I imagine it's going to be a messy affair when the TG Jones closures bite as it'll no doubt impact a number of communities where they operate the only Post Office for miles. I wonder if Post Office might end up propping up part of the operation if the whole thing is sent to the administrators ...

I imagine it's going to be a messy affair when the TG Jones closures bite as it'll no doubt impact a number of communities where they operate the only Post Office for miles. I wonder if Post Office might end up propping up part of the operation if the whole thing is sent to the administrators (as ...

I had to pop into Sainsbury's to collect a microwave from Argos at 10am on New Year's Day and not surprisingly it was quiet in the supermarket and the Argos concession. In Argos there was only a customer collecting Vax shampoo and me.

Argos itself had opened at 8am on NYD at the same time as ...

Guardian article on how customers have reacted or not reacted to the TGJones rebrand of WHSmith's retail operation.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/24/tg-jones-brand-replaced-wh-smith-high-street


The demographics of the customers in that article are a bit telling. News, cards ...

One of the reasons why lockers have become popular in recent years. My newsagent has an InPost locker alongside the Tesco Express down the road, plus they're outside so have the convenience factor of being able to collect or drop a parcel after trading hours.

Going back to the "dodgy" shops that ...

Guardian article on how customers have reacted or not reacted to the TGJones rebrand of WHSmith's retail operation.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... igh-street

For all the hype about GBR, it'll largely be seen in England only except on long distance services that enter Wales and Scotland. Scotrail and Transport for Wales are devolved to their local governments.

GBR branding also won't be seen on London Overground, Elizabeth line or Merseyrail which are ...

Post Office Ltd have completed their conversion of directly managed POs formerly known as Crown POs to the franchise model.

The final PO to convert was Inverness which is now being operated by the Co-Op.

https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/post-office/news/post-office-completes-the-franchising-of-108 ...

That's one of the issues with the franchise model, if the franchisee can't make it work, they can close and leave local people without a post office for weeks, possibly months while PO Ltd find another business to take it on.

In my area, the Costcutter took on the PO after the original sub PO ...

All of the nearest Express stores to me are now caged at the counter. I thought it might just be a London thing because of the higher risk of theft, but it appears to be a national rollout.

My local Post Office Ltd branch was franchised at the end of October, so on my first visit back I noticed they've stopped selling the WHSmith branded stationary for no-name products.

Before the changes, if you topped up electricity or gas, they'd walk to the back office to top up there, now they ...