Visitors from Kazpost, the Kazakhstani Post Office, on week long fact finding visit to the UK
Delegation from Kazpost visited East Finchley Post Office, one of three London branches run by Postmaster Elliot Jacobs
On Tuesday 8th August, a north London Post Office hosted a delegation from Kazpost, the Kazakhstani Post Office, as part of their visit to the UK to understand more about the UK
• Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing are best value in new Long Haul City Costs Barometer • The cost of eating out is lowest in Tokyo and highest in Singapore • Dubai is the cheapest of five cities with flight times of eight hours or less • Cultural sightseeing costs least in Washington DC but most in New York
• Pester power costs holidaymakers an average of £184 on trips abroad • Beach barometer names Turkey best-value for beach holiday items - under half the cost in the South of France (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyholidays) • Prices are down in six of the 15 resorts surveyed, despite weaker pound • Costa del Sol is cheapest in the eurozone for kids’ extras, meals and drinks
The 2017 Community Barometer has revealed that Post Offices and convenience stores are the nation’s favourite high street shops and services for the third year running. Kevin Gilliland, Chief Executive of Retail at the Post Office, welcomes the news.
Post Office Telecoms has now completed the acquisition of Fuel Broadband and is today welcoming 60,000 new customers.
New Post Office Money research shows FTBs travelling to new areas to find the home for them Southampton, Norwich and Nottingham are the UK’s most affordable cities for FTBs Despite nerves and financial pressure, FTBs still see home-buying as an exciting and joyful step towards independence Futurologists’ insights can help identify potential hotspots of tomorrow
Nick Kennett, Chief Executive, Financial Services & Telecoms, Post Office Ltd, comments on the FCA’s findings regarding the overdraft market as part of its review of the high-cost short-term credit market.
You may have seen some media reporting around fees related to using pre-paid cards while on your travels abroad. Here's the Post Office's advice on how to best use our Travel Money Card to avoid charges.
UK parents set to spend £6.2 billion entertaining their children over the summer break
Over half of parents (52 per cent) are worried about covering the cost of entertaining their children during the school holidays
A third (33 per cent) of parents spent more than they had budgeted for last summer
One in three (33 per cent) used a credit card to cover their increased spend last year
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• Post Office Network Transformation Programme awarded Customer Service Award at the World Post and Parcel Awards • Programme has delivered an extra 200,000 opening hours, over 4000 branches open seven days a week
• Fuel prices rise by up to 40 per cent year-on-year for unleaded petrol and 51 per cent for diesel in European motoring holiday destinations • Filling the tank costs least in Andorra and Austria while diesel is still sub-£1 in Spain • Diesel remains cheaper than unleaded petrol in all barring Switzerland and UK – with the biggest saving of 32p a litre in the Netherlands
In its latest Holiday Money Index measuring exchange rate movements and currency sales, Post Office Travel Money, which accounts for one-in-four of all UK transactions, says that strong currency sales in the first three months of 2017 provide encouraging evidence of a continuing appetite for overseas holidays.
Announcing year-on-year increases of 55 per cent increase in currency sales made onli
