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Post Offices: Franchises

Commons · Question 29017 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether UK Government Investments has made a request to Post Office Limited to (a) proceed with moving all directly managed branches to a fully franchised model and (b) expedite the shift of directly m

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 11 Feb 2025

Nigel Railton, the Post Office Chair, has set out his ambitions for the future of the Post Office, which involves a reduction in central costs and other ways to deliver efficiencies, plus steps to improve the commercial future of the business in order to ...