Tag: Post Office Ltd

Bigger, brighter, better UK post offices delayed –

Posted by | Sep 27, 2005 | |

Much needed investment to create bigger, brighter, better post offices has been lying idle for 3 years. A year ago Postwatch, the watchdog for postal services, wrote to the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited to express concern at the delay in carrying out work to upgrade post offices. Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch, has again had to write to Chief Executive of Post Office Limited to express Postwatch’s continued frustration that, as at the end of August, only GBP13 million of GBP30 million made available from Government had been spent. Work is incomplete in 72 per cent of the branches where improvements were promised. Peter Carr, commenting on the lack of progress said: “Post Office Limited have been quick to close post offices but slow at investing in those that remain. We are constantly told all the GBP30 million has been ‘allocated’ but the reality is that only GBP13 million has been spent after 3 years.

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Post Office and Gift Voucher Shop join forces with top UK retailers to deliver new gift voucher service

Posted by | Sep 23, 2005 | |

The Post Office and The Gift Voucher Shop today announce an exciting new gift voucher service to help lift some of the gloom surrounding declining high street retail sales. The new gift voucher service will be available at all of the 14,600 Post Office branches nationwide, giving the 28 million customers who visit the Post Office every week access to an extensive range of high street retailers.

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Five new UK Post Office appointments strengthen financial services team

Posted by | Sep 20, 2005 | |

The Post Office today announced five new appointments to its financial services team, re-affirming its position as a growing player in the financial services market. Since launching into financial services with Post Office Loans in March 2004, the Post Office has enhanced its offering to include car and home insurance, Child Trust Funds, Guaranteed Equity Bonds and Growth Bonds. With further product launches planned before the end of the year, the Post Office has made the appointments to drive its financial services offering into the next phase. The new appointments are: Gordon Gourlay – Director of Strategy and Marketing, Claire Oldstein – Head of Marketing, Phil Ashkuri – Head of Insurance, Gary Fitton – Head of Lending and Richard Norman – Head of Savings and Investments.

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UK Rural post offices told to pay for GBP600,000 fraud

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

Hunderds of rural sub-post offices have been told they must repay money obtained by fraudsters who cashed forged family tax credit and child benefit cheques.

Postmasters and postmistresses are facing demands of more than pounds 1,000 — money they say they cannot afford to repay, given their small profit margins.

Post Office Ltd has written to them ordering them to repay the money they handed over when the gang targeted small post offices last year.

On the Isle of Wight, where about 30 sub-post offices were hit, some postmasters and postmistresses have refused to pay.

Rodney Archer, of the National Federation of Postmasters, said: “The Post Office network will suffer further closures if costs like these are simply passed down the chain for sub-post masters to meet.

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Two top posts at Royal Mail

Posted by | Dec 19, 2002 | |

Royal Mail Chairman Allan Leighton today announced two key appointments to the Royal Mail Board. Elmar Toime, currently Chief Executive of New Zealand Post, will join as Executive Deputy Chairman of Royal Mail Holdings plc and will have Group-wide responsibilities across Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd. Adam Crozier, until recently Chief Executive of the Football Association, becomes Chief Executive of the Royal Mail Group to lead the transformation of the organisation.

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