Escher shares rally on Pos Malaysia contract win
US point-of-sale software specialist Escher Group has won an important new contract, to upgrade IT systems at Post Malaysia's post offices.
View ArticlePitney Bowes to help modernise thousands of US post offices
Pitney Bowes has won a $32m deal with the US Postal Service to provide new technologies modernizing thousands of post offices across the United States.
View ArticleBarclays Bank to offer services through Scottish, Irish post offices
One of the largest banks in the UK has extended its relationship with Post Office Ltd to expand access to its services in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
View ArticlePlan to locate police counters at London post offices
Postal operators have always had an important social role, but post offices in London could soon take on a new crime-fighting role under proposals from Mayor Boris Johnson.
View ArticleNorway Post to outsource 170 more post offices
Norway Post said 170 more post office counters will open within partner retail stores in 2013 and 2014.
View ArticleGoldway says “problems” in USPS rural post office plan could hit revenue
The chairman of the US postal regulator has suggested that the US Postal Service rethink plans to cut opening hours at profitable rural post offices in order to save money.
View ArticleAn Post calls rumours about gift voucher business “totally untrue”
An Post has come out denying "baseless rumours" spreading through social media suggesting its The Gift Voucher Shop business is in trouble.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd to cut Crown post office network by 20%
Post Office Ltd is looking for retail partners for 70 of the 374 remaining post offices that it owns itself.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd launches pre-pay parcel service for SMEs
Post Office Ltd has launched a new pre-paid card to speed up parcel services for small businesses and Internet power sellers.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd says plans in place to cope with strike
Post Office Ltd said it has contingency measures in place in case workers at its Crown post offices go on strike.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd completes 500 branch conversions
The UK has now refurbished 500 of its planned 6,000 post offices targeted for modernisation.
View ArticleSwift Postal completes retail IT deployment in Caribbean
Maltese software firm Swift Postal has completed installation of a new postal counter automation system for Nieuwe Post in the Caribbean.
View ArticleUK Crown post office staff set to strike today
UK Post Office staff are again going on strike again this afternoon, protesting a pay freeze and plans to outsource 76 branches to retail partners.
View ArticleThe UPS Store to expand within rural USA, as post offices cut hours
UPS has launched a new franchise model to help its retail mailing shop network, The UPS Store, expand into rural communities within the United States.
View ArticleUK post office network facing “extremely uncertain future”
Operators of UK post offices have claimed the network is facing a "disastrous financial situation" that has left a large number of outlets under "serious" threat.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd “confident” despite concerns of subpostmasters
Post Office Ltd insisted yesterday that it was "grossly misleading" to suggest there would be a closure programme across the UK post office network.
View ArticleBrazil Post to double number of franchised post offices
Brazil Post is holding a public hearing next month to discuss the bidding process for franchisees looking to operate new post offices.
View ArticleDecline of UK High Street will hit post office network, NFSP warns
Major transformation of the UK's post office network will "never fully succeed" unless the government also deals with the potential "terminal decline" in the British High Street, the nation's...
View ArticleIsrael Post renews Escher retail software contract
Israel Post has extended its retail software partnership with Escher Group for a second time.
View ArticleLondon government raises concerns over post office closures
The city government in London have expressed unanimous concern about post office closure plans in the UK capital.
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