DUNFERMLINE Building Society’s offices in Rosyth and Cowdenbeath are among those to close down, it was announced today.

The building society was taken over by the Nationwide after a period of mismanagement almost led to its collapse in 2009.

Branches which have continued to operate as the Dunfermline are now to go under the Nationwide umbrella.

The change was announced in May and today more details were released on how individual branches will be affected.

The Dunfermline branches that will be integrating with nearby Nationwide branches are Ayr, Coatbridge, Dundee, East Kilbride, Falkirk, Glasgow (Hope St), Glenrothes, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Leven, Livingston, Montrose, Paisley, Perth, Shawlands and Stirling.

The Nationwide branches that will integrate with nearby Dunfermline branches are Cupar, Dunfermline and Hamilton. The Dunfermline branches that will be rebranded Nationwide are Pitreavie, Aberdeen, Anniesland, Edinburgh, Kirkwall, Peebles and St Andrews.

The Dunfermline branches that will close are Rosyth, Cowdenbeath, Castle Douglas, Johnstone, Largs and Tranent.

A company statement said, “Nationwide aims to retain as many employees as possible, with redeployment to other branches in the network or Caledonia House.

“Where redeployment is not possible, employees will receive training, support and advice on future opportunities. No employees are being put at formal risk of redundancy today and Nationwide continues to work with them on the detail of how the changes may affect them.” Tony Prestedge, chief operating officer at Nationwide, said, “We have made considerable improvements to our range of products and services and are now in a position to ensure our members under the Dunfermline brand can have full access to the benefits our other members already enjoy.

“It is a logical step to integrate our businesses under one unified, strong, and nationally recognisable brand. The strength of the Nationwide brand is increasingly compelling and we will offer customers of the Dunfermline a vastly improved proposition.

“As well as benefiting from access to our full suite of products and market leading customer service, more people will have access to our strong branch network than at present.” The re-branding will take place over one weekend next summer 2014.