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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Post Office announces plans to relocate town's closing branch to nearby shop
The Post Office has announced plans to relocate its Yarm branch to a new corner shop as its current home prepares to close. The current site at the 3D Leven Park Newsagents at Healaugh Park, will close next month after its operator resigned. It left questions hanging over the future of the unit, owned by supermarket giant Aldi, and the Post Office branch, which is one of two in the town. The Post Office has now confirmed it plans to move from Healaugh Park to the Family Shopper on Mount Leven Road. The Family Shopper on Mount Leven Road (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO) The new location will have a new postmaster and offer 60 hours of service each week, which is an extra 16 hours compared to the current branch. The Mount Leven Post Office, which is just under a mile away from its current home, would be open from Monday to Saturday from 9am until 7pm. A similar range of products and services will be available at the new location, with plans to improve access into the store for customers. However, Parcelforce express services, foreign currency, and travel money card will not be available at the Mount Leven Post Office if plans are green-lit. The current Yarm Post Office (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO) These services will instead be available at the Orchard Post Office on Durham Lane in Eaglescliffe. As previously reported, Whitworth Pharmacy, next to Aldi at Healaugh Park, is expected to move into the current Post Office after the corner shop closes on Saturday, September 27. Read more: 'Shocking' - Children as young as two suspected of crimes in County Durham Restaurant near Darlington closes after Home Office illegal working probe Almost 400 residents object to 600-home estate in 'bursting at the seams' town The planned relocation forms part of a bid from Aldi to extend its store by adding an extra aisle. A consultation period on the new Post Office has now been launched, with residents able to give feedback until September 19. Customers can share their views during the consultation online at with the branch code 350327. Submissions can also be made via email to comments@ by post to Freepost or by telephone (03452 66 01 15) or text (03457 22 33 55).
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Major changes to Stroud town centre bank from today
CHANGES are afoot for the Santander bank branch in Stroud town centre. Santander - based at Five Valleys Shopping Centre - will be reducing its opening hours from today, Monday, June 30. It will now be open on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30am to 3pm. It will be closed on a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. A spokesperson for Santander said: "We've informed LINK, an independent industry body, about our plans to reduce the opening hours for this branch. "LINK carry out Access to Cash assessments when a bank changes its opening hours, and they publish the outcome of their assessment and any recommendations they make for new cash access services. "We last did a major review of our branches in 2021. "Since then, our customers are choosing to use Mobile, Online and Telephone Banking more, and branches less. "We've now done a more recent review of our branches, looking at where they're located, how they're used and the other local banking options available. "As a result of our review findings, we've decided to reduce the opening hours of our Stroud branch. When deciding to reduce the opening hours, we looked at how the branch is being used and how customers are banking in other ways. "Ninety-two per cent of our branch customers already use a variety of ways to do their banking. "Seventy-five per cent of our branch customers use our Online, Mobile or Telephone Banking services. "Twenty-six per cent of our branch customers also use another Santander branch. "We're aware of the impact of this decision and will be here for you in person to offer support and answer any questions." The nearest Santander branches are in Gloucester and Cirencester, with the latter also changing opening hours today.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Three Post Office branches under new management
The Post Office has selected a franchise operator for three of its branches in the Retail will run the branches in Goodhart Road in Bransholme, Hull; Quay Road in Bridlington; and Victoria Street in Post Office branches and six banking hubs are currently run by the month, the Post Office announced it would offload the remaining 108 branches it directly owned and move to a fully franchised network. Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn, who campaigned against the closure of the Grimsby branch, welcomed the news that it would stay according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, she added she "remains concerned that the Post Office has not ruled out relocating in the future".Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
