Ms Ann Martyn:

-----and I would have to drag the coins up and down. When I first went into business at home, a porter from the bank would bring the coins down for me. The lack of security or policing in my town is a big issue when one is going to the bank. I know I am being watched by certain elements in our small town. Security is one of many issues raised by the bank being so inaccessible to me. I am not always there, so I have to put a member of staff in peril by asking him or her to move cash. It is no longer an asset to our business to have a bank in the town. It is good that the committee is going to examine how banks can help us to run our small businesses and help to keep small businesses open in small towns.