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Latest currency index provides evidence of buoyant demand for holidays abroad as sterling recovers from 2016 low point

22 April 2017 00:01

In its latest Holiday Money Index measuring exchange rate movements and currency sales, Post Office Travel Money, which accounts for one-in-four of all UK transactions, says that strong currency sales in the first three months of 2017 provide encouraging evidence of a continuing appetite for overseas holidays.
Announcing year-on-year increases of 55 per cent increase in currency sales made onli

Bulgaria slashes resort costs to beat eurozone on price

14 April 2017 08:59

11th annual Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer reveals
best value European hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidayco... plunge to make Sunny Beach, Bulgaria best value for the fourth year in a row
Algarve is runner up and cheapest in the eurozone – under half the price of Ibiza
Resort swapping within Spain, Greece and Croatia can cut holiday spending costs
Tourist prices a

Sunshine city beats off challenge from Eastern Europe to top annual City Costs Barometer

25 March 2017 00:01

10 best value cities: Paphos, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Budapest, Krakow,
Lisbon, Prague, Athens and Palma

Paphos, 2017’s joint European City of Culture, is cheapest of 36 European cities surveyed for the annual City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts)
Lisbon retains its position as Western Europe’s cheapest capital city
Prices for UK visitors are up across Europe but ye

POST OFFICE REACHES 7000 BRANCH MILESTONE IN MAJOR INVESTMENT IN UK HIGH STREETS AND BUSINESSES

27 February 2017 08:37

Best bargains for a family half term holiday abroad

6 February 2017 09:34

Cyprus beats the Canaries to rate as the best value Half Term holiday bargain Cancun is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul resort and the only destination where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
Families hoping to swap the UK winter for a sunshine break abroad during half term will find the best bargains in Cyprus and the Canary Islands, according to new research by Post Offi

Post Office appoints Royal London to grow its Life offering

31 January 2017 13:18

New agreement will give customers more choice and accessibility

New product range will be launching throughout 2017

Access to new products across additional digital channels

Post Office Money has taken a major step in growing its life business by appointing Royal London as its new life insurance partner.
Working with Royal London will enable Post Office Mon

Post Office Money launches market-leading BTL mortgage deals

31 January 2017 13:15

Post Office Money will launch a new range of competitive buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages on Friday, including four market leading deals designed to offer great rates and keep initial expenses down for the cost-conscious property investor.
Post Office Money’s new BTL mortgage products are designed for those buying their first BTL property, or someone who aspires to own one or two investment propertie

Post Office and UK Banks’ partnership secure access to local banking services

24 January 2017 09:00

Unrivalled access to banking through the Post Office’s 11,600 branches offering longer hours and Sunday opening 99 per cent of UK personal bank customers and over 75 per cent of business customers can do their day-to-day banking at the Post Office 110 million banking transactions carried out last year - a six per cent increase on the previous year and more than 200 every minute New deal builds u

Destinations where the holiday purse will stretch furthest

14 January 2017 00:01

Portugal’s Algarve is cheapest for UK tourists from 44 destinations surveyed Tokyo powers past Cape Town and Bali to become best value long haul destination Local prices pegged or lower than a year ago will lessen the impact of the weaker pound in 40 per cent of resorts or cities Sterling is now stronger against 60 per cent of bestselling currencies five years ago
Value for money will be

Post Office confirms further plans to safeguard high street branches

10 January 2017 11:27

Post Office today confirmed that it would be seeking partners for 37 of its directly managed branches as part of its efforts to secure its services in communities around the UK for the long term. This is in addition to 93 previously announced during the course of the last calendar year, nearly half of which have now successfully relocated into retail stores

POST OFFICE MONEY OFFERS TABLE TOPPING RATES

5 January 2017 12:57

Post Office Money bucks the trend by raising the interest rate on its Online Saver to 1.01% gross/AER* variable
Post Office Money continues to provide some of the best savings rates on the market with table topping increases to its Online Saver rate of 1.01% gross/AER* variable. The new rate will be available online to customers from Thursday 5th January 2017.
Online Saver interes

Where’s hot for holidaymakers in 2017?

31 December 2016 00:01

Destinations ranging from Chile and Costa Rica to the Baltic States and Denmark feature among Post Office Travel Money’s 10 holiday hotspots for 2017 Exchange rate uncertainty means UK tourists will do better to consider resorts where the low cost of living will make it cheaper for them New flight routes will fuel demand, says Post Office Travel Money

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