RBS under fire for decision

The news that the Royal Bank of Scotland in Burnside is set to shut prompted outrage among readers on social media this week. Here is what you had to say: “So the one in Cambuslang closes and I was told to use Burnside as local bank, now this one to close too. This is ridiculous. I will have to use the city centre branch on my lunch break through the week and end up being late back to work due to queues.“- Kenny McIntyre

“The branch is always busy and sometimes you have to wait up to half-an-hour depending on how many folk are in front of you and how long they take to do their transactions.“- Margaret Brown

“As a small business I make a lot of use of the Burnside branch. I have contacted RBS asking them to re-consider otherwise I will move to a different bank. I would urge everyone else to do the same.”- John Gordon

“Trying to force everyone into digital banking. Banks no longer at centre of communities.”- Helen Harvey

“Need to go into Glasgow shortly for a local bank. No where near me I might add. Shocking really in this day and age.”

“Make a good cafe.”- Walter Mcluckie

“I like having a bank to go to and speaking to a person.” - Ranjana Smith

“Great, Blantyre is also closing. I live in Cambuslang, my shop is in Cambuslang. I need to rush to the bank during lunch or straight after closing the shop for the day. I can’t get parked at Rutherglen or Burnside during a mad dash. They have to keep one of them open. To be honest preferably Blantyre because at least you can park in Asda.”- Zoe Carville White

“When Cambuslang closed I was told to use Rutherglen but there’s no parking there.“