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	Encyclopedia: Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		British post card, used in 1890 A postcard or post card is a typically rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope and at a lower rate than a letter.
		In the case of New Zealand Post Limited, this included (from 2003) its right to be the sole New Zealand postal administration member of the Universal Postal Union, thus the ending of its monopoly on stamps bearing the name New Zealand.
		Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mail (7593 words)

	Post Office Urban Reinvention Network: 5 Feb 2004: Written Ministerial Statements (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Post Office Limited will advise MPs and local authorities as soon as possible of the remaining timetable for commencing consultations on plans for their area.
		Post Office Limited will advise MPs and members of the devolved administrations on a strictly confidential basis of proposals, including the overall rationale for the proposed area plan, one week before they are put out to public consultation.
		Post Office Limited is committed to the successful implementation of the new arrangements and to working with Postwatch to ensure an effective consultation process designed to maximise the quality of judgment and transparency, and to produce a fair result for customers and the Company.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wms?id=2004-02-05.48WS.4 (739 words)

	Last-ditch plea to save supermarket post office - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Even Post Office Limited, which has axed dozens of branches in the west of Scotland, is backing the campaign to save the facility in Newlands.
		The area's main post office in the local branch of Morrisons is due to close on June 20, but Post Office Limited is determined to retain a post office in Newlands and is looking for new premises.
		The nearest alternative post offices are in Pollokshaws at 193 Shawbridge Street and Shawlands at 1060 Pollokshaws Road within the Co-op superstore.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /news/5039867.shtml (271 words)

	UK National Audit Office press notice - Department of Trade and Industry: Financial Support for Post Offices
		But the future of post offices remains uncertain and the DTI will need to be alert to falling volumes of business that could threaten the viability of sub-post offices.
		Post Office Limited is on course to close around 2,500 urban branches under its Urban Reinvention Programme.
		Although the rationalisation programme has put the remaining urban post offices on a firmer footing, their future is not guaranteed and the DTI must stay alert to this.
	www.nao.org.uk /pn/04-05/0405287.htm (593 words)

	DTI Postal Services Sector Website - Post Office Limited Working Capital Loan Facility
		POL's cash requirement has previously been pre-funded by DWP through the benefits contract, but this pre-funding will decline and come to and end with the DWP migration to direct payment.
		POL however still needs to have the cash available to meet the Government commitment of benefits recipients still being able to collect their benefits in cash over the post office counter.
		It is expected that the borrowing requirement on this facility will eventually reduce over time, as the demand for cash at post offices declines and POL gains experience in operating and managing its cash flow needs under new arrangement of direct payment.
	www.dti.gov.uk /postalservices/pol_facility.htm (278 words)

	Liberal Democrats : Post Office
		Commercial opportunities for the post office network should be exploited but its core business has traditionally been as a public service and the Liberal Democrats want to maintain that.
		The concept of post offices as General Government Practitioners, for which they should be paid, allowing people to make national and local Government transactions over the counter should be rolled out across the country.
		It is in these areas which post offices play their most important role; providing a significant level of care and access to important income for the most vulnerable members of society - the over 65's, disabled people, unemployed people, and the financially excluded.
	www.libdems.org.uk /commerce/issues/postoffice.html (767 words)

	Post Office Network page
		The Post Office is a publicly-funded business and must allow a period of public consultation before closing or franchising a post office.
		The CWU will be commencing a campaign against the decision by POL and urge members of the public and other interested parties to write to their member of Parliament, local councillors and Alan Leighton Chairman of the Post Office on this important local issue.
		As post offices face a dramatic fall in business, the CWU is launching a nationwide campaign to assure the public they can still collect their benefits and pensions from the Post Office.
	home.btconnect.com /cwulrc/postofficenetwork.htm (2187 words)

	"Last Post for High Street Post Offices" Says Amicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Amicus recognises that high street post offices are an essential community service that must be preserved at all costs.
		High Street post offices provide a vital social and economic service to the community particularly against the bank drop of the banks retreat from the high street.
		Post Office Ltd is part of Royal Mail Group, which is a public limited company wholly owned by the Government.
	www.forrelease.com /D20041116/1141022.html (516 words)

	Liberal Democrats : Post Office
		Post offices need to be able to offer new services and products that will attract people back into their local branch and replace the income government policies have drained away.
		As post offices are ideally placed to provide people with convenient, free access to cash and banking services we will intensify efforts to see the leading High Street banks and building societies allow their customers to access basic bank accounts at post offices.
		We will ensure the cheque-based system for collecting benefits and pensions at the post office for those who do not want to use a card and PIN pad is offered as Direct Payment's 'fourth option' and given equal publicity and prominence.
	www.libdems.org.uk /commerce/issues (767 words)

