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Holiday Money Index reveals pent up demand for USA and winter sunspots as Post Office currency sales climb steadily

6 November 2021 07:00

The first Post Office Holiday Money Index of 2021 reveals pent-up demand for trips to the USA, which reopens to UK tourists from 8thNovember. Post Office Travel Money reports that US dollar sales surged by 142 per cent year-on-year in September and October. Although the biggest year-on-year sales increase of 3,009 per cent has been for the Icelandic krona, a host of winter sun holiday resorts now

Post Office’s crucial role with cash featured in new BBC programme about the journey of cash from Bank of England to a Post Office

19 October 2021 13:16

Dom Delivers is a fascinating and entertaining new BBC1 daytime programme about logistics, with one episode highlighting Post Office’s crucial role in the journey of cash.

Turkey is best value for a half term trip

16 October 2021 07:00

But families are advised to combine package costs with meal and drink prices in resorts abroad to find the best half term holiday bargains
Families will benefit from the buoyant pound on half term holidays as strong sterling brings prices down in most resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money Post Office reports rising foreign currency sales as traffic light changes fuel demand Turkey and P

Cash deposits and withdrawals on course to top £3 billion a month at Post Offices

12 October 2021 07:00

Post Offices in September handled almost £3 billion in cash deposits and withdrawals.

Post Office launches first ever loyalty scheme for parcel senders; incentivising additional footfall for Postmasters in run-up to Christmas

8 October 2021 09:15

Post Office has launched its first ever loyalty scheme with financial rewards for users of its free, fast-track Drop & Go service.

Remote Scottish Post Office features in Murder Island – New Channel 4 TV Mystery

5 October 2021 12:11

The remote Scottish Isle of Gigha was transformed into the setting for Channel Four’s new pioneering TV series, Murder Island

Revealed: Europe’s best value cities for a bargain break

18 September 2021 06:00

10 cheapest cities: Tirana, Katowice, Vilnius, Lisbon, Riga, Warsaw, Zagreb, Budapest, Bratislava and Krakow
Led by Tirana, Eastern European cities take nine of the best value top 10 places in 13th annual Post Office City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Lisbon is best in the West, breaking the Eastern stranglehold to take fourth place Strong pound boosts UK tourists’ buying po

Post Offices record highest amount of business cash deposits all year

14 September 2021 07:00

Post Offices handled £1.03 billion in business cash deposits in August, the highest amount recorded so far this year, despite August traditionally being a quieter month for banking services Business cash deposits were up 2.2% month-on-month and up 23.5% compared with August 2020 as international travel uncertainty meant more cash spent locally at hospitality venues. Recent Post Office survey fou

Post Office customers can now collect parcels and letters using a free app for easier ID-verification

23 August 2021 09:28

Post Office has today announced that customers can now collect parcels and letters from Post Offices using an app on their phone to show their ID

Post Office appoints new Non-Executive Director to Board

20 August 2021 10:22

Post Office has appointed to its Board a new Non-Executive Director, Ben Tidswell.

Post Office partners with DPD to roll-out ‘Click and Collect’ services across the UK

16 August 2021 08:24

A new agreement between the Post Office and DPD will see parcels delivered directly to its branches providing a quick and convenient location for people to collect their purchases.

Overspending hits record levels as two-thirds of tourists bust their budgets on holidays abroad

14 August 2021 07:00

All Inclusive trips are top choice but extras add hundreds to holiday costs
More than two-in-five UK adults are still planning holidays abroad in the coming months But past overspending means holidaymakers are likely to blow budgets by a record 40% according to the latest Holiday Spending Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidayspending) Over a third of those planning trips will go All Inclusi

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