LLOYDS Banking Group staff are driving a West Fife charity mad for taking their car-parking spaces.

The Press reported earlier this month that bank workers were parking on double-yellow lines outside their Pitreavie offices.

Fife Council took action and repainted the lines and increased patrols in the area to clamp down on the problem.

However, the issue has simply moved across the road to Pitreavie Court.

Alastair MacGregor, chief executive of the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre (SSERC), told the Press this week that their parking spaces were now being pinched by Lloyds workers.

He said: "I've lost count of the number of times I've seen their staff park here, get out the car and walk across the road to work for the day.

"They tend to arrive well before 9am, so it often means our staff can't park at their work because spaces are already taken up.

"We've made leaflets and left them on their cars highlighting the issue but quite often we've found the leaflets left crumpled on the ground after they've returned."

Mr MacGregor highlighted that the centre pays a fee to Fife Council for the parking, making the situation more than just an inconvenience.

He continued: "We're a registered charity and every space they take is one less space for delegates who travel to us. It means they have to drive around until they find a space somewhere else, and that doesn't do our reputation any good, although we can't help it.

"I wrote a letter to Lloyds before Christmas about the problem and it did seem to ease up, but after the lines were repainted, it's started to increase again.

"It's not just an inconvenience, we pay a fee to Fife Council for the parking we have.

"I've now written another letter to the chief operating officer. This needs to be resolved.

"We would invite Lloyds to have a conversation with us at the very least to see if we can come to some sort of a solution. But I don't think they seem interested."

A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson told the Press that they were taking the matter "very seriously".

They added that internal immediate action had been carried out – informing colleagues of where not to park – and that they were continuing to work with Fife Council towards longer-term solutions.