Banking Hub Motion

Perth and Kinross Council · 4 October 2023
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MOTION BY COUNCILLORS S DONALDSON AND R WATTERS 
Banking Hub 
“Council notes the major problems that have arisen for local residents and
businesses due to the closure of banks in Kinross, Auchterarder and Aberfeldy over
the last few years. It considers that the closure of the Bank of Scotland in Crieff next
year could have led to a similar outcome but welcomes the promise to establish a
banking hub there by summer 2024. 
“Council calls on the Council Leader to write to Cash Access UK, and Link, to
support applications for banking hubs in the three towns where there is at present no
banking provision.  It believes that for our town centres to survive and thrive, access
to banking services is essential. 
“Council further calls on Council officers to provide assistance where appropriate to
Cash Access UK, and Link: in particular to help in locating premises in any of the
three towns that are successful with their applications for a banking hub.”