MPs To Look At Post Office Potential

The Business and Enterprise Select Committee has agreed to act as a Task Force, working with the government, to identify new services to help secure the long term viability of the post office network.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said:

“At a time when people are increasingly keen to use trusted and reassuring brands, it is absolutely the right moment to look at how the Post Office can expand the services it offers.

“That is why I have asked the Select Committee to use its in-depth knowledge of the Post Office Network to examine how it might broaden its offer to the public and ensure its long term future.

“Following the announcement that the Post Office will provide the Card Account until 2015 and its emergence as a provider of the new Saving Gateway service, we are keen to see what more it can do.”

The Business and Enterprise Select Committee is expected to report its findings to Parliament in early summer.

Source: GNDS

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