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.
View ArticleUPU 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.
View ArticlePost 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.
View Articleex-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.
View ArticleSenate 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.
View ArticleSingPost rolling out next-generation post office concept
Singapore Post has begun rolling out its new generation of post offices island-wide.
View ArticleAustralia 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.
View ArticleMPs 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.
View ArticleAustralia 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.
View ArticlePost 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.
View ArticlePost 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.
View ArticlePost 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.
View ArticlePosti 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.
View ArticleUSPS “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.
View ArticleAustralia 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.
View ArticleUK 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.
View ArticlePoste 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.
View ArticleIreland’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.
View ArticlePost 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.
View ArticleRegulators 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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