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Gordon Brown has been warned at least 3,000 more post offices may shut if Royal Mail loses a vital GBP 200million Government contract.
It is feared a new five-year contract to run the post office card account may be taken away from Royal Mail and awarded to rival bidder PayPoint.
George Thomson, general secretary of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters, has written to Mr Brown to warn that losing the contract will be a disaster for his members, who get up to 20 per cent of their income from the card.
And he also predicted up to 3,000 post offices may be forced to shut – on top of the 2,500 already being axed under streamlining plans.
Around GBP 2 billion of that money is then spent in stores attached to post offices.
The federation is traditionally a very moderate organisation which supported the current closure programme because it agreed there was not enough work to support the existing of 12,000 post offices.
But Mr Thomson says the prospect of losing another one in four branches would be devastating. It would mean the elderly those on benefits having to travel long distances to get their money.
Mr Thomson said the public will see the decision on who gets the card account as a “test of the Government’s faith” in the future of our post offices.
The decision on the contract will be announced in the next few weeks.
Senior marketers in Royal Mail reshuffle (UK)
Mail has undertaken a major restructure of its commercial and marketing departments as part of an effort to take a more “customer-led” approach.
It has promoted Luisa Fulci, director of commercial pricing and policy, to the new role of director of marketing services. She will now lead a four-strong team, including Tom Hings, who has retained his role as Head of Brand Marketing and Communications.
Mark Thomson, previously Director of Sales and Customer Services, has also moved to the new position of Media Director. He heads a team of five and oversees Royal Mail’s advertising mail service.
Fulci and Thomson will report to Strategy and Commercial Director, Alex Smith.
Royal Mail is currently recruiting to fill the new role of Director of New Ventures, Fulfilment Director and Thomson’s previous position of Director of Sales and Customer Services.
The changes follow a consultation process undertaken by Royal Mail, where senior staff were asked to reapply for their jobs.
The review of the organisation started just weeks after Marketing Director Alex Batchelor announced his departure from the postal operator. He is now Vice-President at satellite navigation specialist TomTom.
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