A YEAR of uncertainty at Longridge Post Office has ended with a new owner taking over as postmaster. Paul Hunt, has experience as the former postmaster in Chipping until the branch closed in 2008. Since then, he has run an outreach Post Office on two days from his successful Chipping business, Brabin’s Shop and Gallery, and been employed since 2009 by his predecessor in Longridge, Katie Ellis, as host to help run outreach Post Offices in Bashall Eaves and Bolton-by-Bowland.Now he is to run the Longridge business as a joint effort with his wife Laura. He told The News: “When the Longridge PO sale fell through a year ago, and having worked for Katie Ellis and known her staff well, we looked at the details in Longridge and felt it was a good opportunity for us both.“We knew it was a busy office with a strong staff team with lots of experience who know the complications of the job, so we were not daunted.“We aim to work to reduce queues and optimise customer … [Read more...] about All change at the Post Office
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How do I update my driving licence with a change of address, can I do it at the Post Office and is there a fine if I don’t?
IF you've just moved house or got married you could be unwittingly breaking the law - and at risk of being slapped with a £1,000 fine. Millions of drivers are running the risk of the hefty penalty from police for having outdated details on their driving licences. Here's how to avoid the fine... How do I update my driving licence? In order to keep your driving licence, vehicle log book and tax up-to-date, you must register any changes of address to the DVLA. This not only includes permanent addresses, but also if you're moving temporarily to university. Likewise, if you get married or you take another name, it is important you let the DVLA know, in order to avoid a hefty fine. You can do so by filling out a short online application form. It doesn't cost anything to amend your address. Can the DVLA fine me if I don't update my address? And the penalty may be enforced if it's flagged up when you're stopped by traffic cops, hire a car or commit a driving offence abroad. Previous … [Read more...] about How do I update my driving licence with a change of address, can I do it at the Post Office and is there a fine if I don’t?
Trump Versus the Post Office: They May Both Be Right
Maybe-billionaire President Donald Trump is not fond of mega-billionaire Amazon.com founder, Washington Post owner and aspiring space colonizer Jeff Bezos, and has repeatedly taken to his favorite bully pulpit to let us know it. See here and here and here.So I guess nobody should have been surprised by this: Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017 And, more recently, this. And this.The self-appointed fact-checkers in the press were quick to note that the president's claim of Amazon taking advantage of the USPS was based on some fairly questionable sources. But it must be said that the USPS's official response is a bit thin as well: The chief … [Read more...] about Trump Versus the Post Office: They May Both Be Right
Trump’s Right: The Post Office Needs Reform
So President Donald Trump wants to reform the U.S. Postal Service. Shall we welcome him to the club?QuickTake Q&A: Amazon and the Post OfficeLet’s put aside for a moment the real (and futile) purpose of Thursday’s executive order calling for postal reforms: he wants to put the hurt on one of the USPS’s biggest customers, Amazon.com Inc., whose chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns the Washington Post.The post office does indeed need to be reformed. And do you know who the leading voices for reform are? The people who run the place. If a Trump-appointed task force conducts a serious investigation into postal practices, they’ll find plenty of problems, virtually none of them the fault of the post office itself.Let’s go back in time, to 1971. That year, the department that had long been known as the Post Office became the Postal Service, an independent agency that was expected to be financially self-sufficient—while continuing to provide mail service to … [Read more...] about Trump’s Right: The Post Office Needs Reform
The Post Office is offering deposit-free mortgages
The Post Office has launched a new mortgage they believe will help modern millennial buyers. The family link mortgage will give a first time buyer a 90% loan to value (LTV) mortgage, and then raise the other 10% as a mortgage secured against close relatives member’s home. For the first five years buyers make two separate repayments – one towards the assistor’s mortgage (which is interest free) and one towards their own mortgage. Post Office's representative example 1. If the property the buyers wants is worth £200,000 2. A mortgage of £20,000 is taken against the assistor's property. This becomes the 10% deposit 3. The Post Office then lends £180,000 to cover the remaining value of the new home 4. The buyer will then have to pay £20,000 back at 0% interest rate within the first 5 years + the remaining £180,000 plus interest payable over a term agreed with the buyer. Owen Woodley, chief executive of financial Services and telecoms, Post … [Read more...] about The Post Office is offering deposit-free mortgages