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Two iconic brands combine as M&S accepts Post Office One4all gift cards

Two iconic brands combine as M&S accepts Post Office One4all gift cards

Post Office One4all Gift Cards, the UK’s largest multi-retailer gift card, will be accepted at over 800 M&S stores across the UK making it the biggest high street retailer to join the scheme.
With so much to choose at M&S - homeware, clothing and food the Post Office One4all Gift Card will make the perfect present this Christmas, especially as M&S joins with 120 other leading retail

Head to the Baltic for a bargain Christmas Markets break

Head to the Baltic for a bargain Christmas Markets break

Tallinn is best value of 10 Christmas Markets cities surveyed in Europe – a third cheaper than Stockholm, the most expensive Designer goods cost less in seven of the European cities surveyed than in the UK – Munich and Budapest are over 10 per cent cheaper than London
Tallinn has emerged as the bargain choice for a festive shopping break in the Post Office Travel Money Christmas Markets Ba

Post Office becomes the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance

Post Office becomes the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance

Post Office has become the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance cover as part of its Travel Insurance offering.
The service will provide customers who experience flight delays of two or more hours with access to 650 lounges in over 300 airports*, allowing them to use their amenities and services while they wait for their flight. The service is free

MAJORITY OF POST OFFICE BRANCHES UNAFFECTED BY STRIKE ACTION ON 31st OCTOBER

MAJORITY OF POST OFFICE BRANCHES UNAFFECTED BY STRIKE ACTION ON 31st OCTOBER


 Business as usual for 50,000 people working in over 11,000 branches Post Office disappointed by strike action and committed to ongoing talks
 Changes needed to safeguarded Post Office services for the future Majority of Directly Managed branches open for business

The Post Office has said that 99 per cent of its network of 11,600 branches are open for business and unaffected by

MAJORITY OF POST OFFICE BRANCHES UNAFFECTED BY UNION’S CALL FOR STRIKE ACTION ON 31st OCTOBER

MAJORITY OF POST OFFICE BRANCHES UNAFFECTED BY UNION’S CALL FOR STRIKE ACTION ON 31st OCTOBER

Business as usual for 50,000 people working in over 11,000 branches Post Office disappointed by strike action and committed to ongoing talks In September’s strike nearly 99% of the network open for customers Changes needed to safeguarded Post Office services for the future Contingency plans will minimise disruption of industrial action
The Post Office has said the vast majority of its netwo

Rate of Sale: The average UK property takes 91 days to sell

Rate of Sale: The average UK property takes 91 days to sell

Properties in Bristol and Edinburgh sell fastest – an average of 51 and 53 days, respectively Homes in Swansea and Liverpool have the longest wait to be sold, with the typical property taking over 100 days to sell in both of the cities House price hotspots Brighton and London, have seen the sharpest increase in the typical time that properties spend on the market - taking more than 20 per cent l

UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

Fast on the heels of reports that sterling has slumped to a 31-year low against the US dollar comes news that purchases of foreign currency by UK holidaymakers are increasing rather than decreasing – suggesting a sustained appetite for overseas travel.In its latest Holiday Money Index, which surveys movemen

MAJORITY OF POST OFFICE BRANCHES WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY FURTHER INDUSTRIAL ACTION


Vast majority of Post Office branches are not involved in dispute Post Office disappointed by CWU call for strike In September’s strike over 98% of the network remained open Changes mean Post Office services are safeguarded for the future
The Post Office has reassured its customers that the vast majority of its network of 11,600 branches will remain unaffected by industrial action c

Families can save £000s on half term holidays by swapping destinations

Families can save £000s on half term holidays by swapping destinations

 Saturday 15 October 2016
European half term breaks could cost families £1,570 but that could more than double to almost £3,600 depending on resort choice Savings of over £4,000 to be made on family long haul trips Costa del Sol is the best bet for a budget half term holiday Swap the Canaries for Thailand as prices in Phuket beat those in Lanzarote
Families hoping to swap the UK

Post Office response to CWU and Unite comments on further industrial action

Post Office response to CWU and Unite comments on further industrial action

Mark Davies, Communications and Corporate Affairs Director at Post Office, said:
“We are disappointed that our unions are again talking about strikes when we continue to try to reach a constructive way forward through talks at Acas. We can reassure our customers that, if strikes go ahead, the vast majority of people working at Post Office branches would not be involved and almost all of our net

Skiers urged to head east where the pistes cost least

Skiers urged to head east where the pistes cost least



Bansko, Bulgaria is best value of 20 European ski resorts for the seventh year running Local price freeze makes Italian resorts cheapest in Europe’s ‘Big Four’ski countries Canada’s Banff trounces its competitors in the USA for transatlantic ski value

Cash-conscious skiers can avoid the slippery slope of higher prices for their annual downhill trip by heading to ski resorts in

Pa-rentals: Number of parent landlords on the rise

Pa-rentals: Number of parent landlords on the rise

 
Number of ‘parent landlords’ in the UK likely to increase in the coming years, with 1.4 million current and prospective owners of properties rented by their children One in 10 of those living in their parents’ property are allowed to live there free of charge, with only five per cent charged the rental market rate Parents are unable to let go of their offspring, with a quarter wanting

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