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  • Football fans travelling by car can get to Euro Championships from just £47 each

    On the ball’ football fans can slash their transport costs to as little as £47 by travelling together to group matches by car Four in a car can get to every group match for the price of ONE flight ONE way But motorway tolls could cost £ hundreds extra

    Football fans travelling to the Euro 2016 championships to support their national teams can save hundreds of pounds by pooling resources a

  • Post Office Money launches more market-leading mortgage deals

    Market-leading fixed rated in two, three and five-year terms and at 75%, 80% and 90% LTV Market-leading Help to Buy mortgages offer £400 cashback on completion and a free valuation
    Post Office Money has today launched a new range of competitive mortgages,with market leading rates across two, three and five-year terms as well as market-leading Help to Buy products – which have the added

  • Post Office becomes UK’s largest retail network open on Sundays

    The Post Office has become the largest UK retailer open on a Sunday, with 3,800 branches now open seven days a week.
    Over the last three years the Post Office has been transforming its network in the biggest modernisation programme in UK retail history. More than 6,000 branches have now been modernised, with thousands offering longer opening hours. In total, the transformation programme has de

  • Cut price supermarkets bring down the cost of self-catering holidays in the eurozone this summer

    Portugal’s Algarve offers the lowest shop prices for self-catering holidaymakers from eight eurozone resorts surveyed (www.postoffice.co.uk/selfcateringhols) Post Office Travel Money Self-Catering Holiday Report reveals that groceries cost significantly more in resort mini-marts than in discount supermarkets Yet only 17 per cent of families do all their holiday shopping at a supermarket Supermar

  • Cost of moving home nearly double what buyers expect it to be

    Cost of moving home nearly double what buyers expect it to be
    Homebuyers spending average £13,219 on moving home,* compared to the £7,496 they expect The cost of moving has increased by 65 per cent over the last decade, though costs have fallen 19 per cent in last year due to stamp duty reforms
    The combined ‘additional costs’ of moving home, such as estate agent fees and conveyancing

  • Czech out Prague for the best value city celebration



    Forty-five per cent of people on a city break are there for a celebration: London, Paris and Barcelona are their top choices (www.postoffice.co.uk/celebrationdrinks) Drinks cost least in Prague – less than half the price of 10 other top cities Palma offers the cheapest prices for drinks of those surveyed in Western Europe Tallinn, Barcelona and London are best for bubbly at less than

  • Post Office proposals for its withdrawal from the external cash delivery market to improve support to its own branch network and reduce costs

    The Post Office today confirmed that it has entered into consultation with its unions and employees about changes to its Supply Chain operation designed to improve support for its branch network, reduce costs and continue its journey towards becoming a commercially sustainable business.
    Supply Chain is the Post Office’s logistics operation that collects, delivers and processes cash, valuables a

  • Pump prices fall across Europe for holiday motorists despite slide in Sterling






    Low cost of crude oil brings pump prices tumbling down across Europe despite weaker pound (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymotoring) Biggest falls felt in Switzerland (unleaded petrol) and Greece (diesel) Andorra offers cheapest fuel for the holiday motorist Three-quarters of the 20 European countries surveyed offer sub-£1 litre of diesel Pump prices have plummeted by 15-31

  • More than a third of homes sold last year were in areas unaffordable for first-time buyers

    More than a third (36 per cent) of all properties sold last year were in areas where the average home was unaffordable for first-time buyers Average property prices equivalent to more than five times the average income of first-time buyers Tale of two cities: Brighton and Southampton at different ends of the affordability spectrum despite being separated by just 70 miles
    Soaring house price

  • Holidaymakers overspend by £1.55 billion in resorts abroad – but most rate Spain as best value


    Cost remains a key destination decider for UK holidaymakers Despite concerns about costs, only a third of holidaymakers keep to their budget on overseas trips – with average resort overspend of 26 per cent Value still key to destination choice: Spain rates best and Thailand is best long haul Families are far less positive than individuals about value in Cyprus, Croatia, Mexico and Bulgaria

  • Post Office currency sales suggest surge in demand for long haul holidays after euro rise against pound

    While sterling has slumped to a 22-month low against the euro and is significantly weaker than a year ago against most European currencies, it has strengthened against currencies for top long haul destinations.At a time when pundits are reporting a surge in demand for long haul packages because these now come close to matching the cost of European holidays¹, intelligence from the latest quarterly

  • Post Office Money Launches Competitive Mortgage Deals

    Post Office Money has today enhanced its already competitive mortgage range by announcing new fee-free mortgage deals, including the lowest Help to Buy two-year fixed rate mortgage in the market for a product without an arrangement fee.*
    The new range of mortgage deals includes:
    80% LTV 2.28% two-year fixed rate mortgage** 80% LTV 3.03% five-year fixed rate mortgage ** 85%

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