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Record amount deposited at Post Offices in June; business cash deposits exceed £1 billion for first time in over 18 months as consumers spend their cash after over a year of restrictions

Record amount deposited at Post Offices in June; business cash deposits exceed £1 billion for first time in over 18 months as consumers spend their cash after over a year of restrictions

Total value of cash deposits at Post Offices totalled £2.2 billion, up 17% compared with May (£1.89 billion). This is the highest amount ever deposited in a single month. Business cash deposits exceeded £1 billion for the first time since October 2019 and up almost 24% month-on-month (May 2021, £826 million). Increase in business cash deposits comes after new Post Office research found 70% of UK

Post Office Statement on Postmasters' appeals of historical convictions

Post Office Statement on Postmasters' appeals of historical convictions

The Post Office has today, 30 June 2021, formally responded to the Court of Appeal regarding 25 applications by former postmasters for permission to appeal their convictions in Post Office prosecutions between 2002 and 2012.
Post Office is supporting the applications in 10 cases and opposing 15 following careful consideration of each case by the Post Office Board, including the Court of Appea

Bude Head Postmaster Luke Francis

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

Postmaster Sara Barlow

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

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

Post Office response to Horizon IT inquiry moving to statutory footing

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.
“As I have said previously, Post Office will support and co-operate

Revealed: The destinations holidaymakers rate best value and the lowdown on those that actually offer the lowest prices

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

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

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