WGCitizens

Putting people back at the heart of Welwyn Garden City. Blog on local Garden City culture and politics. Promoting the Garden City approach across the globe.

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My reward for years of customer loyalty to NatWest bank? Their pockets stuffed with profit and the high street branches closed, including WGC.

Customer service? Nah, just shareholder fixation…and a failure to support those who’ve supported their company.

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Those working in Nat West and supporting these changes should be ashamed - particularly those with the pound-sign pupils at the top of the corporate pyramid…but I expect closing a branch brings you a bonus.

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This is the ballot paper we need tomorrow…

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You know your town is in trouble if the charity shops start closing…

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The friendly staff in the WGC branch will potentially lose their jobs, despite the fact that it is they who assist customers, particularly those who not unreasonably want the convenience of interacting with a local human being, rather than the corporate drones leading change.

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NatWest Bank are planning to close 39 branches across the country - including the one in WGC - despite the London Stock Exchange reporting the following for 2024-25: ‘Attributable profit £4.5 billion, with earnings per share of 53.5 pence, up 5.6 pence, or 12%, compared to 2023.’

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As is so often the case, the main focus of large corporations is putting cash in the pockets of shareholders (some of whom will be pension funds, just to give a sense of how capitalism plays tag with itself). The people who rely on what they offer come a poor second!

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What is this all about?

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Liking the look of the Lib Dems ahead of the elections on 1 May?

Don’t forget that they’re just Tories with orange rosettes.

They propped up Gideon Osborne’s austerity as a coalition partner in 2010.

No amount of prancing about on a hobby horse should distract from that.

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Don’t forget to visit your local @sainsburys Inconvenience Store in Welwyn Garden City.

Some bright spark upstairs has ripped out most of the tills in favour of self-service.

We’re no longer customers, we’re prosumers. And human-to-human connection clearly isn’t profitable.

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@TLRailUK Why does your business model depend on people having to do overtime to run a basic service?

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As May 4 approaches, how might we hold councillors to account so as to safeguard our town and ensure our voices are heard? Some thoughts…

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“This unique, timely book shows how #UrbanDesign can change for the better if it recognizes interdependence and dependence as basic to how #Cities are organized – in short, by becoming care-full.” Christopher Groves. @julietpdavis #urban
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Some thoughts about where we might go after this weekend’s march…

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Nowt better than a brilliant banner! We will post placards you can print off but why not make your own in time for the protest on 23 April? #WelwynGardenCity #community #planning #GardenCities