- Strong World Cup appeal has made the Brazilian real Post Office® Travel Money’s Fastest Growing Currency for summer 2014 - Vietnam comes of age as holiday destination: summer currency sales have quadrupled within three years - Powerful pound drives demand for Eastern Europe: Hungarian forint registers Europe’s top summer growth while Croatian kuna is a Post Office bestseller
- Latest range includes market-leading branch exclusive
- Almost half of UK holidaymakers call themselves culture vultures - Warsaw is Europe’s cheapest city for culture with prices under a third of those in Vienna, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris - Eurozone culture comes with lowest price tag in Dublin and Rome - London is the most expensive cultural capital despite price falls of over 20 per cent in the past five years
- Twice as many children under five (52 per cent) have travelled abroad compared to their parents (26 per cent) when they were that age - Over a quarter (26 per cent) of children had travelled abroad three times or more by the age of five – yet seven in ten (69 per cent) of their parents hadn’t even left the country by this age
Dozens of street performers in London, Edinburgh and across the UK, took to the streets this weekend to help the Post Office celebrate its Sunday openings by performing the Commodores’ smash hit Easy (like Sunday Morning).
42-year-old performer Jules Maxine from Edinburgh, who took part in the campaign, said: “What is not to love about Sundays, my husband and I used to run a hotel and Sunday w
- UK currently sits eleventh in league table of average potential savings below Spain and Italy - Amount UK households could be saving is down by more than 10 per cent since 2010 - Post Office predicts that by 2018 the UK will remain below the majority of advanced European economies in the savings league table
- Children forced to share a bedroom in a fifth of households - this is due to lack of space in one in ten UK homes - Adults have a smaller bedroom than children in a third of households - Aspiring movers can expect to wait four years before moving to a bigger house, but almost a third doubt they’ll ever be able to do so
- Powerful pound helps prices plunge in most top European family resorts - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria and Costa del Sol are again cheapest for families - Biggest falls of over 26 per cent come where restaurants have cut meal costs says new Family Holiday Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyholidays2014) - Resort spending rises 16.5 per cent and two-in-five bust the budget by £242
- The pre-paid Money Card offers customers a convenient way of managing their money without going over budget - The flexibility of Post Office’s Money Card means it can be used on the high street, online, and at ATMs - Customers can set their spending limit according to their budget - Two card options available, Pay As You Go or Pay Monthly
- Holiday car hire costs least in Cyprus, Malta and Turkey- Majorca is most expensive in the eurozone – costing £200 more than Cyprus- Under half of UK holidaymakers cover themselves against high excess charges for car damage; over three-quarters fail to insure against tyre or window damage- Failure to do so could cost over £1,000 in excess charges
According to the latest Post Office® T
- Post Office takes significant steps towards commercial sustainability, reducing dependence on the taxpayer- Despite a fall in revenue and a decline in network subsidy of £10m, operating profit before exceptional items increased £13m to £107m- Over 2,000 branches transformed offering 50,000 more opening hours at end March 2014 and more than 1,000 open on Sundays
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- Post Office displays, commemorating the First World War, will travel to branches across the UK, starting today
- Venues include Oldham and Birmingham, home to two VC recipients- Exhibition pays tribute to local communities whose bravery will never be forgotten – 75,000 GPO workers fought in the War and 8,500 were killed- Remembers crucial role of women who took over from absent father
- Drop & Go postage service offers discount on Royal Mail Medium parcels- Drop & Go is a free, fast-track counter service available at more than 11,000 Post Office branches- Customers can send Medium Parcels for the price of a Small Parcel during the promotional period- Set to save start-ups and small businesses time and money- Service available in more than 11,000 Post Office bran
- Post Office current account will be available in 239 branches across the UK by the end of September- Customers can service their accounts in over 11,500 branches, online or at one of the 40 mobile Post Office vans- Accounts can be opened with a minimum balance of £20- Customers will receive a £100 One4All gift card when they switch to a Post Office current account
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- Almost one-third of All Inclusive tourists paid extra for spa treatments costing £253m- But fewer holidaymakers on European trips will pay extra for food, drinks and web access - Post Office® All Inclusive Holiday Report found that at least 80 per cent of European All Inclusive resorts excluded branded drinks, bottles of wine, mini-bars and a la carte dining - B&B packages including
- Savers fall short as one in five (20 per cent) miss their savings goals- Average goal is £1,500 but most save over £500 less- Men twice as likely as women (22 per cent vs. 10 per cent) to count on a bonus to meet their savings target*- Cost of living cited as number one reason savers miss their target- UK savers awaits the launch of the NISA on July 1st
As of July 1st, UK savers will
- As resort prices fall across Europe, Scots slash holiday spending by 30 per cent - Scots rate Turkey and Portugal best value - but Bulgaria is cheaper- Prices are down in 11 of 12 resorts surveyed – by 32 per cent in Sorrento, Italy
As Scotland’s schools break up for the summer, the Post Office Travel Money® Scottish Family Holiday Report reveals that European resorts will be cheaper
- Over the six week period, parents will spend £492 entertaining their children – a 26 per cent increase on last year- On top of this, an average £119 will be spent on petrol and a further £106 on childcare- Summer worries: almost two thirds (58 per cent) of parents worry about the cost of entertaining their children- One in 10 would miss bill payments in order to cover costs
UK parents
- Allendale Post Office is to become a physical and digital Community Hub for local residents and tourists- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Fund officially launch new in branch internet suite- Post Office, Northumberland Community Development Network, County Councilor, Parish Council and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership unite in community spirit
- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Grant launch internet booth to support local residents- Mayor of Amble, Craig Weir, to perform opening ceremony- Local residents invited into branch to make use of the new facilities and training sessions
Amble Post Office launched a new internet suite for local residents on Tuesday 10th June at 10.00am. Mayor of Amble, Craig Weir officially
