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EARL STERNDALE RETAINS POST OFFICE
Ken and Jen Mellor of the Quiet Women Inn at Earl
Sterndale are celebrating the opening of a Post Office
counter in the pub, on Wednesday 14th July. With the
help from Andy Wright, the PO Rural Transfer Advisor,
the post office has successfully been relocated after
the recent closure of the local shop and post office
in the village. In the meantime, Mr & Mrs Mellor
are awaiting planning permission to convert an old
shed on their premises to house a village shop and
eventually the PO counter.
The opening times for the new Post Office are 2.00pm
- 5.30pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. We wish them well
in their new venture.
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ARE VILLAGE SHOPS THE ROUTE TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE? |
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With funding from the Food Standards Agency's
Food Acceptability and Choice Research Programme,
the Institute of Food Research (IFR) is to investigate
if village shops are a route for promoting healthier
food. The research will run initially for a
year, in which time village shoppers will collate
ideas for possible improvements.
The researchers are interested to hear from
other investigations being conducted into village
shopping habits. For more information contact
Tracey Scarpello at tracey.scarpello@bbrsc.ac.uk
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POST OFFICES FIGHT BACK
"Use them regularly - and buy more than
a couple of stamps." That's the message
from the new "Support Your Local Postmaster"
campaign launched to save small post offices.
The campaign is fronted by Postmasternetwork,
a commercial group set up to boost trade for
sub-postmasters.
The campaign promotes partnerships with companies
such as NTL Broadband, Marriott Hotels, luggage
and bag maker Bags Direct and ISA Trading, the
computer consumables supplier.
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Postmasters that sign up to the organisation can
sell the partners' products in their branches and
take a cut of the profits. Over 6,500 postmasters
have already joined since Postmasternetwork launched
two years ago. Recent additions to the scheme are
Axa Sun Life and Scottish Power.
"Our campaign aims to raise awareness that consumers
can help local post offices to survive by using them
regularly and spending money on a variety of goods,"
said Gary Coyle managing director of Postmasternetwork
and a sub-postmaster for 17 years. With the introduction
of Direct payments of benefits introduced by the Government
last year, it is more important than ever for that
postmasters adapt and look for new ways to make money.
Membership to Postmasternetwork is FREE.
For more information visit: www.postmasternetwork.co.uk
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