Mortgage Strategy 10-year wait for first-time buyers to raise depositpropertytalk Live!Nearly half of prospective first-time buyers expect it will take ten years or more to save a deposit for their first property, according to Post Office Mortgages. Would-be buyers living in the South East and South West have most difficulty …

Danbury: Post office could close without £60million contract, warns sub-postmasterChelmsford Weekly NewsJake Singh, manager of the post office in Main Road, Danbury, said it would be a “massive blow” to the network of post offices if the contract was awarded elsewhere. The situation has come about after the Department for …

FURIOUS residents have slammed the Royal Mail over plans to close a local sorting office. More: continued here

The Guardian Might Royal Mail's plans to leave post with a neighbour breach human rights?The GuardianIn a leaflet sent to all addresses, Royal Mail says the new scheme will apply to "items that don't fit through your letter box". It adds: "this does not apply to standard size letters". But …

Wall Street Journal (blog) eBay reveals logo redesignITProPortaleBay has been slowly evolving its online buy-and-sell business in the 17 years since it opened its doors to collectors and hoarders nationwide. Now the company is getting a new look with Friday's unveiling of a new eBay logo. The primary-coloured logo …Ebay …

MarylandReporter.com Food stamp flap spurs bill impasseWausau Daily HeraldThe Senate later passed a bill on a bipartisan 64-35 vote that would spend nearly $1 trillion over 10 years on price support and crop insurance programs and food stamps, now officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The debate …A …

Snail mail woeThis is StaffordshireFollow. ON September 5, I posted my friend a birthday card, my friend's birthday being on September 9. My friend did not receive the card until September 13. Useless Royal Mail– I could have delivered the card the six miles myself. SARAH GRIFFITHS …and more » More: …

HSBC customers were given 11,500 new places to access their money today after the bank signed an agreement with the Post Office to allow them to bank in its branches. More: continued here

HSBC customers will be able to access Post Office branchesMyIntroducer.comHSBC today announces that from Spring 2013 all nine million HSBC and first direct personal current account customers will be able to access their bank account at Post Office counters. Customers will be able to enjoy enhanced, fee free access to …

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's lawyers are expected in court in Paris to try to restrict publication of pictures of the duchess topless. More: continued here