subscribe News 19 February 2019 Vennells to leave Post Office Post Office last night (18 February) announced that Group Chief Executive Paula Vennells CBE is to step down to take up the role of Chair of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Vennells joined the Post Office in 2007 and became its chief... Read More 13 February 2019 This year's Valentine's Day spending expected to hit new highs Spending on Valentine’s Day (14 February) is expected to reach £853m this year, up 7.8% on 2018 figures, according to new research. The survey by retail and shopper marketing agency Savvy found 38% of UK shoppers are planning to... Read More 11 February 2019 Tributes paid to long-serving subpostmistress The Post Office has paid tribute to a "loyal" and "long-serving" Somerset postmaster who has died suddenly. Peggy Gange-Harris, the postmaster of Othery Post Office, passed away on Thursday (February 7). Mrs Gange-Harris, who was well... Read More 08 February 2019 Digital-only bank enters talks with the Post Office Digital-only bank Monzo has told MPs it has entered discussions with the Post Office to allow customers to deposit and withdraw cash in its branches. Tom Blomfield, chief executive of the start-up, which has no branches of its own, told the... Read More 05 February 2019 A helping hand for subpostmasters Community businesses across England have until 1pm on 14 February to apply for a learning programme and a grant of up to £10,000. Open to early-stage community businesses that are planning to grow by increasing their trading and sales... Read More 28 January 2019 Shoplifting decreases slightly, acccording to latest police stats Shoplifting offences recorded by the police decreased by 1% to 378,656 incidents in the year ending September 2018, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics’ annual Crime Survey for England and Wales revealed that... Read More 25 January 2019 “Biggest ever” NFSP Conference to provide opportunities for partnership promotion The NFSP Annual Conference is this year being held in Stratford-upon-Avon from the 14-16 April and the organisation is expecting it will be attended by the largest number of subpostmasters in its history. “The majority of those attend... Read More 23 January 2019 Link increases ATM fee in a bid 'to save rural machines' Link, the ATM network, is increasing the fee it pays cash machine operators to keep remote free-to-use machines available. Operators will be offered up to £2.75 per withdrawal to persuade them to keep at-risk machines free... Read More 21 January 2019 Small business confidence falls to lowest level for eight years Small business confidence has fallen to -9.9, the lowest level since 2011, according to the latest Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Small Business Index. The data revealed that 67% of small firms do not expect their performance to impro... Read More 17 January 2019 Ofcom issues latest Second Class stamp price review Mails regulator Ofcom today (17 January) issued its latest review of Second Class stamp safeguard caps. Back in March 2012, Ofcom imposed a price cap on Second Class standard letters. The cap was set for 2012/13, to increase by no more than... Read More 12345next >last >>