A quarter make impulse purchases on social media on a monthly basis, spending an average of £318 per user per year 65% had regrets about their purchases One in seven confess to ‘financial upgrading’ – buying something more expensive than they had planned Despite this, nearly half say social media has no impact upon their spending habits More than half fell short of their
26 January 2018
Post Office was delighted to be announced as the winner of the Diversity and Inclusion at last night’s (25th January) Employee Engagement Awards.
The awards, in association with People Insight, are the first and only global awards dedicated to employee engagement. They span 18 categories, covering areas such as unsung heroes to reward and recognition.
In 2017, Post Office
• New branch the first of 25 set to open in central London over next 12 months • Open 24 hours as part of a new convenience store, bringing flexibility to customers for mails, banking and online shopping • Expanding in central London to supplement existing Post Office branches and serve growing customer demand
Post Office Holiday Money Report identifies destinations where the holiday purse will stretch furthest in 2018 (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymoneyreport) • Sunny Beach, Bulgaria tops chart of 42 destinations for the first time • Japan is runner up and cheapest for long haul holidaymakers • Cape Town, South Africa and Porec, Croatia enter best value top 10
It was announced in the New Year’s Honours List that Alwen Lyons, former Company Secretary at the Post Office, is to receive the OBE in recognition of her commitment and contribution throughout a remarkable career spanning 33 years.
Alwen has held a number of key roles during her many years with the Post Office, culminating in her becoming the inaugural Company Secretary for Post Office
Biggest transformation programme in UK retail history results in Post Office making £13m profit in financial year 2016/17
£370 million Government investment will enable the Post Office to continue to grow and modernise its network and services
Post Office turnaround reducing its reliance on public funds
7,500 branches transformed since 2012, thousands of branches now open for longer and
• Prices drop in two-thirds of European family ski resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money and Crystal Ski Holidays (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) • Bansko has regained its position as the cheapest family ski resort • Bardonecchia is best value in Western Europe – almost half the cost in Wengen
Post Office has been recognised as the Best Foreign Exchange Provider at the British Travel Awards, building on last year’s silver award, while the business also scooped the second prize for its travel insurance – making it ten gold and silver awards for Post Office travel insurance over the last decade.
The British Travel Awards brings together a range of companies from across the travel indus
• Bargain-hunting Britons can save up to 65 per cent on designer labels and 51 per cent on toys in New York • Four-in-five of 150 Christmas gift surveyed by Post Office Travel Money cost less in New York than in London • Savvy shoppers can buy a Duty Free Dream Dozen family gifts and save 40 per cent
Post Office has won the accolades for Best Overall Personal Finance Provider, Best Travel Insurance and Best Variable Rate Mortgage Lender at the prestigious Personal Finance awards 2017.
• Properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow sell fastest – an average of 41 and 50 days, with Liverpool and Belfast taking the longest time, despite being affordability hotspots for first-time buyers • Nationwide, the time it takes to sell a home is decreasing with properties in Edinburgh and Stoke-on-Trent taking 25 per cent less time to sell since last year
• Riga is the best bargain of 10 European cities surveyed for a Christmas Market break (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasmarkets) • Costs are down year-on-year in five cities with double digit falls in Lille and Munich • Designer goods cost over 22 per cent less in Berlin than in London and savvy shoppers can save almost a third on an Apple iPad or Levis 501s in Riga
