Post Office Ltd prepares to enter mobile phone market
The UK’s Post Office Ltd is set to enter the mobile phone market this autumn, in partnership with network provider EE.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd cost-cutting helps profits, but not sales
Britain’s Post Office Ltd cut its dependence on state subsidies last year, with underlying operational profits up 14%, but revenue was down across the board.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd facing “serious” disruption over union pay demands
Britain’s Communication Workers Union is threatening serious disruption to the supply of equipment and cash to post offices across the UK.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd facing strike action this week
Britain’s Post Office is facing possible strike action later this week, in the middle of the pre-Christmas rush.
View ArticleMPs lose faith in Post Office Ltd’s subpostmasters mediation scheme
Members of the UK’s Parliament who have been fighting the case for subpostmasters caught up in Post Office IT problems have denounced the company’s mediation scheme.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd rebrands financial services in bid for market share
The UK’s Post Office Ltd has rebranded its financial services as Post Office Money.
View ArticleEU approves £640m in State Aid for Post Office Ltd
The European Union’s executive branch has approved £640m in state funding to support the UK’s post office network over the next three years.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd set to provide more services for banks
Britain’s Post Office Ltd is in talks with the banking industry with the aim of standardising banking services provided through post office branches.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd enters mobile phone market with Pay As You Go service
Britain’s Post Office Ltd has entered the mobile phone market with the launch of its first Pay As You Go phone service.
View ArticleUK postmasters’ federation favours 15-year Post Office Ltd funding deal
The UK’s National Federation of Subpostmasters has said its members are "overwhelmingly" in favour of a new deal that will see the trade association funded by Post Office Ltd.
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View ArticleUK Post Office pilots new customer flow systems
The Post Office is to benefit from valuable management information acquired by piloting new customer flow management (CFM) systems from Qmatic to help improve customer service.
View ArticleUK watchdog criticises shortcomings of Post Office “Locals”
UK watchdog Consumer Focus has issued a new report highlighting "unresolved problems" in proposals to update and streamline British post offices.
View ArticleWatchdog calls for UK’s Post Office to offer credit union banking
UK consumer advocates Consumer Focus are today calling for credit unions to offer their financial services through Post Office Ltd retail counters.
View ArticleTalkTalk partners Fujitsu to create Post Office phone and broadband network
Talk Talk and Fujitsu partner up and provide a next generation network platform for Post Office branches in the UK.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd being forced into “unsuitable” business, says pamphlet
The UK government is forcing the Post Office Ltd network into an "unsuitable" business model, according to a white paper highlighted by the Communication Workers Union.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd in Europe’s largest contactless payment rollout
The UK's Post Office Ltd is to install contactless payment terminals across its network of more than 11,500 branches from next week.
View ArticleThe week that was: 1 June 2012
Rounding up the biggest stories of the week as reported on Post&Parcel, including Deutsche Post's state aid demand, the latest on US postal reform and FedEx expansion plans...
View ArticlePost Office Ltd appoints Alasdair Marnoch as Board member
The UK's Post Office Limited has appointed experienced finance director Alasdair Marnoch as as new non-executive member of its Board.
View ArticleNew NFSP president will fight for Post Offices
BHAVNA Desai, the new president of the National Federation of SubPostmasters, has pledged to fight for a stronger Post Office network.
View ArticleRoyal Mail Group financial year results 2012 shown retail operations...
Royal Mail Group issued its financial results for the year ended 25 March 2012 on Friday. These include performance details for Post Office Ltd prior to its separation from the rest of the Group.
View ArticlePublic benefit in mutualising Post Office, say UK ministers
The UK government has concluded that Post Office Ltd employees should become owners of the organisation under a mutualised structure.
View ArticleMPs warn restructuring could “erode the ethos” of Post Office network
Members of Britain's House of Commons have expressed "serious concerns" over current plans to modernise the Post Office Ltd network.
View Article“Important corner has been turned” at Post Office Ltd, states report
The Post Office Ltd network is stronger now than it has been for years, according to the company's first annual report issued following independence from Royal Mail Group.
View ArticleThe week that was: 20 July 2012
Summing up the biggest stories of the week on Post&Parcel, with Royal Mail's price cap extended, DHL opening a MegaHub in Hong Kong and FedEx facing a billion-dollar bidding war for a postal...
View ArticlePost Office Ltd extends Bank of Ireland alliance to 2023
The Bank of Ireland said today it has signed definitive agreements with the UK's Post Office Ltd to extend and enhance their retail banking partnership through to 2023.
