New Post Office® Holiday Money Report reveals cheapest destinations (postofficeholiday.co.uk/the-travel-blog/holiday-money-report-2015) Europe powers past long haul competitors to take eight of the top 10 places in best value barometer of 46 destinations worldwide Europe’s biggest price fall of 19 per cent found in Crete Bali loses best value title as Czech capital Prague offers lowest prices for
• 75 new jobs to be created in Glasgow’s Financial Services district
Alice Perkins is to stand down as Chairman of Post Office Ltd after four years overseeing the transformation of one of the UK's most important businesses.
She has decided to announce this now to allow ample time for the recruitment of her successor and a handover period before she stands down in July.
She has overseen the separation of Post Office Ltd from Royal Mail and the formation of the
• 14 million people plan to make a big financial change in 2015 • Clearing debts (18 per cent) and taking greater control of their money (16 per cent) this year is key for many UK adults • Climbing the property ladder is a top priority for 2015, with a fifth (18 per cent) planning to move or buy their first home
• Post Office’s Matched Credit Card offers 0% on purchases for 16 months and 0% on balance transfers for 16 months (2.98% balance transfer fee applies) • No cash fee when the card is used to buy travel money at the Post Office
• Post Office improves its Platinum Credit Card – with 0% on balance transfers for 18 months and a reduced fee of just 0.79%1
Snow has finally arrived in the Alps after weeks of nervous nail biting by ski holiday operators and skiers with early season bookings. That is not the only good news as the latest Post Office Travel Money Ski Resort Report¹reveals that prices have slid downhill since last year in 19 of 21 European resorts surveyed.
The biggest fall has been in Soldeu, which also benefited from early
• Almost three-in-ten of long haul holidaymakers fail to take out travel insurance for trips to India – compared with 16 per cent for all destinations • India, Indian Ocean and Africa are where health, injury and theft issues arise most often • Under 35s are least likely to take out travel insurance • Average cost of long haul holiday insurance claims: £4,859
• The NYE night in trend continues with 1.5 million people more than last year opting to stay in • ….but damages from house parties costs £127
• Eurozone trio top the chart for New Year holiday bargains, led by Lanzarote • UK tourists get up to 33 per cent more travel cash than two years ago • Sharm-el-Sheikh is top contender among longer haul holiday resorts
• 19TH December is the busiest day for phone/online Post Office International Payments • A transaction will be processed every 90 seconds • One in 10 will send cash as a Christmas gift • USA, Spain and Australia the most popular destinations for money transfers
The average UK house price increased by £29,339 over the last year – more than the average UK wage (£27,271) More than three in five workers earned less than the average UK property appreciated in value over the last 12 months London homes earned £80,000 in the last year – nearly twice as much as the average salary in the capital
