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  • Post Office Welcomes Royal Mail's Announcement On Sunday Services

    - More than 1,000 Post Office branches now open on Sundays for customers’ convenience- Over 2,000 modernised branches offer extra 60,000 opening hours a week
    The Post Office, now independent of Royal Mail, welcomed Royal Mail’s announcement on Sunday services.
    Mark Davies, director of communications at the Post Office, said: ‘The Post Office now has more than 1,000 Post Office branches open

  • Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office To Host Free IT Club For Local Residents


    - Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Grant launch IT project to tackle isolation- Mayor, Councilors, Town Crier and local library unite in community spirit - Local residents invited to join the ‘WithIT’ group for help using the latest tablet devices and getting online
    Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office is to launch a new IT club for local residents. On Monday 7th April the club wi

  • Batley Post Office Launches Homework Club With Mike Wood MP


    - Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Fund launch children’s homework club and IT facilities - 48 children already registered to attend - Mike Wood MP, local schools, Learn.org and subpostmaster unite in community spirit
    Batley Post Office has launched a weekly homework club for local children who could benefit from additional support with their school work. On Sunday 27th April t

  • Value May Be A Destination Decider - But UK Holidaymakers Overspend Abroad By 44 Per Cent


    - Only one-third of holidaymakers stick to their spending budget on overseas trips - On a holiday spending budget of £552 the average overspend is £242 - But perceived value remains key to destination choice: Turkey and Spain score but France, Dubai and Italy get the thumbs down
    Value for money may be the key factor in deciding on a destination for an overseas trip but a new report by Pos

  • Post Office Commits to Community Banking

    COMMUNITY BRANCH FUNDBy applying to the fund, Subpostmasters will have the opportunity to make a case for funding to support the growth of their business and deliver benefits to customers to help the long-term sustainability of their branch. Every Community Branch will be able to apply to the Fund with investment being allocated on an individual basis
    A focus for investment will be activity tha

  • Post Office To Widen Mortgage Distribution


    The Post Office in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, its financial services partner, has today announced its intention to widen distribution through the Legal & General Mortgage Club.
    The launch through the Legal and General Mortgage Club will initially be through its appointed representatives, before rolling out to their Nouveau and directly authorised brokers.
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  • Post Office Launches £20 Million Fund For "Last Shop" Branches


    Details of a £20 million fund aimed at building the businesses of crucial Post Office services in villages and remote communities have been announced.
    The new Community Branch Fund is being created to help secure the long term future of branches which have become the crucial "last shops" in their area, offering millions of people unrivalled and easy access to services such as mails and hi

  • The Great Exchange Robbery: Airport Bureaux Are A Black Hole For Holiday Cash

    1.63m tourists waste over £21 million a year buying currency at UK airports Families changing money at the airport lose an average of almost £13 – enough to buy three round of drinks in the Algarve or a snack lunch in the Costa del SolAirports in the South West, Midlands and North of England offer the worst deals
    Things are looking sunny for UK tourists planning summer holidays abroad because t

  • Europe Is A Bargain Hunters' Holiday Playground

    - Prices fall up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of European resorts since last spring- Paphos registers thee biggest fall but Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach is cheapest of 20 resorts surveyed – overtaking the Costas and the Algarve- Marmaris moves into second spot – after a 31 per cent surge in sterling’s value- Resort costs are over a third cheaper than 2009 in the Costas and the Algarve
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  • Post Office Launches Competitive New Mortgage Deals


    - Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London - On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week
    Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according to figures* rel

  • Going Down the Drain: Birmingham Most Expensive City to Hire a Plumber


    - Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London - On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week
    Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according to figures* rel

  • Post Office Holiday Money Index


    Here is the Post Office’s first Holiday Money Index - an information guide on foreign exchange with expert commentary from the Post Office.

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