Here comes the judge
In my capaciry as a member of the Postwatch Council, I spent this morning at Royal Mail Headquarters acting as a judge on a panel to choose the best post office in each of three categories for each of two regions. It was really encouraging to see how much effort Post Office staff and sub-postmasters are putting in locally to make their post office a customer-friendly operation.
Sadly I fear that shortly the Government will announce a major retrenchment of the national network of post offices. The hard truth is that, of the 14,500 or so such offices, only around 5,000 are actually profitable. However much we say we love ourt local post office, more and more of us are using them less and less.
Prepare for political fireworks …