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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Post Office has over 11,500 branches across the UK, 97% of these are run with retail partners on an agency or franchise basis. 99.7% of the population live within 3 miles of a Post Office and 93% live within 1 mile. Along with a significant online business, we are the biggest retail network in the UK, with more branches than all the banks and building societies combined.

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