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Revealed: Europe’s best value cities for a bargain break

Revealed: Europe’s best value cities for a bargain break

10 cheapest cities: Tirana, Katowice, Vilnius, Lisbon, Riga, Warsaw, Zagreb, Budapest, Bratislava and Krakow
Led by Tirana, Eastern European cities take nine of the best value top 10 places in 13th annual Post Office City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Lisbon is best in the West, breaking the Eastern stranglehold to take fourth place Strong pound boosts UK tourists’ buying po

Post Offices record highest amount of business cash deposits all year

Post Offices record highest amount of business cash deposits all year

Post Offices handled £1.03 billion in business cash deposits in August, the highest amount recorded so far this year, despite August traditionally being a quieter month for banking services Business cash deposits were up 2.2% month-on-month and up 23.5% compared with August 2020 as international travel uncertainty meant more cash spent locally at hospitality venues. Recent Post Office survey fou

Overspending hits record levels as two-thirds of tourists bust their budgets on holidays abroad

Overspending hits record levels as two-thirds of tourists bust their budgets on holidays abroad

All Inclusive trips are top choice but extras add hundreds to holiday costs
More than two-in-five UK adults are still planning holidays abroad in the coming months But past overspending means holidaymakers are likely to blow budgets by a record 40% according to the latest Holiday Spending Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidayspending) Over a third of those planning trips will go All Inclusi

Post Office Statement on Postmasters' appeals of historical convictions

Post Office Statement on Postmasters' appeals of historical convictions

The Post Office has today, 11 August 2021, formally responded to the Court of Appeal regarding 12 applications by former postmasters for permission to appeal their convictions in Post Office prosecutions between 2002 and 2013.
Post Office is supporting the applications in four cases and opposing six. In the two remaining cases an extension of time is being sought to obtain further information

Family Holiday Report names resorts where Britons can cut costs but reveals that prices can vary by up to 132% across Eurozone

Family Holiday Report names resorts where Britons can cut costs but reveals that prices can vary by up to 132% across Eurozone

Prices fall in over half the European resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money – with biggest falls in Marmaris, Turkey; Sunny Beach, Bulgaria and Paphos, Cyprus Algarve is cheapest of 11 Eurozone destinations but report reveals big cost variations Research reveals chronic overspending by 75% of families – with meals, drinks and kids’ beach extras helping to bust the budget by an average o

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