All Post Office articles
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Promotional FeatureWhy changing shopper habits are forcing retailers to adapt
Greater format choice and flexibility are vital to meet evolving customer needs in today’s challenging retail environment. Find out how Post Office is helping retailers adapt to growth in the parcels market.
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Analysis & Features
Is convenience still enough in the cost of living crisis?
Convenience stores provided many people with a lifeline during Covid, but now face the challenge of persuading hard-up shoppers they’re more than a costlier alternative to Aldi
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News
Post Office launches EasyID app to improve parcel collection
The organisation said the app is designed to make parcel collection quicker and easier
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News
Post Office partners with DPD for click & collect services
The service will initially be available at 250 Post Offices before rolling out to 1,500 branches across the UK
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Comment & Opinion
Why the Post Office must heed complaints from pay deal ‘losers’
Under its new pay structure, 14% will lose out – equating to a whopping 1,600 unhappy postmasters
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News
One in seven postmasters could lose out under new pay structure, says NFSP
The new Mails Distribution Agreement is set to come into force on 1 April 2022
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News
CJ Lang to scrap Post Office in 31 company-owned stores
It will retain 17 Post Office sites across its company-owned estate
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Comment & Opinion
Post Office has made first steps but still has a mountain to climb in establishing postmaster trust
The latest Court of Appeal ruling, which overturned the convictions of 39 ex-postmasters, shows new CEO Nick Read has his work cut out to restore trust
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News
City snapshot: Poundland owner Pepco to float in Poland
Poundland owner Pepco has this morning confirmed its intention to float on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Poland. Plus, former Post Office head Paula Vennells resigns from Morrisons’ board; Tate & Lyle confirms it is exploring breaking up the group; recipe box provider Gousto turns a profit for the first time and Nestlé in discussions to acquire The Bountiful Company.
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News
Media Bites 26 April: Tate & Lyle, Morrisons, Gousto
Tate & Lyle is in talks over the sale of its industrial ingredients business as the 160-year-old British food manufacturing group mulls a sweeping overhaul
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News
Postmasters elected to Post Office board for first time
Saf Ismail and Elliot Jacobs were selected from a shortlist through a vote
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Media Bites 25 March: John Lewis, Deliveroo, Brexit/meat exports
The papers turn the spotlight on John Lewis’ decision to close down another eight stores.
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News
Post Office partners with Amazon in click & collect trial
The new partnership will enable customers to pick up parcels ordered via Amazon from their nearest Post Office
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News
Media Bites 12 January: Morrisons/Sainsbury’s, Brexit, M&S
Sainsbury’s has joined Morrisons in saying it will enforce the wearing of masks in its supermarkets.
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News
City Snapshot: Post Office delivers strong Christmas as online shopping booms
The boom in online Christmas shopping fuelled by the coronavirus crisis has seen the Post Office deliver a 17% rise in December sales. Plus, Commercial landlord British Land has collected less than half the rent due from its retail tenants in December as tightening coronavirus restrictions forced many shops to close once more.
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News
Two postmasters to sit on Post Office board for first time
The applications opened today (4 January) for a four-week period with the new non-executives due to start in April this year
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News
Post Office and Royal Mail no longer working in exclusive partnership under new deal
The 11-year agreement will allow the Post Office to distribute parcels from third parties
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News
Welsh convenience stores generate £2.8bn in sales in 2020
The average customer in Wales visited a c-store 4.20 times per week, up from 4.06 last year
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The Big Interview
Nick Read Big Interview: making the Post Office pay
Former Nisa CEO Nick Read was tasked with making the Post Office commercially viable. First, he’s had to deal with a legal battle and a global pandemic
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News
Post Office hires new director Katie Secretan to develop retail partners
Secretan joined the Post Office last week from Costa Coffee where she was partnerships director
