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  • Post Office Trials New Home Shopping Returns Drop Off Points At Over 150 New Locations

    - New Drop Off points used to return home shopping via Royal Mail Pre-Paid Returns service - This is in addition to the 11,500 branches already operating this service offering new customers access to the growing need for the service - Almost three quarters (71 per cent¹) of online shoppers say Post Office branches are their preferred returns point

  • Street Performers in Edinburgh Celebrate Sundays with the Post Office

    Dozens of street performers in London, Edinburgh and across the UK, took to the streets this weekend to help the Post Office celebrate its Sunday openings by performing the Commodores’ smash hit Easy (like Sunday Morning).
    42-year-old performer Jules Maxine from Edinburgh, who took part in the campaign, said: “What is not to love about Sundays, my husband and I used to run a hotel and Sunday w

  • Post Office Annual Report Statement 2013 - 2014



    - Post Office takes significant steps towards commercial sustainability, reducing dependence on the taxpayer
    - Despite a fall in revenue and a decline in network subsidy of £10m, operating profit before exceptional items increased £13m to £107m
    - Over 2,000 branches transformed offering 50,000 more opening hours at end March 2014 and more than 1,000 open on Sundays


  • Post Office launches Advisory Council to support transformation

    - Search for Advisory Council members to influence Post Office future
    - Advisory Council to involve voices of customers, communities and organisations from across UK

    The Post Office, which is currently undergoing the biggest transformation in its 370 year history, has announced the launch of a new Advisory Council which will engage with people interested in helping influence the future o

  • UK parents to spend £135 million on baby's first Christmas

    - Parents spend an average of £166 on each child under one year this festive season
    - But over half of parents think it’s unnecessary for others to splash out on their newborn
    - Almost one fifth of parents exchange gifts and spend the money on themselves
    - Thirty-two per cent of parents prefer to receive a contribution to a savings account in place of material gifts

    As we approac

  • Post Office's 20% Postage Discount with Fast-Track Drop & Go Service Extended as scheme proves a hit with customers

    - Post Office® provides fast-track pre-paid postage service at over 11,000 branches across the whole of the UK
    - Special discount available to new and existing Drop & Go customers until October 20
    - Discount of 20 per cent when sending selected small and medium inland parcels continues as number of customers signing up to service increases
    Customers taking advantage of the Post Office

  • Post Office's free fast-track Drop and Go service now available at over 11,000 branches - two week discount available to users of pre-paid postage service

    - Post Office® provides fast-track pre-paid postage service at over 11,000 branches across the whole of the UK
    - Special discount available to new and existing Drop & Go customers
    - Discount of 20 per cent when sending selected small and medium inland parcels from 2-15 September*
    The Post Office’s new Drop & Go pre-paid postage service is now available at over 11,000 branches acro

  • Post Office rolls out new Drop & Go postage service across UK

    - Drop & Go offers a fast-track postage service as research reveals a third of adults sell items on eBay
    The Post Office has today announced the national roll-out of its Drop & Go service, which offers business customers and internet power sellers a fast track pre-paid card service when sending mail at over 10,000 branches.
    Drop & Go has been launched in response to the ever-grow