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  • Official Opening of New-look High Road Hayes Post Office with Longer Hours

    - Ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by John McDonnell MP
    - Modern retail environment
    - Extended opening hours each day
    - Wide range of Post Office® services

    High Road Hayes Post Office, which has undergone a major refurbishment, has an official opening ceremony today, Friday 22 November.
    To celebrate the launch of the new style open-plan branch, Subpostistress Mrs Satvir Chee

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  • Sir Anthony Hooper appointed as independent chair of working group overseeing initial mediation scheme for Subpostmasters

    - Appointment part of Post Office’s commitment to addressing concerns raised by subpostmasters
    - Initial Mediation Scheme created to review cases
    Post Office has announced that Sir Anthony Hooper has been appointed as Independent Chair of the Working Group overseeing the Initial Mediation Scheme established to address the concerns raised by some subpostmasters regarding the organisation’s Ho

  • Post Office storm advice for homeowners

    - Following the disruption caused across the country by today’s storm, Post Office Insurance is on hand to help homeowners who have been impacted
    Following the disruption caused across the country by today’s storm, Post Office Insurance is on hand to help homeowners who have been impacted. Existinginsurance customers affected by the storms can contact the Post Office on 0845 073 1005 for assist

  • The Post Office welcomes WHSmith as proposed retail partner for 16 crown branches and announces next step in £70M high street branches investment programme



    - £70m investment being made in 300 Crown branches in town and city centres
    - Over 40 Crown branches to be modernised by Christmas 2013
    - Nine branches already modernised.
    - WHSmith confirmed as proposed partner for 16 branches


    The Post Office has today announced the next steps of its transformation plans and its proposals to modernise 300 Crown Post Office branches

  • National Express - Post Office partnership delivers unbeatable convenience

    - National Express and The Post Office have today joined forces to launch the sale of coach tickets at over 11,000 Post Office branches nationwide.
    National Express and The Post Office have today joined forces to launch the sale of coach tickets at over 11,000 Post Office branches nationwide.
    National Express tickets can now be purchased at Post Office branches across the country, allowing c

  • Hasty payments mean SME businesses strapped for time lose £billions

    - SMEs waste an average of £550 p.a. by failing to research business costs
    - Post Office® International Payments Inertia Factor Report indicates that funds collectively lost by SMEs top £2.64 billion a year
    - Fewer than two-in-five do competitive research to get the best deals
    - Nearly two-thirds make payments overseas but only 28 per cent research these and three-quarters incur charges b

  • Health lottery tickets available at all Post Office® branches

    - Health Lottery tickets will be available at over 11,500 branches
    - Players can collect winnings of up to £250 at any Post Office branch
    From today, the Post Office will sell Health Lottery tickets in over 11,500 of its branches across the UK.
    Customers wishing to take part in The Health Lottery will now be able to buy their tickets at all Post Office counters giving them not only the ch

  • Post Office statement in response to Government announcement on Royal Mail privatisation

    - Response to Government announcement on Royal Mail privatisation
    Kevin Gilliland, Network and Sales Director at the Post Office said:
    “The privatisation of Royal Mail is a matter for the government. The Post Office and Royal Mail are now separate businesses but continue to work closely together. We have a contractual agreement to provide services on behalf of Royal Mail for some years to c

  • UK Expats hit by poor exchange rate, rising prices and high cost of transferring funds



    - £228m wasted by 1.5m+ UK expats transferring money via UK banks
    - Annual losses of £000s when bank charges are added to exchange rates
    - Expat confidence remains low as living costs rise by an average of over eight per cent year-on-year
    - House values still falling in Europe: by over 25 per cent for a quarter of UK homeowners in Spain



    UK citizens living abroad

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