Post Office Media

19 March 2022 08:00

Revealed: the world’s best value holiday hotspots and the destinations already proving popular with Britons in 2022

37% price fall makes Turkey cheapest of 36 destinations surveyed in Post Office’s global barometer of tourist costs – beating Bulgaria to the top spot for the first time Bulgaria may prove a more popular choice, as its currency outperforms the Turkish lira and joins Mexican peso in Post Office 10 bestselling currencies for the first time South Africa is best value long haul, while Orlando enters

8 March 2022 07:00

Personal cash withdrawals up over 3% month-on-month despite impact of Storms Dudley and Eunice

Personal cash withdrawals over Post Office counters totalled £650.5 million in February. Up 3.2% month-on-month

Postmaster Omar Nasir alongside local MP Anum Qaisar and MSP Neil Gray at the official opening

4 March 2022 16:39

New Post Office alongside extensive retail offering opens to delight of local community in Allanton, North Lanarkshire

Post Office continues to demonstrate its commitment to providing convenient access to its services and to working in partnership with successful retailers with the opening of a new Post Office in Allanton, Shotts, North Lanarkshire.

4 March 2022 10:10

Post Office supports the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine humanitarian appeal

The Post Office today announces that anyone who wants to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) fundraising campaign to help refugees from Ukraine can do so at a Post Office.

14 February 2022 07:00

Post Office statement on the Horizon IT Public Inquiry evidence sessions

A Post Office spokesperson said:
“The Post Office is sincerely sorry for the impact of the Horizon scandal on the lives of victims and their families and we are in no doubt about the human cost.
“The Inquiry’s hearings enable many of those who were most deeply affected by Post Office’s past failings to voice their experiences and their testimonies must and will ensure all lessons are learned

13 February 2022 14:13

Righting the wrongs of the past - An Opinion Editorial by Nick Read, Chief Executive of Post Office

Today (Monday 14 February) the oral hearings begin at the public inquiry led by Sir Wyn Williams into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Sir Wyn will hear first-hand testimony from Postmasters whose lives have been deeply affected by this scandal.
For the postmasters concerned, giving this evidence will be hard. They have already endured much. There will be difficult memories to raise. There w

11 February 2022 08:30

Who said romance is dead?! – Two-thirds say Valentine’s Day is more important than ever as Britain’s most romantic Post Offices announced

Half of Brits agree that giving meaningful gifts to loved ones has become more important since the pandemic. Over a quarter of people like or love Valentine’s Day, with 16–24-year-olds liking it the most (43%). However, gone are the days of singletons sending a card to their Valentine’s crush. Britain’s most romantic Post Offices announced which include a bar, high-end florist, and chocolatiers

8 February 2022 11:30

New figures show Scotland’s communities and businesses increasingly supported by Post Offices amid bank branch closures

In 2021, total cash deposits and withdrawals by business and personal customers at Scotland’s 1300 Post Offices rose to a total of [£2.41bn], up 11% per cent compared with [£2.18] bn in 2020.

7 February 2022 10:54

Cash deposits up almost 50% at Post Offices compared to last year when country was in lockdown

Cash deposits at Post Offices were up almost 50% in January compared with a year ago.

Trussell Trust food bank collection by volunteers

7 February 2022 08:52

Revealed: Two in five Brits forced to make impossible decisions between buying food and paying other household bills

In the last year, 38% of people have had to make the decision between buying food versus other household bills such as heating 38% of Brits have reduced spending on either food, essential household items or utilities in the last 3 months - and 75% of these people have done so as a result of the increased cost of living 76% of people who reduced their spending on food and essentials are also wor

Postmaster Umesh Sanghani and his wife Rashmita outside Dedworth Green Post Office

7 February 2022 08:37

Post Offices roll out new 50p coin, marking Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Post Offices across the UK are rolling out the new 50p coin from today (7 February), marking Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

31 January 2022 09:54

Post Office announces continued ‘lifeline’ for businesses and communities that rely on cash with new banking agreement

Post Office has today announced that it has secured the continuation of an agreement to handle bank account cash deposits and withdrawals for a further three years – ensuring a continued ‘lifeline’ for the millions of people and small businesses nationwide that rely on cash.

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