New £50 note featuring Alan Turing available at Bletchley Post Office
The local Post Office in Bletchley is the only place outside the City of London today where the new £50 note can be seen by members of the public.
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Bude Postmaster receives royal recognition for services to his Cornish communities
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Bude Head Postmaster Luke Francis for his service to Bude and the surrounding communities Patriotic Postmaster proudly receives British Empire Medal Luke involved in community events galore Numerous charities have benefitted from his fundraising initiatives
Luke Francis, Head Postmaster of Bude in Cornwall is to receive royal recognition for services -
Rainhill Postmaster receives royal recognition for Covid support group and care provided to disabled customers
Press Release – 11 June 2021
Rainhill Postmaster receives royal recognition for Covid support group and care provided to disabled customers
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Rainhill Postmaster Sara Barlow for services to the community and businesses of Rainhill British Empire Medal for chairing Rainhill Community Support Group and proactively caring for disabled customers Sara ha -
Business cash deposits up over 7% in May at Post Offices; personal cash deposits and withdrawals hold steady during one of wettest May’s on record
Total value of cash deposits and withdrawals at Post Offices totalled £2.49 billion in May, up on April (£2.45 billion) Business cash deposits in May totalled £824 million, up 7.2% month-on-month (£769 million, April 2021). In Scotland, business cash deposits were up almost 36% month-on-month (£68.7 million in May) Personal cash deposits exceeded £1 billion for the third successive month totallin
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Post Office launches major new campaign to ‘save our cash’
The Post Office has launched a major new campaign today calling on government and industry to work together to ‘Save Our Cash’.
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Post Office response to Horizon IT inquiry moving to statutory footing
Today (19 May 2021) Postal Affairs Minister Paul Scully updated the House of Commons that the Horizon IT inquiry will now have a statutory footing.
Nick Read, Chief Executive of the Post Office, said:
“There can only be closure for victims of the Horizon scandal by establishing a comprehensive picture of what went wrong.
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Revealed: The destinations holidaymakers rate best value and the lowdown on those that actually offer the lowest prices
Green listed Portugal scores on both counts as Holiday Money Report unveils the best bargain holiday hotspots and holidaymakers’ favourites
Portugal tops holidaymakers’ own good value ratings alongside Greece and Spain’s Costas, with Thailand the best placed long haul destination But Post Office’s global barometer of tourist costs reveals that Bulgaria is the cheapest, while Bali and V -
Post Office statement on Southwark Crown Court appeals
Southwark Crown Court today (14 May 2021) formally acquitted two former postmasters, referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), in uncontested appeals. The cases, from 2001 and 2006, were referred to the Court in January 2021 and relate to convictions in Magistrates’ Courts in which Post Office acted as prosecutor.
A Post Office spokesman said:
“Post Office sincerely is extreme -
Business cash deposits up almost 9% in April at Post Offices
Total value of cash deposits and withdrawals at Post Offices totalled £2.45 billion in April, in line with March (£2.44 billion) Business cash deposits in April totalled £769 million, up 8.8% month-on-month (£707 million, March 2021) as non-essential businesses re-opened on 12 April Personal cash deposits exceeded £1 billion for the second successive month totalling £1.07 billion, dipping 3.8% m
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Post Office statement on Historical Convictions – potential future appeals
Post Office said today that it is contacting people it previously prosecuted - mainly former postmasters - to assist them in potentially appealing their historical convictions. This follows an extensive review of relevant historical prosecutions brought by Post Office since 1999, which has been conducted by criminal law specialists, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP.
To date, a total of 45 his -
Post Office joins DEC Coronavirus appeal providing 11,500 branch locations where donations can be made
Post Office joins DEC Coronavirus Appeal which has been extended to provide urgent life-saving assistance in India
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BankHubs launch to provide communities with vital cash and banking services from their local Post Office
Two ‘BankHubs’ have opened as part of the Communities Access to Cash Pilots (CACP) initiative. The new centres in Rochford and Cambuslang will provide local customers with basic banking and cash services, as well as dedicated rooms where they can see community bankers from their own bank.
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