On the 4th of August, Post Office announced that as of the 31st of August 2020, the Post Office Shop will cease trading. Read on to learn how this will affect you as a consumer below. In the announcement, the Post Office have advised that in order to further adapt to consumer needs and to stay focused during a period in which Post Office services continue to evolve, we unfortunately announce that the Post Office Shop will close and cease trading on the 31st of August 2020. We fully understand that this will come as a disappointment to our customers and apologise for any inconvenience the clos ..read more

The Royal Mail have recently announced that international postage rates will receive an increase in September due in part to the current COVID-19 situation. As mentioned on their Coronavirus Updates page, the Royal Mail have continued to implement and will be making several adjustments to better cope with the current coronavirus pandemic, including a change to their international postage rates from the 1st of September 2020. Why Are International Postage Rates Rising? The adjustments to international postage rates are due to the significant rising costs of air freight as a result of many pass ..read more

The recent situation in the world has led to the closure of schools and educational facilities across the country for non-key workers’ children, but are you ready for homeschooling? Last week, the unprecedented decision was made to close schools around the country for children of non-key workers due to the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The announcement of school and other educational institutions to be closed with immediate effect has meant that parents and carers are now being encouraged to carry out weekly homeschooling for an indefinite period of time. It’s estimated that e ..read more

Following an announcement made earlier this year, the 2020 stamp price rise goes into effect today and affects both First and Second Class stamps. As mentioned in our previous article based on Royal Mail’s announcement made in February, the 2020 stamp price rise has gone into effect today, with the price of First Class Stamps now costing 76p and a Second Class Stamps now standing at 65p. Explaining the new 2020 stamp price rise, the Royal Mail provided some comments courtesy of an official press release, explaining the reasoning for the change would be to “ensure the sustainability of th ..read more

Ever wondered how the tradition of Mother’s Day first started and when the first Mother’s Day card was sent? Join us as we take a look at the origins of this event in our latest Post Office Shop Blog article! Are you ready for Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday 22nd of March? It’s worth noting that among all of the sending of cards and purchasing of gifts, the origin of Mother’s Day might be quite different to what you may expect and the same can be said when it comes to the design of the first Mother’s Day card too! With the recent announcement that the Royal Mail have launched their ..read more

Find out more about the importance of World Backup Day 2020 and how you could win an Ultimate Data Backup Bundle in our World Backup Day 2020 Giveaway! What would YOU do if you lost everything, including all your important documents, private data and even your most treasured photos and images? This scenario can soon become a real possibility if you aren’t making regular backups of your data and keeping your files and folders in more than one location! Taking place every year, World Backup Day on the 31st of March helps bring attention to this issue, by providing useful advice on how to b ..read more

Working from home in light of the current Coronavirus pandemic? Here are our top 5 picks for the home office essentials you’ll need. As has been widely reported in the news recently, many companies are now working away from the office and instead conducting business from their homes due to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. If you’ve yet to organize a home office for yourself or are unsure on the home office essentials you’ll need in order to complete work outside of your regular workplace, then our guide is here to help steer you in the right direction. Here are our top 5 pick ..read more

Find out the movers and shakers when it comes to your coin collection with this Guest Blog Article from Change Checker featuring the 2020 Coin Scarcity Index Update. *We’re excited to reveal to you the very first Scarcity Index of 2020! The updated 50p, A-Z 10p and £2 indexes below allow you to discover how sought-after the coins in your collection really are. This information has been compiled using data from the Change Checker Swap Centre and presented in the easy to use indexes below, with arrows to signify how many places up or down a coin has moved since the last Scarcity Index. 50p ..read more

There are a large amount of post offices in the world today, but do you know about Café Peter Sport, the post office by the Portuguese docks? Find out more about this fascinating building in our newest article! You’ll probably know that here on the Post Office Shop Blog, we’ve always been fascinated to delve into the wider world in order to discover some of the world’s most interesting post offices such as the Antarctic Post Office or even the World’s Oldest! But as we start getting closer to the start of Spring, we thought we’d take a trip to a much sunnier climate – just off from the c ..read more

2020 marks another leap year – but how did leap years originate and which historical figure was responsible for creating them? Find out in our latest article on Post Office Shop Blog! Normally, a full year in the calendar would collectively total 365 days, with four seasons taking place throughout – spring, summer, autumn and winter. But what we’ve come to refer to as leap years, occur every four years, and during years that can be evenly divided by 4. Leap years contain an extra day, that being 366 days and this extra day occurs in the month of February, meaning that during leap years ..read more