Post Office: plan to franchise branches puts sites at risk

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• The full list of Post Office 'crown' branches: Aldwych – London Baker Street – London Bangor – Main Street, Bangor, Wales Barnes Green – Lee Road, Manchester Barnet – High Street, Barnet, London Belfast City – Bridge Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland Bexhill On Sea – Devonshire Square, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex Bideford – The Quay, Bideford, Devon Birmingham – Pinfold Street, Birmingham Bransholme – A Goodhart Road, Bransholme, East Yorkshire Breck Road – The Mall, Breck Road, Liverpool Bridlington – Quay Road, Bridlington, East Yorkshire Brixton – Ferndale Road, Brixton, London Broadway – London Caernarfon – Castle Square, Caernarfon, Wales Cambridge City – St Andrew Street, Cambridge Canning Town – Barking Road, London Chester Le Street – Front Street, Chester Le Street, County Durham Cosham – High Street, Cosham, Hampshire Cricklewood – Cricklewood Broadway, London Crossgates – Austhorpe Road, Crossgates, West Yorkshire Croydon – High Street, Croydon, London Dereham – Quebec Street, Dereham, Norfolk Didsbury Village – Albert Hill Street, Didsbury, Greater Manchester Dunraven Place – Wyndham Street, Bridgend, Wales East Dulwich – Lordship Lane, London Eccles – Church Street, Eccles, Greater Manchester Edinburgh City – Waverley Mall, Edinburgh Furness House – Dalton Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Glasgow – West Nile Street, Glasgow Gloucester – Kings Square, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Golders Green – Finchley Road, London Great Portland Street – London Grimsby – Victoria Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Haddington – Court Street, Haddington, Scotland Hampstead – Hampstead High Street, London Harlesden – Wendover Road, Harlesden, Greater London Harold Hill – Farnham Road, Romford, Greater London High Holborn – London Houndsditch – White Kennet Street, London Hyde – Market Place, Hyde, Greater Manchester Inverness – Queensgate, Inverness, Scotland Islington – Upper Street, Islington, London Kendal – Stricklandgate, Kendal, Cumbria Kennington Park – Kennington Road, London Kensington – Kensington High Street, London Kettering – Lower Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire Kilburn – Kilburn High Road, London Kingsbury – Kingsbury Road, London Kingsland High Street – London Kirkwall – Junction Road, Kirkwall, Scotland Knightsbridge – Raphael Street, London Leigh – Silk Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester Leighton Buzzard – Church Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Liskeard – The Parade, Liskeard, Cornwall London Bridge – Borough High Street, London Londonderry – Custom House Street, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Lower Edmonton – South Mall, Edmonton Green, Greater London Lupus Street – Greater London Matlock – Bank Road, Matlock, Derbyshire Melville Road – Melville Road, Hove, East Sussex Merthyr Tydfil – John Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales Milton Keynes – Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Morecambe – Victoria Street, Morecambe, Lancashire Morley – Queens Street, Morley, West Yorkshire Mount Pleasant – Rosebery Avenue, London Mutley – Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Nailsea – Crown Glass Place, Nailsea, Somerset Newquay – East Street, Newquay, Cornwall Newtownards – Frances Street, Newtownards, Northern Ireland Northolt – Mandeville Road, Northolt, London Old Swan – Prescot Road, Liverpool Oswestry – Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire Oxford – St Aldates, Oxford Paddington Quay – Praed Street, London Paignton – Torquay Road, Paignton, Devon Port Talbot – Station Road, Port Talbot, Wales Portsmouth – Slindon Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire Poulton Le Fylde – Teanlowe Centre, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire Prestwich – Kingswood Road, Prestwich, Greater Manchester Raynes Park – Amity Grove, London Redditch – Threadneedle House, Alcester Street, Redditch, Worcestershire Roman Road – Roman Road, Bethnal Green, London Romsey – Church Street, Romsey, Hampshire Rotherham – Bridgegate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Salford City – Rossall Way, Salford, Greater Manchester Saltcoats – Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats, Scotland South Ockendon – Derwent Parade, South Ockendon, Essex South Shields – King Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear Springburn Way – Springburn Way, Glasgow St Johns – Albion Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire St Peters Street – St Peters Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire Stamford – All Saints Place, Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford Hill – London Stockport – Great Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester Stornoway – Francis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Stroud – Russell Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire Sunderland City – Fawcett Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Teignmouth – Den Road, Teignmouth, Devon The City Of London – Eastcheap, London The Markets – New York Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire Vauxhall Bridge Road – London Wealdstone – Headstone Drive, Harrow, Greater London Westbourne – Seamoor Road, Bournemouth, Dorset Wester Hailes – Westside Plaza, Edinburgh Windsor – Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire Worlds End – Kings Road, London Yate Sodbury – South Parade, Yate, Gloucestershire Post Office chairman Nigel Railton said: Moving to a fully franchised network is one part of enabling the Post Office to deliver a New Deal for Postmasters, helping to create a long-term, sustainable future for the Post Office.
• Submitting... Post Office to franchise 108 directly-run 'crown' branches by autumn 2025 Move could put around 1,000 employees at risk of job loss Branches may stay in place but could relocate or close under new operators Plan aims to save £40m and boost postmaster pay by £250m annually by 2030
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• (Photo: Getty Images) | Getty Images The announcement follows a review of the branches announced late last year, which was initiated after the organization underwent a major overhaul in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal.
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