Post Office

BBC News Council plan to snap up post offices gathers paceThe Argus.co.uk, UK –32 minutes agoCouncillor Mitchell said: "In light of the recently announced post office closures within the city, it is important to try to find new and innovative ways …Minister backs libraries post office planLancashire Evening PostPlan to save local …

Petition against post office closuresHereford Times, UK –2 minutes agoBy Anna Nalborczyk HEREFORD Liberal Democrats have handed over a petition with more than 50000 signatures against post office closures. … More: continued here

Post office petition signed by hundredsNews Shopper, UK –4 hours ago"The post office is an important centre of the community. The people of Beckenham rely on their post office to access vital services. … More: continued here

Thousands of post offices built in the late 1930s across the country are nearly identical.The one-story, symmetrical, rectangular buildings, with varying skins of brick or concrete, have the same floor plan inside. More: continued here

What is it and who is it suited to? There are approximately 19,000 across the country employing around 70,000 people. Brand new post offices are rarely opened, unless new communities are built up, as they do not go into competition with each other. More: continued here

BBC News Post Office's hard-sell on foreign currencyThis is Money, UK –2 hours agoPost Office staff are coming under pressure to use hard-sell tactics to boost sales of foreign currency. It's all change for road tax rates. …Someone's watching youBBC Newsall 2 news articles More: continued here

The SA Post Office was haemorrhaging senior executives, with its human resources department being the worst affected, a source within the organisation told Business Report this week. More: continued here

Top Post Office brass on the runBusiness Report, South Africa –3 minutes agoBy Wiseman Khuzwayo Johannesburg – The SA Post Office was haemorrhaging senior executives, with its human resources department being the worst affected, … More: continued here

Clearwater post office loses 1100 absentee ballotsTampa Bay’s 10, FL –2 minutes agoBut Molinaro says the race is in jeopardy because of a mix-up at the post office. 1117 absentee ballots – gone. "They show a record of them coming into that … More: continued here

Stamping out post officesSunday Herald, UK –2 hours agoTHE POST Office isn't working". Waiting in a long, snaking, everlasting queue that stretched from the three manned counters (out of 10 in total) inside a … More: continued here