Following the closure of Lloyds and Halifax branches in January, the new, temporary, Banking Hub is due to open in Market Parade sometime this week, current outlook Friday. There was a representative from the organisation which sets up and manages Banking Hubs at a table in the Meridian Centre last Friday lunchtime (10 July), though … Continue reading Banking Hub Update – 16 July 2026
Category: Banking
New Havant Banking Hub to open in July 2026
Havant Civic Society has been informed by Cash Access UK that they have signed a Leasehold Property Agreement (LPA) with Havant Borough Council for the temporary home for Havant’s Banking Hub. The hub will will open mid/late July 2026 at 39 Market Parade. The location is the currently shuttered unit between 'Lily Nails' and the … Continue reading New Havant Banking Hub to open in July 2026
Havant Banking Hub Announcement
Following the recent closure of the Lloyds and Halifax branches in Havant precinct, a Banking Hub has recently been announced (HBC website 19 February ). I am surprised and delighted about this as I had been told by two Lloyds Bank employees (from very different parts of the company) that there will not be a … Continue reading Havant Banking Hub Announcement
Counting down the weeks to the last bank in town
Since our cub reporter's original post concerning local banking in August 2024, there have been quite a few updates . . . The most significant is that BOTH the Lloyds Bank and the Halifax in Havant are set to close in January 2026. It is ironic that a poster in the Lloyds branch advertises that … Continue reading Counting down the weeks to the last bank in town
Where has the money gone . . . and where can I get some?
In the temporary absence of the normal 'writer of rants' on this site, our Cub Reporter has delivered this quick (?) round-up of the banking establishments left in Havant and why cash is important: Barclays – The branch in East Street closed in August 2022. There is now a ‘presence’ in the Library in the … Continue reading Where has the money gone . . . and where can I get some?