POST OFFICE

A mobile Post Office® is a modern, fully equipped van offering Post Office® services. There are more than 168 villages currently visited by a Mobile branch across the UK today. These communities are visited at set times and days each week, and the majority of Post Office® products and services are available through the Mobile service. These vehicles have an access lift at the back to assist elderly or disabled customers

The hosted service is operated from a local community building such as a cafe, village hall or community centre at set times and days each week, with space set aside at these premises for the portable Post Office® computer equipment. This enables customers to access the majority of Post Office® products and services at these locations. The partner service is combined in an existing retail premises and the local partner (such as the shop-owner), provides a slightly reduced range of Post Office® products and services from their premises. More than 80% of the full range of Post Office® products and services are available through the partner service and services are generally available during the same opening hours as the partner’s retail business. This is a service for very small communities and enables customers to order a reduced range of Post Office® products and services over the telephone. The products may either be delivered to a customer’s home by the core subpostmaster or are available for collection by the customer at a local Drop-In Session.