More than 11,500 Post Offices open for business as usual today – less than 50 closed
Last postal dates will not be affected by action
The Post Office is reassuring customers that nearly all Post Office branches are open today, despite strike action by the Communication Workers Union.
Strike action was called at around 300 branches, but around 250 of these are open. Of around 1200 peop
More than 97 per cent of Post Office branches will be open and not affected by strike action
All Post Offices will be open on 21, 22 and 23 December
Last postal dates will not be affected by action
The Post Office is reassuring customers that the vast majority of its 11,600 branches will open for business as usual next week and that it is well prepared for strike action planned by the Com
Strike action called in fewer than 300 branches, many of which will be open to maintain services for customers preparing for Christmas
Post Office regrets unions’ refusal to agree way forward through talks, but confident disruption will be minimised
Last postal dates will not be affected by action
The Post Office is reassuring customers that it will be Christmas as usual in over 97 per cent
Mark Davies, Communications and Corporate Affairs Director at Post Office, said:
“We are frustrated that our unions are again calling for strikes when we continue to try to reach a constructive way forward through talks, and have been inviting them to meet with our Group Executive to discuss our strategy in detail since April this year. Our latest invitation to meet on December 22nd remains una
The Post Office today announced that it has completed its investigations into complaints from 136 postmasters concerning the operation of the Post Office's Horizon computer system.
Horizon has around 78,000 users across 11,500 Post Office branches and processes more than six million transactions every day. Nothing has been found in any of the cases to suggest Horizon has not worked as it should
- Post Office disappointed that people in Admin and Supply Chain vote Yes to CWU ballot on strike action
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that essential parts of the UK retail banking sector lack effective competition and do not meet the individual needs of consumers.
- Post Office undertaking biggest transformation in UK retail history to become commercially viable and reduce reliance on public money - Post Office offering consolidated pay increases with additional lump sum payments - Any ballot will not include employees working in the Post Office’s over 11, 500 branches across the UK - Post Office offer of meeting with ACAS remains on the table
