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Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office To Host Free IT Club For Local Residents

Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office To Host Free IT Club For Local Residents


- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Grant launch IT project to tackle isolation
- Mayor, Councilors, Town Crier and local library unite in community spirit
- Local residents invited to join the ‘WithIT’ group for help using the latest tablet devices and getting online

Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office is to launch a new IT club for local residents. On Monday 7th April

Batley Post Office Launches Homework Club With Mike Wood MP

Batley Post Office Launches Homework Club With Mike Wood MP


- Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Fund launch children’s homework club and IT facilities
- 48 children already registered to attend
- Mike Wood MP, local schools, Learn.org and subpostmaster unite in community spirit

Batley Post Office has launched a weekly homework club for local children who could benefit from additional support with their school work. On Sunday

Value May Be A Destination Decider - But UK Holidaymakers Overspend Abroad By 44 Per Cent

Value May Be A Destination Decider - But UK Holidaymakers Overspend Abroad By 44 Per Cent


- Only one-third of holidaymakers stick to their spending budget on overseas trips
- On a holiday spending budget of £552 the average overspend is £242
- But perceived value remains key to destination choice: Turkey and Spain score but France, Dubai and Italy get the thumbs down


Value for money may be the key factor in deciding on a destination for an overseas trip but

Post Office Commits to Community Banking

Post Office Commits to Community Banking

COMMUNITY BRANCH FUND
By applying to the fund, Subpostmasters will have the opportunity to make a case for funding to support the growth of their business and deliver benefits to customers to help the long-term sustainability of their branch. Every Community Branch will be able to apply to the Fund with investment being allocated on an individual basis
A focus for investment will be activity

Post Office To Widen Mortgage Distribution

Post Office To Widen Mortgage Distribution


The Post Office in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, its financial services partner, has today announced its intention to widen distribution through the Legal & General Mortgage Club.
The launch through the Legal and General Mortgage Club will initially be through its appointed representatives, before rolling out to their Nouveau and directly authorised brokers.
Post Office wil

Post Office Launches £20 Million Fund For "Last Shop" Branches

Post Office Launches £20 Million Fund For "Last Shop" Branches


Details of a £20 million fund aimed at building the businesses of crucial Post Office services in villages and remote communities have been announced.
The new Community Branch Fund is being created to help secure the long term future of branches which have become the crucial "last shops" in their area, offering millions of people unrivalled and easy access to services such as mails and hi

The Great Exchange Robbery: Airport Bureaux Are A Black Hole For Holiday Cash

The Great Exchange Robbery: Airport Bureaux Are A Black Hole For Holiday Cash

1.63m tourists waste over £21 million a year buying currency at UK airports
Families changing money at the airport lose an average of almost £13 – enough to buy three round of drinks in the Algarve or a snack lunch in the Costa del Sol
Airports in the South West, Midlands and North of England offer the worst deals

Things are looking sunny for UK tourists planning summer holidays abro

Europe Is A Bargain Hunters' Holiday Playground

Europe Is A Bargain Hunters' Holiday Playground

- Prices fall up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of European resorts since last spring
- Paphos registers thee biggest fall but Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach is cheapest of 20 resorts surveyed – overtaking the Costas and the Algarve
- Marmaris moves into second spot – after a 31 per cent surge in sterling’s value
- Resort costs are over a third cheaper than 2009 in the Costas and the Algarve

Post Office Launches Competitive New Mortgage Deals

Post Office Launches Competitive New Mortgage Deals


- Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London
- On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman
- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week

Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according to

Going Down the Drain: Birmingham Most Expensive City to Hire a Plumber

Going Down the Drain: Birmingham Most Expensive City to Hire a Plumber


- Plumbers in Birmingham are the most expensive to hire in the UK and twice as much as in London
- On average, Bristol is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a tradesman
- The research marks the launch of Post Office and Channel 4’s live ’24 Hour Property Challenge’ , which launches this week


Birmingham is the most expensive city in the UK to hire a plumber, according

Post Office Holiday Money Index

Post Office Holiday Money Index



Here is the Post Office’s first Holiday Money Index - an information guide on foreign exchange with expert commentary from the Post Office.

Post Office And Channel 4's Amanda Lamb Tackle First Ever 24 Hour Property Challenge Within A TV Advert

Post Office And Channel 4's Amanda Lamb Tackle First Ever 24 Hour Property Challenge Within A TV Advert



The Post Office will stage the first ever ‘24 Hour Property Challenge’, exclusively within Channel 4 ad time starting Monday 14th April 2014.
The TV campaign sees the Post Office team up with Channel 4 property presenter Amanda Lamb to meet three home finance and property related challenges in a series of fast turnaround ads; each solved in less than a day and played out within ad

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