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  • POST OFFICE CALLS ON UNIONS TO TAKE PART IN TALKS TO TAKE FORWARD ITS VITAL MODERNISATION PLANS

    Post Office ‘disappointed’ by call for industrial action but reassures customers that people working in 97 per cent of network not involved Contingency plans are ready to minimise any disruption Steady progress made in plans to ensure that Post Offices thrive for future generations
    The Post Office today called on the CWU and Unite to work with it to continue in its modernisation plans to s

  • POST OFFICE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH UNITE TO SECURE SERVICES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND URGES AGAINST UNNECESSARY INDUSTRIAL ACTION

    Post Office making steady progress in plans to ensure that Post Office branches thrive for future generations Should industrial action take place itwill not involve over 97 per cent of Post Office’s over 11,600 branches Post Office has contingency plans that will minimise disruption to services during industrial action 243 Unite members voted in favour of strike action


    The Pos

  • Holidaymakers get the Latin rhythm

    Costa Rica leads a Latin-American charge as summer currency sales surge by 84 per cent US puts on biggest growth among Post Office bestselling currencies top 10 Cities rated best-value in recent Post Office reports reap the benefit with a significant growth in sales of Hungarian forint and Polish zloty
    As a new term marks the end of the school holidays and the start of the winter sun season

  • Warsaw is the pound-stretching place for culture vultures planning an autumn break





    Polish capital is cheapest of 17 culture capitals Top notch arts attractions are a deciding factor for half of city break holidaymakers Performance and gallery prices are down in 7 cities including London and New York New York remains most expensive – but prices have dropped 38 per cent
    Culture vultures who want to save hundreds of pounds on the cost of a high brow city b

  • The Dog Days of Summer: August is the most popular month to insure a new pooch

    August seems to be the most popular month for people to purchase a new puppy, according to Post Office Pet Insurance data.*
    Sales data shows that people are six per cent more likely to take out pet insurance on a new puppy in August than in an average month, indicating that people are getting their new dog over the summer holidays.
    There is also a big difference between July and August, wit

  • POST OFFICE CALLS ON CWU TO WORK WITH IT TO PROTECT VITAL SERVICES FOR THE FUTURE

    Only half of CWU members voted in ballot for industrial action, 41 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action Any industrial action would not involve people working in over 97 per cent of Post Office’s over 11,600 branches Post Office has contingency plans to minimise disruption to services during industrial action Post Office must continue with its plans to ensure that Post Office bran

  • Post Office Annual Report Statement 2015-2016



    The Operating loss before subsidy more than halved from £57m to £24m Commercial turnover remained stable up from £976m to £981m Continued progress in the reduction of overall financial support required from government of £50m Over 6,000 branches now transformed, offering 200,000 extra opening hours every week and over 3,800 open on Sundays
    The Post Office today (2 August 2016) an

  • Election enthusiasts will find the US Capital cheapest for a city break as America gears up for the big vote


    Washington DC is cheapest for a three-night break in US City Costs Barometer Research into pre-election city break prices reveals Chicago costs hundreds more Survey comes as Post Office reports a 20 per cent rise in demand for the US dollar and latest ONS figures show a 15 per cent increase in UK visits to North America

    With three months of campaigning to go before the next US

  • POST OFFICE CALLS FOR CWU TO WORK WITH IT TO PROTECT SERVICES RATHER THAN BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION

    Ballot for strike action will not involve people working in over 97 per cent of the Post Office’s 11,600 branches No action has been called and Post Office has contingency plans place to minimise disruption to services if strike action takes place Post Office wants the CWU to meet with it at ACAS instead of calling for strike action
    The Post Office today said it was disappointed by the CWU

  • Pooch power exerts influence on high demand for UK holidays

    1.4m dog owners set to holiday in the UK because they want to take the family pet Poldark-power reigns: Cornwall pulls clear of Scotland as our favourite destination London is a big winner too: more will visit the capital this year and its iconic landmarks fill five of the top 10 places in a poll of the most visited cultural attractions But survey reveals £000s lost on theft, holiday curtailmen

  • Post Office launches talking cash machines

    The Post Office is introducing talking cash machines for blind and partially-sighted customers as part of an upgrade to its ATM network. The upgrade will take place over the next six to nine months.
    The speech enabled machines will allow customers to plug earphones into the machines and be verbally guided through their transactions. They will input their PIN and select the service they require

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