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Barclays Bank in Bishop’s Stortford is to close in three months’ time on Friday April 12. The axing of the North Street branch was confirmed by the business today (Friday January 12). The move has already been condemned by customers concerned at the impact on the elderly or infirm who are not comfortable with internet banking or are unable to travel further afield to other branches. In a statement on the closure, Barclays said: “When deciding whether to close this branch, we looked carefully at how it’s been used and how customers are banking in other ways – 94% of people who use our branch ha…

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