Rural Services

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The Fight to Safeguard Essential Banking and Postal Services in Rural Communities

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As you may know, I have presented the Banking and Postal Services (Rural Areas) Bill, an essential piece of legislation designed to protect the services that our communities across Badenoch and Strathspey so vitally rely on, to the House of Commons. Your voices have been instrumental in driving this process forward. From listening to those …

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Bank Closures: a low blow to communities still trying to cope with COVID

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What are people to make of the banks? The TSB’s announcement that it intends to close 73 branches, including Nairn and Grantown-on-Spey, is a low blow to communities still trying to cope with COVID. They offered the excuse that ‘consumer habits are changing’ and they must respond – yes its that old chestnut again. Over …

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MP TAKES LOCAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST RBS CLOSURES TO PARLIAMENT

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Highland MP, Drew Hendry has presented three separate petitions against RBS bank closures to Parliament, on behalf of residents of Grantown, Aviemore and Nairn, in a bid to get the UK Government to intervene on the banks decision to close local RBS bank branches.   The MP, who represents the constituency of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch …

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