Clydesdale Bank moves jobs to Clydebank

Clydesdale Bank will move more than 200 jobs to Clydebank in a major review of its back office operations.

The shakeup will see 146 staff transferred from the group home loan centre in Glasgow, and 77 jobs transferred from the Westhill account management centre in Aberdeen, the Herald reports.

"In addition to the jobs moving to Clydebank, we want to grow this centre in the longer term," Simon Gaunt, head of customer processing at Clydesdale, says. "However, we recognise that some of our colleagues may not wish to relocate from Aberdeenshire and every assistance will be offered in securing alternative employment within the bank or elsewhere."

The centralisation programme will bring total staff numbers at Clydesdale in Clydebank to more than 1,000. A spokesperson said there will not be a net reduction in total back-office employee numbers.

This suggests that there may be jobs up for grabs in Clydebank left vacant by those who do not wish to relocate.