Barclays Bank to offer services through Scottish, Irish post offices
One of the largest banks in the UK has extended its relationship with Post Office Ltd to expand access to its services in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
View ArticlePlan to locate police counters at London post offices
Postal operators have always had an important social role, but post offices in London could soon take on a new crime-fighting role under proposals from Mayor Boris Johnson.
View ArticleThe week that was: 11 January 2013
Summing up the biggest stories of the week on Post&Parcel, including post offices standing in for police stations in London, bpost acquiring a US ecommerce firm and La Poste acquiring a French...
View ArticleAn Post calls rumours about gift voucher business “totally untrue”
An Post has come out denying "baseless rumours" spreading through social media suggesting its The Gift Voucher Shop business is in trouble.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd to cut Crown post office network by 20%
Post Office Ltd is looking for retail partners for 70 of the 374 remaining post offices that it owns itself.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd launches pre-pay parcel service for SMEs
Post Office Ltd has launched a new pre-paid card to speed up parcel services for small businesses and Internet power sellers.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd staff back strike action over pay, jobs
Post Office Ltd staff have voted to strike, in protect at plans to close or outsource 70 of the company's 373 remaining Crown post offices.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd says plans in place to cope with strike
Post Office Ltd said it has contingency measures in place in case workers at its Crown post offices go on strike.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd wins secure courier work from UK government
Post Office Ltd has won the chance to secure more work from the UK government, in the provision of secure courier services.
View Article4,000 UK post office staff to strike on Easter Saturday
Britain's Communication Workers Union said today that thousands of Post Office staff will strike on Easter Saturday (30th March).
View ArticleUK parcel shop networks benefit from Easter’s Post Office strike
UK parcel shops benefited from the Easter weekend's strike at Crown post offices.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd to expand banking services with current accounts
Britain's Post Office will be extending its financial service offerings later this spring with the launch of new current accounts.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd completes 500 branch conversions
The UK has now refurbished 500 of its planned 6,000 post offices targeted for modernisation.
View ArticleFurther strike action planned this week at UK post offices
Post Office customers in the UK face further disruption this week, as union members plan more strike action.
View ArticleUK Crown post office staff set to strike today
UK Post Office staff are again going on strike again this afternoon, protesting a pay freeze and plans to outsource 76 branches to retail partners.
View ArticleThe week that was: 19 April 2013
Rounding up some of the biggest stories of the week in the pages of Post&Parcel, with strikes hitting Germany and the UK, trouble at Russian Post, and this year's World Mail Awards shortlist...
View ArticleUnion calls for Monday strikes at UK’s Crown post offices
UK post office staff will be on strike again next week, in continuing protest over pay and the outsourcing of branches.
View ArticlePostal strikes averted in Germany, but not in the UK
Deutsche Post agreed a new labour deal with the united services union Ver.di today, which will avoid further strike action in the German mail network.
View ArticlePostal Digest – postal news from UK, Somalia, India and Indonesia
More of the latest news from around the global postal industry, with more strikes on the way at UK post offices and Somalia seeking help to restart its mail system.
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