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Bank closures and local communities

Geoff Riley

9th January 2018

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Hundreds of branch closures have been announced in 2017. Newsnight visits Holywell to consider some of the effects on local communities and the economy when the last bank in town disappears.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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