- 40 new vehicles provide walk-in post offices on wheels- Mobile branches serving over 250 locations a week across UK- New vehicles to cover half a million miles over coming year- Post Office “modernising to meet customers’ needs”- Modern, reliable service for customers
Post Office has announced the roll-out its new fleet of mobile post offices, deploying 40 new vehicles to serve 250 lo
The Post Office will launch its highly competitive range of mortgages along with its financial services partner, Bank of Ireland UK, on Monday, 2nd June.
The range is available initially through the Legal and General Mortgage Club Appointed Representatives, and will cater to the needs of first time buyers or those looking to move. The highly competitive rates start from 1.98% for a 2-y
- Amount UK households have available to save each year is set to fall - Post Office warns UK is not saving enough and is in danger of returning to pre-recession spending habits - Cebr forecasts the average amount available will fall from £3,780 to £3,630 in 2014 – this, once adjusted for inflation, is a similar level to that seen in the 1960s* (also seen in 2000 and 1987) - By 2015, this
- Post Office, Enham Trust, Parish Council and Aster Communities unite in community spirit to open new garden on Saturday 24th May- Guest of honour Rt Hon Sir George Young MP to perform opening ceremony- Local residents invited to celebrate
Rt Hon Sir George Young MP officially opened a new community garden for the local residents of Enham Alamein on Saturday 24th May at 1pm. Residents were inv
- Algarve supermarkets offer the cheapest prices for self-catering holidaymakers
- Shopping in mini-marts could cost up to 53 per cent extra- Prices fall over 10 per cent in Greek Islands but rise over 20 per cent in Spanish resorts 28 per cent of families notch up self-catering bills of more than £100 but one-in-ten waste over £50 of food (www.postoffice.co.uk/selfcateringholidays2014)
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- More than 1,000 Post Office branches now open on Sundays for customers’ convenience- Over 2,000 modernised branches offer extra 60,000 opening hours a week
The Post Office, now independent of Royal Mail, welcomed Royal Mail’s announcement on Sunday services.
Mark Davies, director of communications at the Post Office, said: ‘The Post Office now has more than 1,000 Post Office branches open
- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Grant launch IT project to tackle isolation- Mayor, Councilors, Town Crier and local library unite in community spirit - Local residents invited to join the ‘WithIT’ group for help using the latest tablet devices and getting online
Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office is to launch a new IT club for local residents. On Monday 7th April the club wi
- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Fund launch children’s homework club and IT facilities - 48 children already registered to attend - Mike Wood MP, local schools, Learn.org and subpostmaster unite in community spirit
Batley Post Office has launched a weekly homework club for local children who could benefit from additional support with their school work. On Sunday 27th April t
- Only one-third of holidaymakers stick to their spending budget on overseas trips - On a holiday spending budget of £552 the average overspend is £242 - But perceived value remains key to destination choice: Turkey and Spain score but France, Dubai and Italy get the thumbs down
Value for money may be the key factor in deciding on a destination for an overseas trip but a new report by Pos
COMMUNITY BRANCH FUNDBy applying to the fund, Subpostmasters will have the opportunity to make a case for funding to support the growth of their business and deliver benefits to customers to help the long-term sustainability of their branch. Every Community Branch will be able to apply to the Fund with investment being allocated on an individual basis
A focus for investment will be activity tha
The Post Office in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, its financial services partner, has today announced its intention to widen distribution through the Legal & General Mortgage Club.
The launch through the Legal and General Mortgage Club will initially be through its appointed representatives, before rolling out to their Nouveau and directly authorised brokers.
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Details of a £20 million fund aimed at building the businesses of crucial Post Office services in villages and remote communities have been announced.
The new Community Branch Fund is being created to help secure the long term future of branches which have become the crucial "last shops" in their area, offering millions of people unrivalled and easy access to services such as mails and hi
1.63m tourists waste over £21 million a year buying currency at UK airports Families changing money at the airport lose an average of almost £13 – enough to buy three round of drinks in the Algarve or a snack lunch in the Costa del SolAirports in the South West, Midlands and North of England offer the worst deals
Things are looking sunny for UK tourists planning summer holidays abroad because t
- Prices fall up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of European resorts since last spring- Paphos registers thee biggest fall but Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach is cheapest of 20 resorts surveyed – overtaking the Costas and the Algarve- Marmaris moves into second spot – after a 31 per cent surge in sterling’s value- Resort costs are over a third cheaper than 2009 in the Costas and the Algarve
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- Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London - On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week
Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according to figures* rel
- Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London - On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week
Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according to figures* rel
Here is the Post Office’s first Holiday Money Index - an information guide on foreign exchange with expert commentary from the Post Office.
The Post Office will stage the first ever ‘24 Hour Property Challenge’, exclusively within Channel 4 ad time starting Monday 14th April 2014.
The TV campaign sees the Post Office team up with Channel 4 property presenter Amanda Lamb to meet three home finance and property related challenges in a series of fast turnaround ads; each solved in less than a day and played out within ad brea
- Both two and five year fixed deals come without fees
Post Office has today revealed details of its Help to Buy mortgage rates, following the business’ announcement that it had joined the Government’s scheme earlier this year (January 2014) with its financial services partner Bank of Ireland UK.
Post Office is offering two 95% LTV deals, which will be welcomed by first-time buyers a
- Three new issues of Online Bonds and Growth Bonds - Highly competitive rates on Growth Bonds- Excellent rates on Online Bonds from 1.61% gross^/AER* Fixed
The Post Office continues to provide some of the most competitive savings rates on the market with the launch of two new issues - Growth Bonds and Online Bonds. The new issues are available to customers immediately.
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