Post Office bid to save branches by 'evolving'

THE Post Office is proposing that its stores are used for more services such as pharmacy prescription collection, digital ID and business advice, as part of efforts to safeguard its future on the high street.

- HENRY SAKER-CLARK

> Post Office CEO Neil Brocklehurst

(Post Office)

The state-owned postal, banking and retail business has laid out a series of potential policy reforms to the Government to help grow its revenue streams.

However, it has also called on the Government to look at tailored tax relief for Post Offices.

The Government launched a green paper in July looking at how the organisation should be run.

In the original documents, the Government indicated it could scrap the Post Office’s 11,500-branch requirement as part of an ongoing review process.

In its submission to a consultation, which will close next week, the Post Office said it was important to “maintain nationwide coverage” and its 11,500-strong branch requirement.