	EUROPA - Rapid - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		POL is making losses on account of its statutory obligation to cover the entire territory of the UK.
		As the Government requires POL to keep open 8,600 rural post offices, it will compensate POL annually for the related net public service costs and this within a £150M ceiling.
		Post Office Limited (POL) is the largest European retail network when measured in the number of outlets.
	europa.eu.int /rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/03/757&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en (720 words)

	More post offices to close
		Post Office Ltd announced on 16 December its plans to close Cheam, Belmont and The Broadway branches, in addition to Angel Hill, Church Hill Road, Oldfields Road, Croydon Road and South Beddington.
		Post Office Ltd did reconsider the closure plans for Cheam, Belmont and The Broadway but these are to close as well.
		Post Office Ltd agreed to reconsider closure plans for Cheam, Belmont, The Broadway and Stonecot Hill.
	www.sutton.gov.uk /news/pressreleases2004/december2004/pr04-343.htm?textonly=true (394 words)

	POST OFFICE
		Post office managers want to close 16 of Derby's 43 branches and have been pushing ahead with a programme of closures across the country.
		Post Office Limited said the closures were necessary "to modernise and restructure the service" and says there are too many branches competing for too little business.
		The Post Office will also become a plc, which was described by Chief Executive John Roberts as a "major opportunity" for the business.
	www.derbygripe.co.uk /poffice.htm (1173 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Locals blamed as post office shuts
		Post Office Limited said survival was down to the villagers.
		The post office is also the local shop, described by neighbours as the "heart of the village".
		A statement from Post Office Limited said that it and the UK Government recognised the social service provided by branches in more remote, rural parts.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/wales/4084745.stm (478 words)

	Council acts to prevent Woodford Post Office closure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Representatives from Post Office Limited attended the Council's Planning and Consultation committee meeting last week where the issue of the potential closure was discussed.
		The Council is urging Post Office Limited not to make a quick decision and instead take into consideration the surrounding population who heavily depend on the Post Office service, particularly the elderly in the community.
		The Council has also asked that the Post Office fully explore the possibility of providing a new service elsewhere, perhaps in a new retail development.
	www.newtownabbey.gov.uk /News/woodford.htm (141 words)

	Communication Workers Union
		Today Post Office Limited informed the staff at Waterloo Crown Post Office, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UB that their office would close on Friday 11th April 2003.
		When the Office closes members of the Public will be expected to walk about a mile to the next crown office in Blackfriars Road.
		The CWU are considering a demonstration outside the Office to highlight the Backdoor Closure program by Post Office Management of public services.
	www.cwu.org /news.asp?step=3&NID=58 (272 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Devon \| Calls to open post office branch
		Post Office Limited said it was reviewing the distribution of branches and nothing was certain.
		Post Office Limited said it could not answer whether or not the sub-post office will re-open.
		He said: "The last thing we want to do before we have a chance to look at the post office area is to put in a brand new post office just to close it in two months' time.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/devon/3851751.stm (322 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Post Office & Royal Mail - Post Office accused of hoarding £17 million meant for upgrades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A POSTAL watchdog has criticised the Post Office for hoarding millions of pounds of cash instead of spending it on creating bigger and better post offices.
		Postwatch has written to the chief executive of Post Office Limited to express concern at the delay in carrying out work to upgrade post offices.
		A spokeswoman for the Post Office said: "We are committed to spending the £30m which has been earmarked for improvements, and are working hard with sub postmasters to make sure that this is completed."
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=205&id=2012562005 (411 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Post Office & Royal Mail
		THE Post Office is extending its banking services to all customers with current accounts at the...
		LESSONS in how to post a letter are being given to Scottish office workers and small businesses to...
		A POST office which raises funds for charity and another offering 170 different products and...
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=205&id=2012562005 (484 words)

	The Divine Office, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911
		This expression signifies etymologically a duty accomplished for God; in virtue of a Divine precept it means, in ecclesiastical language, certain prayers to be recited at fixed hours of the day or night by priests, religious, or clerics, and, in general, by all those obliged by their vocation to fulfil this duty.
		The usage in France of the expression "saint-office" as synonymous with "office divin" is not correct.
		At all events, during the course of the fifth century, the Office was composed, as to-day, of a nocturnal Office, viz.
	www.ourgardenofcarmel.org /doce.html (1280 words)

	WebSearch - Post Offices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In each city, mail is concentrated from post boxes to local post offices to regional sorting centers...
		Post Office Ltd is a retail post office company in the...
		Most post offices - recognisable by their red and blue signs - are...
	www.seekerbar.com /pages/TB50154TE10/Post+Offices.html (333 words)

