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  • Post Office Money opens up longer term low rates with fee-free 7-year fixed rate

    New seven-year fee free fixed rate, 75% LTV at 2.59% Market leading new rates at 85% LTV New rates feature cashback aimed at helping first-time buyers and reduced Help to Buy and Buy to Let rates
    Post Office Money Mortgages has today launched a new range of competitive mortgages, including its first ever seven-year fixed rate. The move follows demand from customers for longer term val

  • Forever renters: More than eight million expect to never own their own home

    8.5 million UK renters (40 per cent) say they will never be able to afford their own home Aspiring first time buyers expect to be 34 before they can afford to get on the property ladder Third of prospective homebuyers (30 per cent) see the deposit as the biggest barrier to homeownership UK adults expect to spend eight years saving for a deposit The recent Help to Buy ISA news will be a blow for

  • Cape Town leads the field in Long Haul Holiday Report

    Cape Town overtakes Bali to top Long Haul Holiday Report best value resort chart for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Tokyo remains third cheapest but closes the gap on Cape Town and Bali Local price cuts in 40 cent of resorts cushions the impact of the weaker pound Mexico and Peru lead Latin-American charge as Cancun and Lima hit top 10
    After three years at the top of the

  • 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

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