Seaside Nipper Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Most banks are closed today , but seemingly it is not a Bank holiday in Scotland. I thought Scottish banks lined up with the other banks in the UK to harmonise for business reasons Wtf is going on ? Tell us, is it or is it not a Bank Holiday in Scotland today ? I'm getting mixed messages from the broadcast media Edited August 31, 2015 by Seaside Nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madball Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 It is an English bank holiday, so those of us the work for English banks and aren't customer facing will take it. When it comes to branches it's a bit more difficult to predict...some of it is left to local level decisions. Banks that are open today will likely either have had fair Monday off, or will take September weekend.<br /> <br /> Domestic back office systems will not be running today (CHAPS/BACS), but counter systems and automated online payments like faster payments will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Most banks are closed today , but seemingly it is not a Bank holiday in Scotland. I thought Scottish banks lined up with the other banks in the UK to harmonise for business reasons Wtf is going on ? Huts tell us, is it or is it not a Bank Holiday in Scotland today ? I'm getting mixed messages from the broadcast media Nope. Not a bank Holiday here. https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#england-and-wales http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/bank-holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Nipper Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Nope. Not a bank Holiday here. https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#england-and-wales http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/bank-holidays So banks will be closed , but not all , so a kind of partial bank holiday then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 It's all the SNP's fault. Its their ridiculous desire for a St Andrews Day bank holiday at the end of November that cost us a holiday when the weather is better in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinbuddie Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 It's all the SNP's fault. Its their ridiculous desire for a St Andrews Day bank holiday at the end of November that cost us a holiday when the weather is better in August. This is factually inaccurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is factually inaccurate. I don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 It's all the SNP's fault. Its their ridiculous desire for a St Andrews Day bank holiday at the end of November that cost us a holiday when the weather is better in August. When did we ever have the August bank holiday ya stupid f**kwad.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 When did we ever have the August bank holiday ya stupid f**kwad.? The 3rd of August 2015...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 The 3rd of August 2015...... Ok , smartass. THIS bank holiday . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinbuddie Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 I don't care. Don't worry, the fact that you don't care about factual accuracy has been well established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 that cost us a holiday when the weather is better in August. Anyone complaining about this needs to get a life . Nobody is forcing anyone to be an employee. If this sort of thing pisses you off, there's a very obvious solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Nope. Not a bank Holiday here. It's all the SNP's fault. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Surely it's the BBC's fault for allowing biased reporting of a situation that inherently panders to the leisure and pleasure of the English at a time when the weather is either good; better than in Scotland or better than in England or Scotland in November ? Edited August 31, 2015 by FS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Surely it's the BBC's fault for allowing biased reporting of a situation that inherently panders to the leisure and pleasure of the English at a time when the weather is either good, better than in Scotland or better the in England or Scotland in November ? Donald Rumsfeld would be proud of this statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Anyone complaining about this needs to get a life . Nobody is forcing anyone to be an employee. If this sort of thing pisses you off, there's a very obvious solution. It clearly doesn't piss me off - I was being ironic. There are big implications to all of this however. I work in an industry where around 400 man hours is spent re-programming sites for each and every single local and national bank holiday to maximise energy savings. And to confuse matters worse often the HQ's who send out the operating times for each sites have no idea whether the local holidays are being observed by their outlets. In terms of banking for example, we control the lighting and HVAC for all of the Nationwide Building Societies in the UK. We also have a major contract providing support on LBG, HBOS and TSB sites. In retail we've got altered operating hours at Tesco stores - including Tesco Express, M&S Stores including Simpy Foods, at TK Maxx Stores, Debenhams, and at Boots stores all around the country and in Europe. I don't get any of the bank holidays at all. Instead I get an enhanced rate / enhanced overtime rate to cover the sites depending on my shift rota. Clearly it would be better for industry if the whole of the UK could agree to have the same bank holidays - even better to scrap all bank holidays but for me its a very nice little earner.....and I can do most of it from home. Edited August 31, 2015 by Stuart Dickson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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