View ArticlePost Office bid to become mortgage heavyweight in UK
The UK's Post Office Ltd is introducing specially-trained mortgage specialists into its branches to take the next step in growing its mortgage business.
View Article500,000 signatures call for Post Office Ltd to retain DVLA work
Postmasters in the UK have gathered half a million signatures in the first two weeks of a campaign demanding the government award a "vital" contract to Post Office Ltd.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd agrees retail partnership with HSBC
Britain's Post Office Ltd has won another contract to extend the range of banking access it can provide in post offices.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd completes board line-up
Post Office Ltd has completed the line-up on its board with the appointment of former Co-operative Bank chief operating officer Tim Franklin as a non-executive director.
View ArticleStakeholder group begins talks over future of Post Office Ltd
The stakeholder forum tasked with considering the future of the UK's post office network has come together to begin discussions regarding mutualisation.
View ArticleRoyal Mail revising ban on mailing perfume and aftershave
Royal Mail customers will be able to post items like aerosols, nail varnishes, perfumes and aftershaves to UK addresses from next year, after a review of rules banning such items from the postal network.
View ArticleUK government defends new-style Post Office Locals
The UK government has defended its introduction of new-style "Local" post offices as part of the modernisation of the Post Office Ltd network.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd wins “vital”£450m DVLA contract
Post Office Ltd has won a GBP 450m contract to continue providing "front office" counter services for the UK's vehicle licensing agency through post offices across the country.
View ArticleThe week that was: 16 November 2012
Rounding up the biggest stories of the week from the pages of Post&Parcel, with TNT Express revealing the buyer for its airlines, UK parcel carriers heading into peak season, and USPS recording a...
View ArticlePost Office Ltd wins place in UK’s online benefits project
Post Office Ltd has won another government services contract, this time to help set up a secure online identity registration service for the UK's Department for Work and Pensions.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd profits up 9%, on higher government subsidy
Post Office Ltd said today that it has had an "encouraging" first six months since its independence from Royal Mail Group in April, with growth in mail, financial services and telecoms revenue.
View ArticleMystery shoppers find knowledge gaps at UK post offices
Queues are getting worse in UK post offices, research from Consumer Focus revealed today, with wait times up in High Street branches according to latest figures.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd to resume union talks after strike action called off
Britain’s Post Office Ltd will be resuming contract negotiations with the Communication Workers Union next week, stating that “substantial progress” has been made in moving towards an agreement.
View ArticleAdvisory Council to shape modernisation at Post Office Ltd
Britain’s Post Office Ltd is launching a new Advisory Council to help its transformation process.
View ArticlePost Office extends banking partnership with NatWest and RBS
Post Office Ltd is extending its role as a branch consolidator on Britain’s flagging High Street, with an agreement to provide more counter services for two big banks.
View ArticleUnion calls on UK consumer watchdog to monitor Royal Mail’s rivals
Britain’s largest postal union has called on the national consumer watchdog, Consumer Futures, to monitor the delivery standards of Royal Mail’s competitors.
View Article40% of customers “unaware” of changes after £2bn Post Office modernisation
New consumer research out today in the UK says 40% of Post Office Ltd customers are not noticing any particular improvement to service under the government’s £2bn modernisation programme.
View ArticleCollectPlus launches first ever TV advertising campaign
One of the largest private-sector rivals to the UK’s Post Office network has launched a major multi-channel marketing campaign that includes its first ever TV advertising.
View ArticleUnion agrees Crown staff pay deal with Britain’s Post Office Ltd
Britain's Post Office Ltd has reached a real with union negotiators that would see staff at its Crown branch network receiving a 7.3% pay rise.
View ArticleUnion urges postal workers to vote “no” to Scottish independence
The UK’s postal and telecommunications union is backing a "no" vote in September’s referendum on Scottish independence.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd offers £20m fund for village post offices
Britain’s Post Office Ltd has said it will provide a £20m fund to support its network of branches in rural and remote areas.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd rolls out 40 mobile post offices for rural areas
Britain’s Post Office Ltd is rolling out a new fleet of mobile post offices to serve 250 rural locations.
View ArticleUnion members back “first class” pay deal from Post Office Ltd
Post office workers in the UK have "overwhelmingly" backed a new pay deal after a record-breaking industrial dispute.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd pay offer “insulting” says union
The UK’s Communication Workers Union has rejected the offer of a 1.5% pay rise for its administrative and supply chain members working at Post Office Ltd.
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