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  • Post Office Doubles Current Account Pilot Branches To 239



    - Post Office current account will be available in 239 branches across the UK by the end of September
    - Customers can service their accounts in over 11,500 branches, online or at one of the 40 mobile Post Office vans
    - Accounts can be opened with a minimum balance of £20
    - Customers will receive a £100 One4All gift card when they switch to a Post Office current account

  • All Inclusive Tourists Splash Out On Spa Treatments But Tighten Their Belts In European Resorts



    - Almost one-third of All Inclusive tourists paid extra for spa treatments costing £253m
    - But fewer holidaymakers on European trips will pay extra for food, drinks and web access
    - Post Office® All Inclusive Holiday Report found that at least 80 per cent of European All Inclusive resorts excluded branded drinks, bottles of wine, mini-bars and a la carte dining
    - B&B pac

  • Target Practice: Cost Of Living Causes UK Savers To Miss Goals



    - 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


    As

  • Scottish Families Tighten Their Belts To Avoid Budget Busting Holidays Abroad



    - As resort prices fall across Europe, Scots slash holiday spending by 30 per cent
    - Scots rate Turkey and Portugal best value - but Bulgaria is cheaper
    - Prices are down in 11 of 12 resorts surveyed – by 32 per cent in Sorrento, Italy


    As Scotland’s schools break up for the summer, the Post Office Travel Money® Scottish Family Holiday Report reveals that European reso

  • Parents To Splash Out Almost £500 Entertaining Kids This Summer



    - Over the six week period, parents will spend £492 entertaining their children – a 26 per cent increase on last year
    - On top of this, an average £119 will be spent on petrol and a further £106 on childcare
    - Summer worries: almost two thirds (58 per cent) of parents worry about the cost of entertaining their children
    - One in 10 would miss bill payments in order to cover cos

  • New Digital Community 'Hub' Launched By Allendale Post Office



    - Allendale Post Office is to become a physical and digital Community Hub for local residents and tourists
    - Winners of Post Office Community Enterprise Fund officially launch new in branch internet suite
    - Post Office, Northumberland Community Development Network, County Councilor, Parish Council and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership unite in comm

  • Amble Post Office Officially Opens New Digital Booth In Branch



    - 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 Commemorates First World War With Nationwide Touring Displays



    - 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

  • Happy Holiday Motoring As Fuel Prices Plummet Across Europe



    - Pump prices have fallen by up to 24p per litre year-on-year in European motoring holiday destinations(www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymotoring2014)
    - Biggest falls in France: 1,000 miles costs £45 less for unleaded, £47 less for diesel
    - Fuel costs least in Andorra and Luxembourg – both sub £1 litre for diesel
    - Diesel costs up to 27p per litre less than unleaded in Europe – b

  • Post Office Unveils Latest Mortgage Deals



    - Rate reductions across a number of fixed rate products


    Post Office has issued a fresh challenge to the mortgage market today with the launch of a range of competitive new mortgage rates. The deals highlight Post Office’s commitment to offering consumers an alternative to traditional high street lenders, with products to suit a variety of needs.
    The changes to the produc

  • Save Up To £110 With Post Office Home Phone and Broadband This June



    Post Office is giving Home phone and Broadband shoppers a boost this summer by saving them up to £110 when they sign-up for Home phone or any combined package* from today, 4th June, 2014.
    The new offer, which runs until 29th June, includes free connection, worth £60, where applicable** as well as £50 bill credit when new customers apply for both products.
    In addition, existing

  • New Generation Of Mobile Post Office Vehicles Shift Rural Lifeline Into Top Gear



    - 40 new vehicles provide walk-in post offices on wheels
    - Mobile branches serving over 250 locations a week across UK
    - New vehicles to cover half a million miles over coming year
    - Post Office “modernising to meet customers’ needs”
    - Modern, reliable service for customers


    Post Office has announced the roll-out its new fleet of mobile post offices, deploying 40

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