	Burstow blasts Post Office Limited for poor consultatation (Paul Burstow MP)
		The MP has written to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, asking for a parliamentary debate on the post office plans.
		When MPs and Council Leaders met with the Post Office last week they were outraged to be told that the Post Office would pay little attention to petitions.
		MP blasts "sham" consultation after final blow is delivered to local post office network.
	www.paulburstow.libdems.org.uk /news/436.html (481 words)

	expressandstar.com:chronicle:great barr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Great Barr post office has lost its stay of execution after Post Office chiefs announced it would now be axed despite a raft of support from councillors and hundreds of residents.
		He explained: "Post Office Limited acknowledges that seeing a local facility close is disappointing for those who use it and who perhaps find the prospect of change unsettling.
		The councillor accused Post Office Limited of trying to lessen the news of the closures by delaying the announcement and said the campaign may have had more chance if Perry Beeches had had the support of Birmingham City Council.
	www.expressandstar.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=23&num=68112 (419 words)

	Council calls for halt to Post Office closures - Nottinghamshire County Council
		Councillors at a recent County Council meeting were united in criticising the inadequate consultation period for plans to close urban Post Offices in the county.
		"People rely on their local post office for the many services it provides and they occupy an important position in the centre of the community," explained Councillor Joyce Bosnjak, who is Chair of the Community Services Select Committee.
		Post Office Limited have been asked to contribute to the review, along with representatives from the Elderly Person's Forum, Sure Start, the Education department and Postwatch, the independent watchdog for postal services in the United Kingdom.
	www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk /home/newshome/newsarticle.htm?id=27213&Community=t&Council=t (267 words)

	Post Office Guide - Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Post Office salary paid and the way it is worked out has recently been altered which allows both the Sub Postmaster and Post Office Counters Limited monthly updates of the perfomance of each particular Post Office.
		A basic salary is paid to each Post Office on a monthly basis, (the level of business determines the size of this payment), and on top of that, a monthly revision based on each months performance of the individual Post Office is awarded which the Postmaster gets paid 2 months in arrears.
		Yes, Post Offices are almost unique in the fact the Post Office allow 49 days (including weekends) paid leave over a 2 year period which allows you the freedom to go away on holiday or alternatively time off to spend relaxing away from the Post Office.
	www.ernest-wilson.co.uk /Guide3.html (308 words)

	Gateshead Post Office Pilot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new 'urban neighbourhood format' office is one of only four in the UK and the only one located in the North of England.
		Maureen and four of her colleagues, all experienced post office clerks have transferred from the now closed unit in the town's West Street.
		The new style post office is open plan and has four counter positions, plus one screened position for business customers.
	www.co-op.co.uk:8080 /ext_1/_k9p2icgqi_.nsf/504ca249c786e20f85256284006da7ab/e3634ce0b9e3b47280256cf4003ff159 (317 words)

	ipedia.com: New Zealand Post Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The other state-owned enterprises formed from the New Zealand Post Office: the erstwhile monopoly telephone operator (Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited), and a savings bank (Post Office Bank Limited), were later privatised.
		Of these 906 full post offices and 338 postal agencies, 600 post offices or bank branches were downsized or closed after government subsidies expired in February 1988.
		New Zealand Post's exclusive right to be the 'sole operator' under the Act for the purposes of the Universal Postal Union expired on 1 April 2003.
	www.ipedia.com /new_zealand_post.html (490 words)

	History of the United States Post Office
		The Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America was established on February 21, 1861, by an Act of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.
		The customer had to take a letter to the post office to mail it, and the addressee had to pick up the letter at the post office, Unless he or she lived in one of about 40 big cities where a carrier would deliver it to the home address for an extra penny or two.
		Although funds were appropriated a month before he left office in 1893, subsequent Postmasters general dragged their feet on inaugurating the new service so that it was 1896 before the first experimental rural delivery routes began in West Virginia, with carriers working out of post offices in Charlestown, Halltown, and Uvilla.
	www.ceol.com /vvpo/history.html (9259 words)

	icSouthlondon - MP joins 'save post office' bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Post Office Limited says it has not yet found an alternative site.
		A Post Office spokesman said: "Elys made a commercial decision not to renew its franchise and we are still actively seeking an alternative site."
		Resident Ruth Sheerin, of Hartfield Crescent, said many people in the area would be lost without a post office in the centre of the town.
	icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/merton/tm_objectid=15655245%26method=full%26siteid=50100%26headline=mp%2djoins%2d%2dsave%2dpost%2doffice%2d%2dbid-name_page.html (248 words)

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