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23 May 2015 00:01

Balearic Islands Rated Top Value As Families Tell Post Office: Resort Costs Are Their Holiday Destination Decider

Low resort costs decide the holiday destination for nine-in-ten of parents - according to new research by Post Office® Travel Money Balearic Islands top list of good value destinations – but Turkey and Croatia lose ground Only 25 per cent of parents stick to their budget while over half bust it by 30 per cent
Resort costs for meals, drinks and other tourist staples rate alongside transpor

22 May 2015 00:01

Budapest Is Best Value for City Break Celebrations

Drinks cost half as much in Budapest as in seven other top cities popular for celebration city breaks Amsterdam and Ibiza are cheapest bets away from Eastern Europe Dublin is most expensive of 10 surveyed by Post Office® Travel Money
Growing numbers of trips to European cities to mark a wedding, birthday or anniversary help explain why city breaks have overtaken beach holidays as the top ch

24 April 2015 00:01

Holidays Costa Lot Less In Eurozone Resorts - But Can’t Match Bulgaria’s Bargain Basement Prices Post Office® Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer reveals best value summer hotspots

Resort prices fall across Europe – except in inflation-hit Turkey The biggest year-on-year fall of 22 per cent is in the Algarve, cheapest in the eurozone But Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach emerges cheapest of 14 resorts surveyed Powerful pound means prices have plunged by as much as 44 per cent in just two years
Almost three months after hitting a seven-year high, sterling is still holding strong

22 April 2015 10:00

Combien? Cuánto? Wie Viel? Quanto? Hoe Veel?

How Much? - Post Office Travel Money Launches
Free Currency Converter App
For New Apple Watch
UK’s No 1 Travel Money provider launches Free App to help take the effort out of checking overseas prices for travellers Currency converter and live daily rates enable tourists to see how much something costs instantly, even when offline Buy-back rates added to calcu

17 April 2015 00:01

THE COST OF MOVING HOME INCREASES BY MORE THAN HALF IN THE LAST DECADE

The additional costs of moving home have increased by more than half over the last 10 years and are now £11,894 Prospective home buyers expect to spend only £6,895 – with 84 per cent underestimating the cost of moving Estate agency fees increase by 61 per cent over the last decade –while house prices have risen by 39 per cent on average These costs are on top of the £90,889 the average buyer nee

7 April 2015 12:00

POST OFFICE MONEY LAUNCHES CURRENT ACCOUNT APP

App available to download for free now via App Store or Google Play Users can make payments and check account balance on the move
Post Office Money today launches its new Current Account app, allowing customers to manage their money on the move.
From today, the Post Office Money Current Account app is available to download for free via the App Store and Google Play. Customers who are r

2 April 2015 14:21

POST OFFICE MONEY LAUNCHES MARKET-LEADING MORTGAGE DEALS

Post Office Money’s latest mortgage range includes market-leading fixed rate and Help to Buy deals Deals mark its commitment to becoming a top five financial services provider by 2020 by offering competitive products
Post Office Money continues to shake up the mortgage market by today announcing the launch of several new deals.
The new deals include:
60% LTV 1.75% three-year fixe

2 April 2015 11:00

POST OFFICE BECOMES THE LARGEST UK RETAIL NETWORK TO ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS CARDS

With over 11,500 locations the Post Office will be the largest UK retail network to accept American Express credit cards Post Office offers the largest contactless payment option in the UK, benefiting its 17 million customers a week
The Post Office today announces it will now accept American Express Cards in all of its 11,500 branches making it the largest UK retail network to do so.
Th

1 April 2015 16:28

POST OFFICE MONEY LAUNCHES NEW HOME INSURANCE PRODUCT FOR THE OVER 50s

Brand new over 50s Home Insurance product from Post Office Money, rated 5* by Defaqto^ Offers a guarantee to beat customer renewal quote by at least £50^ Competitive features mark Post Office Money’s intention to become one of the leading financial services providers by 2020
Post Office Money announces the launch of its brand new 5* Home Insurance for the over 50s available in branch. This

28 March 2015 00:01

Capital Gains: Europe’s Best Cities For A Pound-Stretching Break

Prices fall in three-quarters of cities surveyed as strong pound boosts spending power across Europe (postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Budget Budapest is the only bar to a Baltic States clean sweep Athens is Western Europe’s cheapest city – undercutting Lisbon Prague drops down table but is still cheapest for meals and drinks
City breaks have already overtaken be

26 March 2015 09:50

THE AVERAGE UK ADULT VALUES THEMSELVES AT £158,543

The average UK adult estimates their financial worth at £158,543 UK adults’ net value triples during their 40s Over 60s say they are worth more than £250,000 Men estimate their net value to be £60,000 more than women (£165,700 vs. £104,700) Bristol residents have the highest average financial worth (£308,219)
The average UK adult estimates that their financial worth is £158,543*, according

10 March 2015 10:34

Post Office Mediation Scheme Update

The Post Office today announced that it has completed its investigations into complaints from 136 postmasters concerning the operation of the Post Office's Horizon computer system.
Horizon has around 78,000 users across 11,500 Post Office branches and processes more than six million transactions every day. Nothing has been found in any of the cases to suggest Horizon has not worked as it should

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