member for libraries, Cllr Greg White, said:
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