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The “heart and soul” of a Suffolk village is under threat due to “ridiculous” proposals to close the Post Office and provide services at Woolpit’s Co-op branch instead. More: continued here

Royal Mail left in the cold as operating profits predicated to fall by 8% to …This is MoneyRoyal Mail is expected to report lower half-year earnings this week as its delivery operations come under pressure at home and in Europe. Operating profits before transformation costs are forecast to be down …

Telegraph.co.uk Post Office unveils its first Christmas advert for yearsTelegraph.co.ukCreated by London-based agency FCB Inferno, the multi-million pound campaign will attempt to remind people that the Post Office can be important to local communities. “Christmas adverts have become an event in recent years. Consumers are really …Post Office launches first Christmas …

The Post Office has launched its first festive advert in five years in an effort to bring more people in to its stores. It will make its first TV showing during the breaks of the X Factor on ITV on Sunday evening. More: continued here

Post office strike: CWU ready to resume talksEyewitness NewsThe union says it's ready to resume negotiations with Sapo despite failed attempts to last week. Striking post office workers are protesting outside of the Tshwane Mail Centre in Johannesburg on 15. The Tshwane Mail Centre. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN. More: continued here

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Monday expressed its willingness to resume talks with the South African Post Office (Sapo) after a call for talks failed last week. According to Eyewitness News, the union hopes to reach an agreement with Sapo by Wednesday, in a bid to end the four …

Rory Cellan Jones' close brush with an eBay fraudster More: continued here

Stepping on the Christmas bandwagon, the Post Office's own multimillion pound advert features Downton Abbey and Peep Show stars More: continued here

fox6now.com Food stamp and WIC fraud still “rampant” in Wisconsin despite state's efforts …fox6now.comMILWAUKEE (WITI) — Food stamps being sold on the internet, moms trading formula for cigarettes – and taxpayers footing the bill. These aren't new scams, but as the FOX6 Investigators have discovered, they are still really easy …

Remote Alaska post offices face reduced hoursKTUU.comAccording to the U.S. Postal Service, some of those post offices would be limited to two hours of operation a day. The USPS said it began a plan to close the offices after it noticed a significant drop in the amount of packages delivered …