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  • POST OFFICE MONEY OFFERS TABLE TOPPING RATES

    Post Office Money bucks the trend by raising the interest rate on its Online Saver to 1.01% gross/AER* variable
    Post Office Money continues to provide some of the best savings rates on the market with table topping increases to its Online Saver rate of 1.01% gross/AER* variable. The new rate will be available online to customers from Thursday 5th January 2017.
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  • Where’s hot for holidaymakers in 2017?


    Destinations ranging from Chile and Costa Rica to the Baltic States and Denmark feature among Post Office Travel Money’s 10 holiday hotspots for 2017 Exchange rate uncertainty means UK tourists will do better to consider resorts where the low cost of living will make it cheaper for them New flight routes will fuel demand, says Post Office Travel Money

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  • Kevin Gilliland, Post Office’s Retail Chief Executive, awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List





    Kevin Gilliland, the Post Office’s Retail Chief Executive, is to receive royal recognition for his commitment to the business.
    It was announced in the New Year’s Honours List that Kevin, who started his Post Office career as a counter clerk almost 38 years ago, is to receive the OBE for his services to the Post Office and local communities.
    Kevin has played an integral role i

  • 40 million set to see in the New Year from the comfort of their home

    Big Night In’ trend continues with three out of four UK adults (78 per cent) opting to stay home One in six of us (17 per cent) spending the evening alone For those entertaining, damages from house parties will add £71 to cost of the evening 18-34 year olds are set to be the biggest New Year’s Eve spenders
    Over three-quarters of UK adults (40 million) expect to welcome 2017 in from the com

  • ​​Best Bargains for a New Year winter sun holiday abroad

    Post Office Travel Money recommends destinations kindest to the holiday purse
    Cyprus beats the Canaries to rate as the best value New Year holiday bargain Orlando is the cheapest long haul destination – despite the strong dollar Cancun is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul beach resort and the only destination where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
    Holidaymakers who wan

  • Post Office Money Travel Insurance flight delay assistance advice

    Earlier this year Post Office Money became the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance cover as part of its Travel Insurance offering.
    With tomorrow expected to be the busiest day for travelling and storm Barbara expected to cause some disruption to travel, Post Office Money Travel Insurance is advising customers who are eligible to register for fligh

  • Post Office Money offers storm advice to homeowners across the UK

    As the UK prepares to be battered by storm Barbara, Post Office Money Insurance is putting teams in place to provide help and advice to customers who may be impacted.
    Rob Clarkson, Managing Director Post Office Money Insurance said: We hope that Storm Barbara doesn’t cause too much damage, but we are getting ready to assist any customers if they need assistance over the Christmas period. We are

  • POST OFFICE REASSURES CUSTOMERS THAT 99 PERCENT OF 11,600 BRANCHES OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL TODAY

    FEWER THAN 40 BRANCHES CLOSED ALL BRANCHES WILL BE OPEN AS NORMAL ON 21, 22 AND 23 DECEMBER
    The Post Office is reassuring customers that nearly all Post Office its branches are open today, despite the strike action called by the Communication Workers Union.
    The Post Office has 11,600 branches around the country. The CWU’s call for strike action on 19 and 20 December involves fewer than

  • 99% of Post Office branches open despite strike action

    More than 11,500 Post Offices open for business as usual today – less than 50 closed Last postal dates will not be affected by action
    The Post Office is reassuring customers that nearly all Post Office branches are open today, despite strike action by the Communication Workers Union.
    Strike action was called at around 300 branches, but around 250 of these are open. Of around 1200 peop

  • VAST MAJORITY OF POST OFFICES WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS NEXT WEEK

    More than 97 per cent of Post Office branches will be open and not affected by strike action All Post Offices will be open on 21, 22 and 23 December Last postal dates will not be affected by action
    The Post Office is reassuring customers that the vast majority of its 11,600 branches will open for business as usual next week and that it is well prepared for strike action planned by the Com

  • Family skiing costs least in Kranjska Gora

    Kranjska Gora overtakes Bansko for the first time in 10 years to become best valuein the new Family Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) Early snowfall boosts bookings for Sestriereand Mayrhofen as local price falls help reduce the impact of a weaker pound French and Swiss resorts struggle to compete with Austria and Italy on price

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  • Christmas as usual despite CWU calls for strike action

    Strike action called in fewer than 300 branches, many of which will be open to maintain services for customers preparing for Christmas Post Office regrets unions’ refusal to agree way forward through talks, but confident disruption will be minimised Last postal dates will not be affected by action
    The Post Office is reassuring customers that it will be Christmas as usual in over 97 per cent

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