Post Offices saw over £800 million in personal cash withdrawals, up 15% year-on-year partly due to February being a leap year, but also up 3.6% on last month (£778 million, January 24) Short month means month-on-month declines on personal and business cash deposits, but both see year-on-year increases helped by leap year Personal cash deposits totalled £1.28 billion, up over 6% year-on-year (£1.2
Rising rates for sterling mean holidaymakers can look forward to getting more for their money in the vast majority of holiday destinations this year, according to new exchange rate analysis by Post Office Travel Money for its regular Holiday Money Index survey of currency rates and sales trends.
Sterling has strengthened in value against 21 of Post Office Travel Money’s 25 bestselling holiday c
Post Offices handled £3.37 billion worth of cash deposits and withdrawals in January 2024, up over £140 million on January 2023
Three convictions in cases prosecuted by Post Office were overturned at the Court of Appeal today (1 February 2024), following appeals lodged within the past two weeks.
A Post Office spokesperson said:
“We are deeply sorry for past wrongs. We’re doing our utmost to ensure any injustices are put right as swiftly as possible and full, fair compensation paid.
“We continue with extensive work
Post Offices saw a record £930 million in personal cash withdrawals over the counter in December. Post Offices saw all time record for personal cash withdrawals on a single day - Friday 22 December - with £62.4 million taken out over the counter Figure beats previous record from Christmas 2022 by over £10 million when £51.5 million was withdrawn over the counter (Friday 23 December 2022). In tota
The latest compensation data relating to victims of the Horizon IT scandal for the year-end 2023.
Post Offices saw the highest amount of cash withdrawn over the counter in the run-up to Christmas on record.
‘Happy Christmas’ is going out of fashion, but ‘Merry Christmas’ is still a firm favourite according to new research on the nation’s card-writing etiquette.
Around four in 10 won’t finish their Christmas shopping until at least the week before Christmas.
‘Glad Tidings’ teeters on extinction, but the future is bright for ‘Happy Holidays’ in a major shift in the nation’s Christmas greetings ha
Bardonecchia beats Borovets to top the best value adult skiing chart in Post Office cost comparison of 36 European ski resorts (www.postoffice.co.uk/skireport2024)
New introduction Jahorina (Bosnia & Herzegovina) is cheapest ski resort for families
Ski Resort Report 2024 finds that prices are down in over a quarter of adult resorts and more than half of the family resorts surveyed
For t
For the third year in a row, Post Office has partnered with the Trussell Trust with an ambition to raise £1 million in total to help as many struggling families as possible this winter.
New research reveals 15% have missed a present arriving on Christmas Day due to posting late
Monday 11th December is predicted to be the busiest day in Post Office branches
Cash still plays an important role in Christmas gift shopping, with 38% still opting to buy Christmas gifts with cash
Post Office shares top tips to ensure people are well prepared ahead of posting to avoid Christmas disap
Post Offices saw the highest amount of personal cash withdrawals all year in November. £878 million in cash was withdrawn from Post Offices 11,500 branches, up 7% month-on-month (£821 million, October 2023) and up 5% year-on-year (£836 million, November 2022). Personal and business cash deposits totalled £2.4 billion in November. This was down 1.9% month-on-month (£2.44 billion, October 2023) and
