Daily Express (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Mr Duncan demanded to know how much taxpayers would have to pay for the failure to hand the contract straight to the Post Office, adding: “The Government insisted on having a tender. And now, today, after months of an expensive process, they have simply binned that tender altogether.”But George Thomson of the National Federation of Sub Postmasters said it was the correct decision. “The...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Post office branches should be reclassed as "critical national infrastructure" in the wake of the nearcollapse of some of Britain's most famous banks according to former shadow Home Secretary David Davis.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The campaign to save 3000 post offices threatened with closure is being stepped up with all 12000 branches put up posters calling for the plans to be reversed.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... bid and the Government is concerned about transgressing European law if it favours Royal Mail. George Thomson, general secretary of the federation, said: “It would be the ultimate act of betrayal if the Government were to take a short-term measure and not award the contract [to Royal Mail]. Three thousand post offices would be bound to close. What we need is a period of stability...
Steve Beasant Liberal Democrat (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
The Daily Telegraph has reported that a quarter of remaining post offices are under threat of closure as the Government considers depriving Royal Mail of a key banking contract. The prediction has apparently been made by the Federation of Sub postmasters, and George Thomson there general secretary believes 3,000 of the 12,000 branches will be under [...]
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Thousands more post offices face closure if Royal Mail loses the battle to retain the Post Office card account (Poca) which pays out pensions and benefits to 4.5m people, the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters has warned.In a letter to the prime minister, George Thomson, chairman, said sub-postmasters were becoming increasingly concerned about the government’s delay in awarding the...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
In a letter to the prime minister, George Thomson, chairman, said sub-postmasters were becoming increasingly concerned about the government's delay in awarding the contract to run the successor to the present Poca scheme, which ends in 2010. The typical sub-postmaster earns about 10 per cent of their post office income directly from card account transactions - more in deprived areas....
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... when Alistair Darling, the current Chancellor, was trade and industry secretary 18 months ago. George Thomson, the chairman of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters, said: "When the contract was drawn up there was a geographic clause in it. Any winner of the contract had to be able to provide sufficient coverage and have a good geographical spread of branches." Mr Thomson...
