October Post Office cash deposits and withdrawals exceed £2.9 billion for second month running
Post Offices in October handled almost £3 billion in cash deposits and withdrawals continuing the strong performance seen in September.
Topics: Leisure
-
-
Holiday Money Index reveals pent up demand for USA and winter sunspots as Post Office currency sales climb steadily
The first Post Office Holiday Money Index of 2021 reveals pent-up demand for trips to the USA, which reopens to UK tourists from 8thNovember. Post Office Travel Money reports that US dollar sales surged by 142 per cent year-on-year in September and October. Although the biggest year-on-year sales increase of 3,009 per cent has been for the Icelandic krona, a host of winter sun holiday resorts now
-
Post Office’s crucial role with cash featured in new BBC programme about the journey of cash from Bank of England to a Post Office
Dom Delivers is a fascinating and entertaining new BBC1 daytime programme about logistics, with one episode highlighting Post Office’s crucial role in the journey of cash.
-
Turkey is best value for a half term trip
But families are advised to combine package costs with meal and drink prices in resorts abroad to find the best half term holiday bargains
Families will benefit from the buoyant pound on half term holidays as strong sterling brings prices down in most resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money Post Office reports rising foreign currency sales as traffic light changes fuel demand Turkey and P -
Cash deposits and withdrawals on course to top £3 billion a month at Post Offices
Post Offices in September handled almost £3 billion in cash deposits and withdrawals.
-
Post Office launches first ever loyalty scheme for parcel senders; incentivising additional footfall for Postmasters in run-up to Christmas
Post Office has launched its first ever loyalty scheme with financial rewards for users of its free, fast-track Drop & Go service.
-
Remote Scottish Post Office features in Murder Island – New Channel 4 TV Mystery
The remote Scottish Isle of Gigha was transformed into the setting for Channel Four’s new pioneering TV series, Murder Island
-
Revealed: Europe’s best value cities for a bargain break
10 cheapest cities: Tirana, Katowice, Vilnius, Lisbon, Riga, Warsaw, Zagreb, Budapest, Bratislava and Krakow
Led by Tirana, Eastern European cities take nine of the best value top 10 places in 13th annual Post Office City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Lisbon is best in the West, breaking the Eastern stranglehold to take fourth place Strong pound boosts UK tourists’ buying po -
Post Offices record highest amount of business cash deposits all year
Post Offices handled £1.03 billion in business cash deposits in August, the highest amount recorded so far this year, despite August traditionally being a quieter month for banking services Business cash deposits were up 2.2% month-on-month and up 23.5% compared with August 2020 as international travel uncertainty meant more cash spent locally at hospitality venues. Recent Post Office survey fou
-
Post Office customers can now collect parcels and letters using a free app for easier ID-verification
Post Office has today announced that customers can now collect parcels and letters from Post Offices using an app on their phone to show their ID
-
Post Office appoints new Non-Executive Director to Board
Post Office has appointed to its Board a new Non-Executive Director, Ben Tidswell.
-
Post Office partners with DPD to roll-out ‘Click and Collect’ services across the UK
A new agreement between the Post Office and DPD will see parcels delivered directly to its branches providing a quick and convenient location for people to collect their purchases.
-
Overspending hits record levels as two-thirds of tourists bust their budgets on holidays abroad
All Inclusive trips are top choice but extras add hundreds to holiday costs
More than two-in-five UK adults are still planning holidays abroad in the coming months But past overspending means holidaymakers are likely to blow budgets by a record 40% according to the latest Holiday Spending Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidayspending) Over a third of those planning trips will go All Inclusi -
Post Office Statement on Postmasters' appeals of historical convictions
The Post Office has today, 11 August 2021, formally responded to the Court of Appeal regarding 12 applications by former postmasters for permission to appeal their convictions in Post Office prosecutions between 2002 and 2013.
Post Office is supporting the applications in four cases and opposing six. In the two remaining cases an extension of time is being sought to obtain further information -
Record amount withdrawn at Post Offices in July – up 14% year-on-year as consumers continue to spend their cash
Post Office saw the highest ever amount of cash withdrawn from its 11,500 branches outside of the traditionally busy December period, according to the latest date from its Cash Tracker.
-
Leicester Postmaster Hemandra ‘H’ Hindocha celebrates 40 years’ Post Office service
Leicester Postmaster Hemandra Hindocha has celebrated 40 years’ service with the Post Office.
-
Family Holiday Report names resorts where Britons can cut costs but reveals that prices can vary by up to 132% across Eurozone
Prices fall in over half the European resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money – with biggest falls in Marmaris, Turkey; Sunny Beach, Bulgaria and Paphos, Cyprus Algarve is cheapest of 11 Eurozone destinations but report reveals big cost variations Research reveals chronic overspending by 75% of families – with meals, drinks and kids’ beach extras helping to bust the budget by an average o
-
Post Office welcomes Government funding to be able to make interim payments for overturned convictions in ‘Horizon cases’
Post Office today welcomed the Government’s announcement of funding support to be able to expedite interim payments of up to £100,000 for individuals whose convictions have been overturned where Horizon evidence was essential to the prosecution.
The payments will be offered whilst final compensation arrangements are established.
Post Office Chief Executive, Nick Read, said:
“Ensuring -
Post Office statement on historical prosecutions
The Court of Appeal today (19 July) formally overturned twelve convictions in cases prosecuted by Post Office between 2002 and 2012. The Post Office supported the appeals.
Fifteen other appeals, opposed by Post Office, have been referred to a single judge to decide whether the Court will grant permission to appeal.
A Post Office spokesperson said:
“Post Office is sincerely sorry for pa -
Post Office sets up Travel Support Scheme for branches impacted by continuing travel uncertainty
Post Office has set up a Travel Support Scheme for branches impacted by the continuing travel uncertainty as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Show more
Loading...