Post Office Committed To Essential Business Transformation Plans
- Post Office disappointed that people in Admin and Supply Chain vote Yes to CWU ballot on strike action
- Post Office disappointed that people in Admin and Supply Chain vote Yes to CWU ballot on strike action
- Half (49 per cent) of UK adults have concerns about the cost of their friendships - In the last year UK adults spent an average £158 on gifts for their best or closest friend - One in six (16 per cent) have used their overdraft to cover the price of a present - Four in ten (43 per cent) of 18-34s have lied about being busy to avoid the expense of celebrating with friends
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that essential parts of the UK retail banking sector lack effective competition and do not meet the individual needs of consumers.
- Post Office undertaking biggest transformation in UK retail history to become commercially viable and reduce reliance on public money - Post Office offering consolidated pay increases with additional lump sum payments - Any ballot will not include employees working in the Post Office’s over 11, 500 branches across the UK - Post Office offer of meeting with ACAS remains on the table
- Post Office building its role as key banking and payment provider at the heart of communities across the UK - Over 300 million cash withdrawals made at Post Office branches each year - 95 per cent of UK bank account holders can access accounts at any Post Office branch
- One in eight homes in the UK now use streaming services to watch television - Tablets and smart phones are now the go-to browsing devices in a third of UK homes - One in ten 18-24 year olds do not currently own a PC or laptop
- Post Office takes significant steps towards commercial sustainability, reducing dependence on the taxpayer
- Despite a fall in revenue and a decline in network subsidy of £10m, operating profit before exceptional items increased £13m to £107m
- Over 2,000 branches transformed offering 50,000 more opening hours at end March 2014 and more than 1,000 open on Sundays
- Post Office displays, commemorating the First World War, will travel to branches across the UK, starting today
- Venues include Oldham and Birmingham, home to two VC recipients
- Exhibition pays tribute to local communities whose bravery will never be forgotten – 75,000 GPO workers fought in the War and 8,500 were killed
- Remembers crucial role of women who took
- Drop & Go postage service offers discount on Royal Mail Medium parcels
- Drop & Go is a free, fast-track counter service available at more than 11,000 Post Office branches
- Customers can send Medium Parcels for the price of a Small Parcel during the promotional period
- Set to save start-ups and small businesses time and money
- Service available in more than 11,
- Savers fall short as one in five (20 per cent) miss their savings goals
- Average goal is £1,500 but most save over £500 less
- Men twice as likely as women (22 per cent vs. 10 per cent) to count on a bonus to meet their savings target*
- Cost of living cited as number one reason savers miss their target
- UK savers awaits the launch of the NISA on July 1st
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- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Grant launch internet booth to support local residents
- Mayor of Amble, Craig Weir, to perform opening ceremony
- Local residents invited into branch to make use of the new facilities and training sessions
Amble Post Office launched a new internet suite for local residents on Tuesday 10th June at 10.00am. Mayor of Amble, C
- Post Office launches centenary programme of events to mark 1914-18 war
- The displays honour the Post Office Rifles who served with distinction, and will appear in Post Office branches across the UK
- The exhibition pays tribute to local communities whose bravery will never be forgotten – 75,000 GPO workers fought in the War and 8,500 were killed
- Remembers crucial role of
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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