Last post for Postwatch (1)
Postwatch – the watchdog for postal consumers – was created almost eight years ago, but it closes next week when it merges with two other consumer bodies – Energywatch and the National Consumer Council – to form Consumer Focus.
For the past two and a half years, I’ve been the Chair of the Greater London Region of Postwatch and sat on the Council of the organisation. Today I took the London team out for a farewell lunch and tomorrow the Council has its last meeting and closing dinner.
For me, it won’t be the end of involvement in postal services because I sit on the Board of Consumer Focus. The Board has been meeting monthly since January but the organisation only comes into force on 1 October.
I have to say that the closing down of Postwatch and the opening up of Consumer Focus has created so many extra meetings for me that this month I have literally been working full-time. I hope that, over the next month or two, I can do a few more personal things like read a book or two and up-date some pages on my web site. After all, I am supposed to be retired!