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15 May 2019 09:44

Payday splurge: Brits double their daily spending on payday Post Office and CEBR reveal UK adults ‘unconsciously spend’ more than £900 of their potential savings every year

-Non-essential spending doubles on payday for a third of Brits (32%)
-Brits spend £56 on non-essential spending on payday and £17 a week on unplanned purchases
-When socialising, those living with housemates face the biggest temptations, spending £132 each week
-Iona Bain from Post Office Money’s Save More Squad provides tips to help people review their personal spending habits and ways

8 May 2019 07:00

Nearly half of UK workers have never checked their personal tax account

46% of UK workers have not used the free online service that can be used to easily track how much tax you’re paying, claim a rebate and even how much your state pension will be Almost a third (29%) would like to have a better understanding and management of their personal tax matters
Nearly half (46%) of UK workers have never checked their personal tax account (the GOV.UK digital service all

6 April 2019 00:01

Holiday costs fall across Europe

13th annual Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer reveals
the best value summer hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaycosts)

Sunny Beach, Bulgaria remains Europe’s best bargain – prices are down 10.7 per cent
The Algarve is cheapest in the eurozone – less than half the price in Sorrento
Prices have dropped year-on-year in three-quarters of resorts, with the biggest fall

15 March 2019 12:59

POST OFFICE RESPONSE TO JUDGMENT IN THE FIRST TRIAL OF GROUP LITIGATION ORDER

Friday 15th March 2019
Today, the Honourable Mr Justice Fraser has published his judgment on the first trial of a Group Litigation Order brought against Post Office. The purpose of this trial was to set out how the contracts between Post Office Limited and postmasters should be interpreted. This is the first of four expected trials looking at claims from a number of mainly former postmasters, m

9 March 2019 00:01

Capital gains revealed: Post Office names the European cities where sterling will stretch furthest

Best value city breaks top 10: Vilnius, Belgrade, Warsaw, Istanbul, Bucharest
Porto, Riga, Bratislava, Moscow and Prague, Porto is the only Western city to break Eastern Europe’s stranglehold in this year’s City Costs Barometer top 10 (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Emerging cities Vilnius and Belgrade are cheapest by far in 2019 survey of 48 cities Report finds that prices have fallen in tw

18 February 2019 15:13

Post Office CEO Paula Vennells leaving to chair Imperial Health Trust

Post Office has announced that Group Chief Executive Paula Vennells CBE is to step down to take up the role of Chair of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Ms Vennells joined the Post Office in 2007 and became its chief executive on separation from Royal Mail in 2012.
She has led a dramatic turnaround of the business. Losses of £120m in 2012/13 have been transformed to £35m profit in 2017

14 February 2019 10:52

Post Offices expands International Driving Permit services to 2,500 branches across the UK

The Post Office has announced that from today (1st February 2019) around 2,500 Post Office branches across the UK can provide International Driving Permits to UK travellers intending to drive abroad.
There are three versions of International Driving Permits, each supported by a different convention, which cover over 100 countries around the world, with the documents costing £5.50 each.
Previ

13 February 2019 09:43

Post Office and CEBR reveal potential savings opportunity of £5,950 per household*

26 January 2019 00:01

Holiday Hotlist 2019

If you’re looking for holiday inspiration for the year ahead look no further as Post Office Travel Money today reveals its Holiday Hotlist for 2019. Together with Airbnb, we’re showcasing some examples of unique accommodation available in each destination to get your imagination fired up.

The Post Office Travel Money Holiday Hotlist 2019 was selected by considering a number of decision-maki

12 January 2019 00:01

Price falls abroad will help holiday budget stretch further

13th annual Post Office Holiday Money Report reveals the best 2019 holiday hotspots for bargain hunters (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymoneyreport)
Prices plummet by up to 21 per cent in almost half of resorts and cities surveyed for the Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer - biggest falls in Singapore and St Lucia Bulgaria, Turkey and the Algarve are rated best value among 42 destinations So

27 December 2018 00:01

Best bargains for a New Year winter sun holiday abroad

Post Office Travel Money advises where to get ‘more bang for your buck’
Cyprus and Canaries top the chart for best value New Year holiday bargains
Orlando is the cheapest long haul destination – despite the strong dollar
Bali is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul beach resort and the only place where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
An overload of too much turkey and

19 November 2018 09:57

Head East for the best value Christmas Markets breaks

• Riga remains the lowest priced city for a Christmas Markets break - 44 per cent cheaper than Copenhagen, the most expensive of 10 surveyed in Europe • Designer goods cost less in five of the European cities surveyed than in London – Lille offers the biggest savings of over 13 per cent for 10 top gift items while individual items can cost as much as 48 per cent less

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