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20 November 2024 11:42

Brits Are Cashing In: Over 1 in 4 Are Turning Online Marketplaces into Money-Making Machines - Some Earning An Extra £400 a Month

Two-thirds of Brits are buying and selling from online marketplaces However, maintaining positive reviews is crucial as 40 per cent of buyers won’t make a purchase until they’ve checked the sellers’ reviews Top ways sellers are maintaining high ratings include getting packages shipped quickly and responding to enquires within the hour Post Office branches are a one-stop-shop for online sellers –

16 November 2024 08:00

Head to Bratislava for a Christmas Market bargain break

Bratislava beats Vilnius to rate as best buy for a Christmas Market break Prices fall in Krakow, Prague and Budapest but higher flight costs lead to rises in other cities Copenhagen and Vienna are the most expensive of 14 European cities surveyed
Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital city, emerges as the bargain choice in the 2024 Post Office Travel Money’s Christmas Markets Barometer1 (www.postoff

13 November 2024 10:18

Post Office plan to boost annual postmaster incomes by a quarter of a billion pounds in ‘New Deal’

Post Office Chair, Nigel Railton, has set out an ambitious five-year Transformation Plan for the Post Office to deliver a ‘New Deal for Postmasters’ that significantly increases their total annual income through revenue sharing and strengthens their role in the direction of the organisation.

11 November 2024 07:00

Cash transactions at Post Offices total £3.69 billion; highest amount since July

Post Offices handled £3.69 billion in cash deposits and withdrawals in October.

6 November 2024 12:15

SAVING FOR A SUNNY DAY: A third of Brits are saving for life’s pleasures instead of rainy days

Attitudes towards savings are shifting, with 30% finding saving money more exciting than it was five years ago. Nearly a third of Brits (29%) feel that saving for a "rainy day" is outdated, preferring to save for enjoyable experiences like holidays, new gadgets, or shopping. More than a third of Brits adopt a "you can't take it with you" approach, preferring to spend their money while they can.

1 November 2024 15:27

Horizon Shortfall Scheme – Post Office encourages current and former postmasters to apply

Post Office is writing to around 25,000 postmasters who have not yet applied to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
The Scheme was established by Post Office in 2020, following the settlement of the High Court Group Litigation, to provide redress to current and former postmasters who suffered past losses related to previous versions of the Post Office’s Horizon computer system, in what has become kn

30 October 2024 11:02

Post Office’s Operational Excellence Incentive delivers strong performance in first month

Post Office has distributed remuneration payments to postmasters through the Operational Excellence Incentive for the first time.

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