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Nationwide jobs under threat

The jobs of 35 workers on Tyneside are under threat after building society Nationwide announced that it is considering closing its mortgage service centre in Newcastle.

The finance group said it is considering closing its centres in Birmingham, Chester, Doncaster, as well as Newcastle, and has put 145 staff in consultation.

Under the proposals, work would be transferred to Nationwide’s two remaining centres in Glasgow and Northampton.

A final decision will be made following a 90 day consultation period which started on February 19.

A Nationwide spokeswoman said operating a smaller number of contact centres will allow the firm to become “more efficient”.

She said: “There will be no impact on customers’ mortgage applications as a result of these changes, and intermediaries can expect to receive the same high-levels of service.

“It’s too early to talk about redundancies. If the prosal is approved, where possible, affected employees will be offered alternative roles within Nationwide.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .