{"id":1443,"date":"2012-06-20T12:52:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T12:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2012-06-20T12:53:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T12:53:27","slug":"northern-bank-to-open-all-day-saturdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?p=1443","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bank to open all day Saturdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customers of Northern Bank in Ballymena will soon be able to do their shopping and their banking on a Saturday when the branch becomes the first local bank in the town centre to open for customers all day on Saturdays.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Bank will be open from 9.30am until 4.30pm every Saturday offering both a counter service and appointments.<\/p>\n

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Councillor Hubert Nicholl; Donna Adams, Northern Bank Ballymena; Chris Wales, Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Carol Wilson, Senior Branch Manager<\/h6>\n

Senior Branch Manager Carol Wilson said: \u201cConsumer habits are changing and as a retailer, we want to be able to offer our customers more choice and flexibility in terms of when they visit their bank or arrange a face to face meeting.\u00a0 Getting to a branch during the week can be difficult for some customers because of work or family commitments and Saturday mornings can be as hectic as weekdays for many families.\u00a0 Our new opening hours will make it easier and more convenient for our customers to do their banking when it suits them and not the other way around.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Councillor Hubert Nicholl welcomed the announcement about the enhanced service, saying: \u201cThis is a very positive move for both shoppers and retailers in the town.\u00a0 In the current economic climate, being able to call into the branch or make a weekend banking appointment will be a convenient new option for many people with busy lifestyles.\u00a0 I have no doubt this is something Ballymena consumers will welcome.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris Wales, Business Development Manager of Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry added: \u201cBallymena is a busy, vibrant shopping town and banks are an important part of this retail mix.\u00a0 As the first local bank to open all day on a Saturday, Northern Bank is also playing an important part in helping Saturday trade in the town.\u00a0 This is a positive move from Northern Bank and the news will certainly be a boost for other retailers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Antoinette McKeown, the CEO of the Consumer Council added:\u00a0 \u201cThe Consumer Council has been working with banks operating in Northern Ireland to make the consumer voice heard through our Banking Manifesto . Consumers have been telling us that they want to have access to their local branch at a time that is convenient to them.\u00a0 The Consumer Council welcomes the fact that Northern Bank has listened to what consumers need and will continue to work with the bank in the best interests of consumers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Customers of Northern Bank in Ballymena will soon be able to do their shopping and their banking on a Saturday when the branch becomes the first local bank in the town centre to open for customers all day on Saturdays.\u00a0 Northern Bank will be open from 9.30am until 4.30pm every Saturday offering both a counter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40,21],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-business-initiative","tag-local-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}