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Post Office increases balance transfer on its Credit Card

Post Office increases balance transfer on its Credit Card

- Zero per cent on balance transfers for the first 18 months
- New balance transfer deal could save customers an estimated £476
- Credit card continues to offer great benefits at home and abroad
Post Office today announces a new issue of its credit card which allows customers to transfer their balance without paying any interest for the first 18 months. By taking advantage of the new bala

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

Post Office's 20% Postage Discount with Fast-Track Drop & Go Service Extended as scheme proves a hit with customers

Post Office's 20% Postage Discount with Fast-Track Drop & Go Service Extended as scheme proves a hit with customers

- Post Office® provides fast-track pre-paid postage service at over 11,000 branches across the whole of the UK
- Special discount available to new and existing Drop & Go customers until October 20
- Discount of 20 per cent when sending selected small and medium inland parcels continues as number of customers signing up to service increases
Customers taking advantage of the Post Office

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

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

Post Office continues to cut mortgage rates

Post Office continues to cut mortgage rates

- Post Office continues to reduce mortgage rates across a range of fixed products
- Lowest two-year fixed rate deal is now 1.63%
- Post Office continues to offer customers some of the most competitive deals on the market with its latest raft of new mortgage rates.
The rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage (60% LTVThis stands for Loan to Value. It’s the amount of mortgage expressed as a

Long haul destinations sweep the board in fastest growing currencies summer chart

Long haul destinations sweep the board in fastest growing currencies summer chart



- Vietnam tops the list of long haul success stories for summer 2013
- Destinations ‘Down Under’ complete the top three Fastest Growing Currencies
- South Africa benefits from weak rand while Dubai scores in Middle East
- Russian ruble is sole European entry in Post Office® Travel Money top ten
- Sterling at five-year high against Turkish lira but currency sales have fallen

Postal affairs minister visits Scottish post office to mark 1,000-branch milestone in modernisation programme

Postal affairs minister visits Scottish post office to mark 1,000-branch milestone in modernisation programme

- Jo Swinson today visits Uddingston Post Office near Glasgow to mark the milestone of 1,000 branch modernisations in the Network Transformation scheme*
- Post Office transforming thousands of branches as part of £1.34billion investment programme
- Customers across the UK are benefiting from improved branches and longer opening hours
- Post Office also signs a seven-year extension to prov

Defining the Public Purpose of the Post Office

Defining the Public Purpose of the Post Office

- Post Office seeks views on public purpose
The Post Office has been providing essential services to communities from tiny villages to large cities for almost 400 years. With around 11,700 branches, the Post Office operates the largest retail network in the UK and 99.7% of the population is within three miles of a Post Office branch. Every week around 18 million customers visit a Post office br

Post Office's free fast-track Drop and Go service now available at over 11,000 branches - two week discount available to users of pre-paid postage service

Post Office's free fast-track Drop and Go service now available at over 11,000 branches - two week discount available to users of pre-paid postage service

- Post Office® provides fast-track pre-paid postage service at over 11,000 branches across the whole of the UK
- Special discount available to new and existing Drop & Go customers
- Discount of 20 per cent when sending selected small and medium inland parcels from 2-15 September*
The Post Office’s new Drop & Go pre-paid postage service is now available at over 11,000 branches acro

Post Office announces independent mediation scheme for subpostmasters

Post Office announces independent mediation scheme for subpostmasters

- Introduction of scheme part of Post Office’s commitments following findings of interim report into Horizon system
- Post Office committed to addressing concerns raised by sub-postmasters by reviewing their cases
The Post Office has today announced the introduction of an independent mediation scheme to address the concerns raised by some sub-postmasters regarding cases which they feel requi

0845 numbers costing UK consumers £1.3bn from their mobiles

0845 numbers costing UK consumers £1.3bn from their mobiles

- One in four consumers call 0845 numbers from their mobile
- One in ten wrongly believes that calls to 0845 numbers are included in their monthly free minutes
- A quarter blame high call rate numbers for unexpectedly high monthly bills
A new study released today by Post Office HomePhone and Broadband, reveals that consumers are spending £1.3billion pounds* each year by making calls to 08

Pay Day Countdown: 5 million workers face new monthly struggle

Pay Day Countdown: 5 million workers face new monthly struggle

- One in four workers say their finances have had a negative effect on their health
- 15 per cent run out of money on a monthly basis and rely on credit cards, overdraft and savings to see them through
- 17 per cent stop checking their current account at some point during the month
At the end of the month, many of us have just been paid and are feeling flush, however within three weeks fi

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