NFSP HR web event summary
On Tuesday 6 October's the NFSP held a national HR web event with guest speaker Angela Clay, Managing Director of HR:4UK. Angela provided NFSP members with an update on The Government’s...
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NFSP National HR Web Event - Tuesday 6 October 8pm
Join the NFSP tonight (Tuesday 6 October) for our national HR web event on Microsoft Teams. HR:4UK’s Angela Clay will be discussing: The Government’s new Job Support Scheme. Changes...
NFSP COVID-19 news - 24 September 2020
Update on face covering requirements The Government has provided clarification on where in retail environments face coverings are required - as follows: Face coverings are not required if there is...
Post Offices: a support mechanism for 300,000 vulnerable people
The post office network relies on a subsidy from Government. It is just over six months until the current subsidy arrangement ends and that is deeply worrying for subpostmasters and the communities th...
Self-employment income support scheme - second grant available
Subpostmasters whose businesses have been adversely affected by COVID-19 since 14 July will be able to claim a grant payment through the Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS...
NFSP STATEMENT ON POST OFFICE LTD BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT
The NFSP welcomes the announcement that Post Office Ltd (PO) intends to create a ‘Postmaster role’ on its Board. This is something the NFSP has been calling for over the last few years on...
Working in the heatwave
The NFSP's trusted HR partner HR:4UK has expert advice for NFSP members on working through the current heatwave. The UK is currently experiencing a heatwave with temperatures expected to reach 9...
Aug 11, 2020 | Other
NFSP AGM 2020 & September event
The NFSP’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2020 took place at 11am on Wednesday 29 July via the online meeting system Zoom. Guy Butterworth of the NFSP’s auditor Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes...
Jul 31, 2020 | NFSP
Actions in response to the roll out of ordering via Branch Hub
As subpostmasters will likely be aware, Post Office Ltd (PO) is rolling out a new system for ordering stock via Branch Hub – which it intends to replace the Horizon-based ordering system. The N...
Jul 24, 2020 | Post Office
Mandatory face coverings in shops and supermarkets
From Friday 24 July it will be mandatory for customers to wear face coverings in shops and supermarkets in England. These regulations are already in place in Scotland - with the same overall guidance...
Post Office Ltd interference with Google My Business pages
The NFSP has become aware that Post Office Ltd (PO) has been taking control of and editing individual post offices’ Google My Business pages. In many cases this has seen PO remove content relat...
Jul 23, 2020 | Post Office
Coronavirus update - 8 June 2020
There are key dates and information you should be aware of relating to two of the support schemes Government has made available to you in response to the coronavirus. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
Coronavirus update - 2 June 2020
As you may be aware, Post Office Ltd (PO) is introducing major changes to the availability of bureau services across the network due to the impact of the coronavirus. Due to domestic and internationa...
Coronavirus update - 22 May 2020
The following is the latest update from the NFSP on the coronavirus situation as of 4pm 22 May 2020. Headline information Remuneration web event - Q&A now available Nick Beal, PO Head o...
June 2020 remuneration announcement
As you will have seen, Post Office Ltd (PO) has announced a scheme for supporting June’s remuneration for the network. After the approach for underpinning April and May’s remuneration was...
May 7, 2020 | Post Office
Royal Mail stops Saturday deliveries as part of coronavirus measures
Royal Mail (RM) is to temporarily halt letter delivery on a Saturday as the mails provider navigates the coronavirus crisis. The move has been promoted by high levels of staff absence, RM said in a s...
PO extends financial services to help support vulnerable customers
Post Office Ltd (PO) has made two of its financial products available to banks, building societies and credit unions to assist vulnerable customers most in need of fast and simple access to cash durin...
New debt protection plan
The government has introduced new measures to protect high street shops and small companies from ‘aggressive’ rent collection and debt recovery. Business Secretary Alok Sharma set out pla...
What's our social value?
The NFSP is carrying out research to understand the different ways in which post offices support their local communities. NFSP Head of Research and Policy, Peter Hall said: “we talk regularly t...
May 5, 2020 | NFSP