Bank Committee: March 15th 1926
The following report of the General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Northfield Branch.
Your Sub-Committee have had before them a report of the General Manager containing proposals in regard to the Northfield Branch, which will be formally opened on May 1st 1926. Under the scheme it is proposed to make Northfield the centre, and to work Longbridge, Rubery and a new Branch at Rednal as sub-Branches, using the same staff for all four districts. The depositors at the sub-branches would have the privilege of making deposits or withdrawals at Northfield when that branch is open in addition to using their own branch office. This arrangement should prove attractive, and as the books of all four branches would be kept at Northfield there would be no administrative difficulty.
In fixing hours of business it has been necessary to take certain factors into consideration, namely: (1) The necessity for a daily attendance at Northfield; (2) That the Northfield Branch should be open at the same time each day; (3) That there should be sufficient time available for banking at or obtaining money from the Joint Stock Bank; (4) That regard should be given to the extra travelling necessitated by the staff, and to opportunity for obtaining meals.
The scheme provides for the adoption of the following hours of business at the branches named, which times appear to give the best working arrangements:
Mondays At
Northfield 10 to 11:30 1½ At Rednal 12:30 to 2:00 1½ At Northfield 6:00 to 8:00 2 Tuesdays At Northfield 10 to 11:30 1½ At Rubery 12:30
to 2:00 1½ Wednesdays At Northfield 10 to 2:30 4½ Thursdays At Northfield 10 to 12:00 2 Fridays At Northfield 10 to 2:30 4½ Saturdays At Northfield 10
to 11:30 1½ At Longbridge 12:30 to 2:00 1½ At Northfield 6:00 to 8:00 2 24
In view of the opening of the new Northfield premises on May 1st, 1926, it will be necessary to notify depositors at Northfield, Longbridge and Rubery branches of the changes in the hours of business.
They now recommend that the scheme above outlined be adopted.
2304 RESOLVED:- That the scheme outlined in the foregoing report in regard to the Northfield Branch and Sub-branches thereof, at Longbridge,
Rubery and Rednal, be approved; that the depositors concerned be notified of the alterations in the hours of business which will take
place as from the 1st May next, and that the General Manager be empowered to take all necessary steps to carry the scheme into effect.
General Manager's Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 1926:
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS AND NEW BUILDINGS.
A very busy year
has passed in connection with extending existing branches, and new erections. The new buildings at Erdington and at Northfield, and
the altered premises at Ward End were opened during the year, and the enlargements at Aston Cross and Bearwood completed.
On Minute No 1320, the General Manager presented the following report with regard to the available use of land and buildings purchased for branch bank purposes:
Finance Sub-Committee: December 16th 1935
Painting at Branches.
Your Sub-Committee have accepted the following tender for painting at Northfield Branch:
A Seers & Sons Ltd - £27. 17. 0.