Payment dates over August Bank Holiday

23 August 2023

The Bank Holiday on 28 August will affect BACS payments to the profession.

As Monday is a non BACS processing day at the bank, our Friday/Monday payment will be affected as below.

Payment Run Date	Bank Credit Date
25/08/23 (Friday)	30/08/23 (Wednesday)
28/08/23 (Monday)	31/08/23 (Thursday)

No other payments will be affected, and we are open as normal.

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