John O’Groat Journal Caithness post offices close as system crashesJohn O’Groat JournalHundreds of post offices closed on Monday morning when the Post Office's banking line failed. POST offices in Caithness were forced to shut when a malfunction in the national system meant that they were unable to offer services to …
Read More »Post Office move isn’t Big and it isn’t good for Society – This is North Devon
Post Office move isn't Big and it isn't good for SocietyThis is North DevonHave you been down to your local Post Office in the past few days? Hell isn't it? All those festive lemmings descending upon the counters at the same time, the queue snaking out through the shop and …
Read More »E-commerce surge stretches Royal Mail – Shopsafe
E-commerce surge stretches Royal MailShopsafeThe Royal Mail has been facing the busiest period of the year due to the spike in safe shopping online across the UK, with individual sorting centres handling over 180000 parcels each in a single night earlier this week. Although Brits are sending less … More: …
Read More »Stay of execution for post offices includes Eltingville station – SILive.com
Stay of execution for post offices includes Eltingville stationSILive.comBy Judy L. Randall STATEN ISLAND, NY — Post offices slated for possible closure — including one in Eltingville — got a five-month reprieve in a deal brokered by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and 14 of her Senate colleagues, it was announced yesterday. …
Read More »Princeton borough post office move worries local citizens
PRINCETON BOROUGH — A band of concerned citizens worried about the plan to relocate the Palmer Square post office made their feelings known at the Princeton Borough Council meeting last night, as an official for the U.S. Postal Service discussed the current status of the move. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail investigates after 3000 letters go missing – cambrian-news.co.uk
Royal Mail investigates after 3000 letters go missingcambrian-news.co.ukThe Royal Mail confirmed this week that an employee from its Machynlleth Delivery Office has been suspended while it conducts an investigation into the 'intentional delay' of 3000 items of mail. It is believed that the mail could have been delayed for … …
Read More »Future of Milltown post office still uncertain – East Brunswick Sentinel
Future of Milltown post office still uncertainEast Brunswick SentinelMILLTOWN — The fate of the borough's post office is still unknown, a US Postal Service spokesman says. “The Milltown post office was placed on an emergency suspension status due to the flood damage,” said George Flood, …Woe at US Postal Service …
Read More »Post Office Horizon IT failure knocks out Christmas transactions
A major problem on the Post Office’s Horizon IT system floored transactions for two 30 minute periods yesterday, as tens of thousands of customers queued in branches, waiting to send their Christmas parcels. More: continued here
Read More »Decisions on rural post offices get delay until May – Corvallis Gazette Times
msnbc.com Decisions on rural post offices get delay until MayCorvallis Gazette TimesCASCADIA – The US Postal Service agreed Tuesday to delay announcing closures of post offices and mail processing centers until May 15, 2012, due to requests made by 11 senators, including Ron Wyden of Oregon. The announcement affects post …
Read More »Post office closures delayed – Omaha World-Herald
Post office closures delayedOmaha World-HeraldThe US Postal Service has agreed to delay until May 15 the closings or consolidations of 252 mail processing centers and 3700 local post offices. Among the targets are mail processing centers in North Platte and Lincoln and post offices in Ithaca, …and more » More: continued …
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