Post Office Ltd (Welsh: Swyddfa'r Post Cyf.; Scottish Gaelic: Oifis a' Phuist) is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches.
Post Office Ltd. was separated from the postal service Royal Mail in 1986 under the name Post Office Counters Ltd., and the name changed to Post Office Ltd. in 2001. Post ...
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Post Office Ltd (Welsh: Swyddfa'r Post Cyf.; Scottish Gaelic: Oifis a' Phuist) is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches.
Post Office Ltd. was separated from the postal service Royal Mail in 1986 under the name Post Office Counters Ltd., and the name changed to Post Office Ltd. in 2001. Post Office Ltd. remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group Ltd. A large number of its branches are under franchise agreements.
There are currently around 14,000 Post Office branches across the UK, of which 373 are directly managed by Post Office Ltd. (known as Crown Offices). The majority of other branches are either run by multiple franchise partners or local subpostmaster agents.
The Post Office has a wide variety of services throughout the network of branches. Products and services available vary throughout the network; main post...
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