BEITH'S Bank of Scotland is set to close, just months after the announcement that another major bank in the town was to shut.

The Bank of Scotland's parent company, Lloyds, announced today (Wednesday, April 5) that it was closing 100 UK branches.

A total of 24 Bank of Scotland branches will be affected, 54 Lloyds banks, and 22 Halifax branches.

The branch on Eglington Street is the second Beith bank to announce its closure in less than three months.

Earlier in the year, the Herald reported that the town's Clydesdale Bank was set to close in June. 

A Bank of Scotland spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we will be closing 24 Bank of Scotland branches between July and October this year.

"All of the closures announced are due to reduced or low levels of demand, and in some cases because of a local overlap of branches. We apologise for any inconvenience that these changes may cause, and have informed customers of the closest alternative branch.

“We will be introducing more mobile branch services to support customers in some of our more rural and semi-rural communities, alongside other ways to bank locally.

"Three new routes covering the Castle Douglas, Borders and Allness and Tain areas will stop at 16 of the 24 closing Bank of Scotland branch locations, offer services such as making deposits, withdrawing cash and paying bills.

“We remain committed to our Bank of Scotland branch network and branches will continue to play an important role in our multi-channel approach to meeting customer needs; at the same time we are investing heavily in digital and mobile to give our customers choice.”