- Easy-to-use function developed by Post Office to help people to Be A Hero by donating to BBC Children in Need ahead of November 14 appeal night - Users Tweet @PostOffice with #MakeMeAHero hashtag and receive direct message with link to donate
But Employees Can Make Sterling Work Harder For Leftover Holiday By Avoiding Christmas Getaways • Post Office Travel Money research shows £5.37bn of paid leave is unclaimed annually • Around half of UK employees lose an average of six days paid holiday a year
Post Office has today launched six market-leading mortgage deals. The new products include a two year fixed deal at 60% LTV at a rate of 1.54% (£1,995 arrangement fee), as Post Office enters the current rate fray.
- Post Office building its role as key banking and payment provider at the heart of communities across the UK - Over 300 million cash withdrawals made at Post Office branches each year - 95 per cent of UK bank account holders can access accounts at any Post Office branch
- Maximum Size for Royal Mail’s Small Parcel format to almost double - Festive Price promotion comes into effect at Post Office branches on Monday 20th October means a saving of £1 on Second Class Small Parcels weighing between 1kg and 2kg
- European winter sunspots outperform most long haul rivals to grab best value rating - Costa del Sol is cheapest but Bali squeezes in front of the Algarve to take second place - Sri Lanka and Tobago boast biggest barometer falls for families on a half term break
- Tourists can get travel cash ‘on the go’ and calculate holiday prices with new Mobile App - Prices for Holiday Costs Barometer tourist staples available for 20 top destinations
- Parents expect to spend £2291 on keeping their children amused over half term - Week of woe: Nearly two thirds of parents (62 per cent) are worried about covering the costs - A third (31 per cent) will dip into their savings and 22 per cent plan to work overtime to make up the shortfall
- 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
- One in eight homes in the UK now use streaming services to watch television - Tablets and smart phones are now the go-to browsing devices in a third of UK homes - One in ten 18-24 year olds do not currently own a PC or laptop
- Bali and Cape Town remain best value of 34 destinations surveyed for the Post Office Long Haul Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul2014) - See-sawing local prices mean big gains for tourists visiting Tamarindo, Costa Rica; Tokyo and Mauritius but sharp resort rises in Dubai, Antigua and Hoi An, Vietnam - Local prices rise in 63 per cent of resorts but sterling cushions the impact
- Pre-paid funeral plans provide customers aged over 50 with certainty over funeral costs - Plans allow customers to pay a minimum of £150 a month towards the cost of their funeral
