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  • Alwen Lyons, former Company Secretary at the Post Office, to receive royal recognition for her contribution to the Post Office


    It was announced in the New Year’s Honours List that Alwen Lyons, former Company Secretary at the Post Office, is to receive the OBE in recognition of her commitment and contribution throughout a remarkable career spanning 33 years. 
    Alwen has held a number of key roles during her many years with the Post Office, culminating in her becoming the inaugural Company Secretary for Post Office

  • Post Office turnaround delivers first profit in 16 years as new Government investment ensures services thrive for the future

    Biggest transformation programme in UK retail history results in Post Office making £13m profit in financial year 2016/17
    £370 million Government investment will enable the Post Office to continue to grow and modernise its network and services
    Post Office turnaround reducing its reliance on public funds
    7,500 branches transformed since 2012, thousands of branches now open for longer and

  • POST OFFICE SCOOPS GOLD AND SILVER AT BRITISH TRAVEL AWARDS

    Post Office has been recognised as the Best Foreign Exchange Provider at the British Travel Awards, building on last year’s silver award, while the business also scooped the second prize for its travel insurance – making it ten gold and silver awards for Post Office travel insurance over the last decade.
    The British Travel Awards brings together a range of companies from across the travel indus

  • Rate of Sale: The average UK property takes 96 days to sell

    • Properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow sell fastest – an average of 41 and 50 days, with Liverpool and Belfast taking the longest time, despite being affordability hotspots for first-time buyers • Nationwide, the time it takes to sell a home is decreasing with properties in Edinburgh and Stoke-on-Trent taking 25 per cent less time to sell since last year

  • Capitalise on Christmas Shopping bargain breaks

    • Riga is the best bargain of 10 European cities surveyed for a Christmas Market break (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasmarkets) • Costs are down year-on-year in five cities with double digit falls in Lille and Munich • Designer goods cost over 22 per cent less in Berlin than in London and savvy shoppers can save almost a third on an Apple iPad or Levis 501s in Riga

  • Half of UK internet users are not up to speed

    52% do not know the speed of broadband they currently receive 48% do not remember the broadband speed that was advertised to them when they bought their package Two in five (40%) of those with slow internet connection take no action and wait for any problems to fix itself
    Today it is revealed that half of all UK broadband users1 are not up to speed with their internet, and 48% admit t

  • The true scale of the Bank of Mum & Dad

    Six in ten parents can afford to make a financial contribution to help their children buy their first home however only 5% can pay for the full deposit
    61% of parents are also helping their children financially through other means incl. rent-free accommodation and free childcare Parental financial assistance can halve the time it takes for millennial FTBs to save for deposit as most can o

  • Families who do half term holiday homework will bag the best deals

    Costa del Sol is best for a half term holiday: almost half the cost of Lanzarote
    Sterling now stronger than a year ago when it sunk to its lowest level in 2016 - with some of the biggest gains against long haul holiday currencies
    Dubai is cheapest for a long haul break: Kenya costs around 50 per cent more
    Families hoping to swap the UK autumn weather for a sunshine break abroad at half te

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