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Australia Post to provide $40m support package for rural post offices

Australia Post has unveiled a $40m ($37m USD) support programme to strengthen its network of regional and rural post offices.

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UPU highlights “untapped potential” for post offices to expand Internet access

The Universal Postal Union is calling on the world’s policymakers to take advantage of "untapped potential" for using post office networks to improve public access to the Internet.

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Post Office Ltd prepares to enter mobile phone market

The UK’s Post Office Ltd is set to enter the mobile phone market this autumn, in partnership with network provider EE.

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ex-Carrefour transformation expert hired to improve Spain’s post offices

Spain’s Correos has hired a business transformation expert to promote the full potential of its retail network.

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Senate inquiry calls for Australia Post to rethink pay for licensed post offices

A Senate inquiry in Australia has called on Australia Post to renegotiate its contract with almost 3,000 licensed post offices and ensure margins for operators are in line with commercial practice.

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SingPost rolling out next-generation post office concept

Singapore Post has begun rolling out its new generation of post offices island-wide.

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Australia Post rolls out point-of-sale upgrades for rural post offices

Australia Post is rolling out new web-linked point-of-sale systems for more than 300 regional and rural licensed post offices from next month.

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MPs lose faith in Post Office Ltd’s subpostmasters mediation scheme

Members of the UK’s Parliament who have been fighting the case for subpostmasters caught up in Post Office IT problems have denounced the company’s mediation scheme.

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Australia Post to review licensed post office payments

Australia Post is set to launch an independent review of its licensed post office network in the light of the ongoing decline in letter volumes and customer numbers.

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Post Office Ltd rebrands financial services in bid for market share

The UK’s Post Office Ltd has rebranded its financial services as Post Office Money.

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Post Office Ltd set to provide more services for banks

Britain’s Post Office Ltd is in talks with the banking industry with the aim of standardising banking services provided through post office branches.

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Post Danmark opens 1,000th post office, to boost e-commerce access

Post Danmark has just opened its 1,000th post office, in Frederiksberg, within the Copenhagen area.

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Posti Group to cut 380 jobs, under post office outsourcing plan

Finland’s Posti Group looks set to axe up to 380 retail jobs over the next few years as it pulls out of owning its own post offices.

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USPS “short-sighted” over sale of historic central post offices

The former chairman of the US Postal Regulatory Commission has criticised the US Postal Service for its "failure of vision" over the sale of historical central post offices.

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Australia Post to raise post office payments – if postal reforms go ahead

Hundreds of post offices across rural Australia could receive an increase in their minimum annual payments from this July, under plans unveiled today by Australia Post.

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UK postmasters’ federation favours 15-year Post Office Ltd funding deal

The UK’s National Federation of Subpostmasters has said its members are "overwhelmingly" in favour of a new deal that will see the trade association funded by Post Office Ltd.

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Poste Italiane hired to revamp Armenia’s post office network

Armenian postal service HayPost is adopting a business model for its post office network as developed by Poste Italiane.

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Ireland’s An Post to take over Aviva insurance branches

An Post has said its banking subsidiary One Direct has signed a deal to potentially take over the branch business of insurance firm Aviva in Ireland.

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Post Office Ltd being forced into “unsuitable” business, says pamphlet

The UK government is forcing the Post Office Ltd network into an "unsuitable" business model, according to a white paper highlighted by the Communication Workers Union.

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Regulators to review USPS plans to cut rural post office hours

US regulators are calling for public evidence regarding the US Postal Service's plans to dramatically cut back on operating hours in rural post offices.

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