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Holiday Money Hoarders - Foreign cash stash held at home by Britons tops £3.5 billion

Holiday Money Hoarders - Foreign cash stash held at home by Britons tops £3.5 billion

Holiday Money Hoarders
Foreign cash stash held at home by Britons tops £3.5 billion
Post Office research shows that almost 23m Britons have leftover holiday money at home Over half of holidaymakers are holding currency averaging £155 each from past trips Men have far more cash stashed than women – an average of £188 compared with £117 Scots are the biggest hoarders with an average stash of

Two in five UK small businesses at risk of not successfully fulfilling EU-bound orders, warns Post Office

Two in five UK small businesses at risk of not successfully fulfilling EU-bound orders, warns Post Office

· Two in five small businesses admit they aren’t clear on the new rules for posting their goods to the EU, despite 70% being confident their business can navigate the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU
· Half of all small businesses with under 50 employees post to the EU on at least a weekly basis and 70% use Post Office services to get them there

· Post Office launches online customs d

Personal cash withdrawals and deposits up over 5% in December

Personal cash withdrawals and deposits up over 5% in December

Over £1.6 billion was withdrawn and deposited by personal customers at Post Office’s 11,500 branches in December. Over 5% (£91 million) more compared with November Personal cash withdrawals in December totalled £640.7 million, up 14% on November when much of the UK was in lockdown. Personal cash deposits totalled £978.6 million, up 1.3% on November Post Offices are open long hours throughout the

Parcels being sent to the EU countries must have custom declaration form attached warns Post Office

Parcels being sent to the EU countries must have custom declaration form attached warns Post Office

From Tuesday 29 December anyone posting a parcel to an EU country must attach a customs declaration form to their parcel in order for it to be sent New requirement, following UK exit from Customs Union, applies to anyone posting a parcel from England, Scotland or Wales to an EU country. Does not apply to anyone posting from Northern Ireland Around 45% of the total international parc

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