Post Offices
Post Office Limited, which operates the network of Post Offices throughout the UK, is part of the Royal Mail Group.
Postcomm has a limited role in relation to the Post Office network. It monitors developments in the network, and provides advice to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in the form of an annual report. We are not involved in making decisions on the future of either the network or any individual Post Office.
Government consultation on the future of the Post Office network
In May 2007, the Secretary of State announced the Government's decision on the future of the Post Office network, including the continuation of the rural subsidy until 2011. It is vital that during the local consultations on the network that are now underway - and in the longer term - people give their support and continue to use their post offices.
Postcomm's response to the consultation is available at the post office research section of the site, together with other related documents.
Postcomm's annual network report
Our latest network report was published in October 2007. It aims to make sure that:
- the government has clear advice about developments in the Post Office network, its role, and how to fund it
- attention is focused not on post office numbers, but on making sure customers have access to Post Office services to meet their current and future needs, and
- the provision of post office services takes account of the needs of vulnerable groups and those living in isolated and deprived areas.
Full details of previous network reports.
Postcomm's Post Office research.
Postcomm's series of downloadable factsheets includes a brief guide to our work relating to Post Offices.
