Students’ Union ATM – now in place!

Further to my item yesterday about the need for a new RBS cash machine at the University of Dundee Students’ Union, the bank has moved fast to deliver its promise of a new machine – now in action – see below. Although I was very critical of the bank’s decision to close the student bank [...]

ATM to return to University Campus

Residents will recall that I was in correspondence with the Royal Bank of Scotland earlier this year over their detrimental decision to close their student branch at the back of the Student Union on the University of Dundee campus (Balfour Street).     After being told by the bank in February that it would not [...]

Dissatisfied with bank’s response over Student Branch closure

Following my writing to Royal Bank of Scotland last month following concerns about possible closure of the student branch at Balfour Street, I’ve expressed disappointment at a response I have received from the bank to reject calls to think again over the proposed closure of its branch at the university’s student union.     The response [...]

More on West End bank branch closure

Further to recent items on this blog, the Courier and on Radio Tay, I gave an update on my concerns about the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland University of Dundee Branch on Wave 102 today:

On Radio Tay news

I was on Radio Tay news today on the subject of the proposed closure of the Balfour Street Branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on the University of Dundee campus :

Campaigning against West End bank closure

With the new University of Dundee semester starting today, I have slammed the decision by the Royal Bank of Scotland to close its branch at the university’s student union and have  written to the Royal Bank’s Chief Executive Stephen Hester criticising the decision and asking for a review of the decision before it goes ahead.    [...]

Further recycling progress in the West End

Friday’s Evening Telegraph covered news that Dundee’s neighbourhood recycling scheme is to be expanded, given its success since its introduction last year. Click on headline above to view. The photo (right) is the launch in Blackness Avenue of the original phase last year, attended by myself, fellow councillors and members of Blackness Area Residents’ Association. [...]