Decorating the Christmas tree is top moment to get Brits in the festive mood
Receiving Christmas cards guaranteed to spark that first ‘Festive Feeling’ for one in five
Brits prefer sipping mulled wine to kissing under the mistletoe
Last recommended posting date for First Class mail is Monday 21st December
21.12.15: With Christmas Day just around the corner, Christmas parties and Secr
Post Office analysis of money transfers reveals 16th December1 is expected to be the busiest day of the year for international payments Rise of the ’Multi-Country family’ (MCF) is driving international Christmas money transfers, as 41 per cent of UK adults currently have at least one relative living abroad The number of people with more than five relatives abroad has doubled in the past five year
12TH DECEMBER DUBBED ‘SEND-BACK SATURDAY’ AS TWO THIRDS OF ONLINE SHOPPERS PLAN TO RETURN ANY UNWANTED PURCHASES PRE-CHRISTMAS
Post Office is braced for ‘Send-back Saturday’ as Brits are set to return a predicted £160million[i] worth of goods this weekend
One in ten (9 per cent) shoppers return items to ensure they get money back for Christmas
Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of people
Post Office ramps up for Christmas by offering over 500,000 extra opening hours throughout the festive period A whopping 3,000 branches will be open on Sundays Over 500 Self Service Kiosks now offer easy access for customers returning online shopping via Royal Mail services A ‘cavalry’ of over 600 extra ‘Christmas Makers’ set to work in branch to support over the festive period Post Office ex
Prices are down in three-quarters of resorts surveyed for Post Office Travel Money Ski Resort Report with double digit percentage falls in over a third
Prices remain cheapest in Bansko with Kranjska Gora running a close second
Italy is cheapest of the ‘Big Four’ ski countries with third-placed Livigno challenging Eastern Europe on value
Sestriere is lowest-priced of 10 world-class resor
Post Office will now accept banking transactions from HSBC’s business customers as it extends a number of services already offered to HSBC’s personal customers.
The move will allow HSBC business customers to pay in cash, withdraw funds as well as check their account balance. The Post Office, with its extensive branch network, will provide HSBC customers access to 11,500 Post Office branches to
£ Multi Million investment programme one of biggest in UK retail history
Postal Affairs Minister, Baroness Neville-Rolfe officially opens 5000 milestone branch
Post Office modernisation programme delivers extra 150,000 opening hours a week for customers
Modernised branches benefiting from an average ten per cent increase in retail sales
A quarter more likely to shop local than five
Investment programme to modernise the network5,000TH branch milestone celebrated at Caterways Post OfficeFirst Post Office for Caterways residentsParliamentary Under Secretary Baroness Neville-Rolfe “cuts the ribbon” at landmark branchThe Post Office’s biggest ever £2 billion branch investment programme has reached its 5,000th modern branch milestone with the opening of a new Post Office for Cater
New over 50s Car Insurance product from Post Office Money, available from today, is rated 5* by Defaqto
Post Office Money is committed to becoming one of the UK’s leading financial services providers
Post Office Money today announces the launch of its brand new 5* Car Insurance product for the over 50s. This new product, available in branch, online and by phone, marks the latest addition t
Post Office Money has today launched a new range of competitive mortgage rates in both its residential and buy to let mortgage ranges, as it continues its bid to become one of the UK’s leading financial services providers.
The new mortgage range launch includes two market leading buy to let deals:
70% LTV 2.45% two-year fixed rate mortgage (£1,995)
75% LTV 3.69% five-year fixed rate mortg
Big Apple Takes A Bite Out Of London Prices So Shoppers Can Save Hundreds On Christmas Gifts Christmas Shopping Stateside shaves up to 63 per cent off London gift prices US designer fashion and jeans bring best savings but top toys are a bargain too But beware British brands which can be almost twice the price in New York US shop prices are far cheaper than in Dubai, Barcelona and Paris too
Post Office® Travel Money survey of 12 cities shows Budapest and Prague are Christmas Markets best buys this winter Vienna has proved the most expensive Brussels is cheapest in the eurozone for a Christmas Market break Most designer goods cheaper than in London for the first time As sterling strengthens against European currencies, shoppers can get up to 13.7 per cent more cash to spend than a
• Over seven million* adults have never used a roadmap, of which 2.5 million** wouldn’t know how to use one if they tried • Only a quarter of people in their twenties (28 per cent) prioritise checking the road worthiness of their car before taking a long journey • Over eight million adults don’t know which county Big Ben is in***
Nick Kennett, Director of Financial Services, Post Office Money comments on the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority Review into the personal current accounts market:
“Today’s report from the CMA is disappointing and misses the opportunity of making significant change to the current account market. After months of investigation it merely highlights problems that we have known for s
One in five Brits has sold items to an online international buyer for a profit in the past year and one in ten has purchased from an overseas seller for commercial purposes
Online importers and exporters expect substantial increases in trade in the next 12 months
Most items imported from Asia, while European Union countries are our top export partner
The boom in home-based businesses is hi
Post Office Money has announced an interest-free purchase period of 27 months for its Matched Credit Card – making it the best in the market for purchases.
The Matched Credit Card offers customers:
0% on purchases for the first 27 months.*
0% on balance transfers for 16 months. 2.98% fee applies and balance transfers must be made within 3 months of account opening
No cash fee to buy t
Tourist Essentials Costa Lot Less On The Spanish Mainland
Amount UK households have available to save (‘potential savings’) has increased by £124 in the last year – to £4,784* …but 13 million adults (26 per cent)** saved nothing over the last 12 months Eight million adults (17 per cent) have never saved at all Forecasts indicate the average amount available to save is expected to rise by 17 per cent by 2020 to £5,591 but many UK households are unlikel
Post Office Money has today launched a new range of competitive mortgage rates, as it continues its bid to become one of the UK’s leading financial services providers.
The new range of mortgage deals includes:
60% LTV 1.45% two-year fixed rate mortgage (£995)
60% LTV 1.15% two-year fixed rate mortgage (£1,995)
75% LTV 1.85% two-year fixed rate mortgage (no fee)
75% LTV 2.58% five-year f
Strength of sterling helps prices in long haul hotspots plummet by up to 41 per cent
Bali retains its best value rating for the third year running in the Post Office Travel Money Long Haul Holiday Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul)
Price of meals, drinks and other tourist staples fall in half of the 33 destinations surveyed – by 41 per cent in Penang
Tokyo has third cheapest tourist item
