Post Office

The Post Office generates an economic impact of £292 million, and has a particularly strong per capita impact originating from rural constituencies in Scotland such as Ross, Skye and Lochaber, and Argyll and Bute, according to a new independent report by London Economics.

The Post Office has posted figures showing that a record £801 million in personal cash withdrawals were made in July.

The cases of sub-postmasters in Scotland who may have been wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office over its faulty computer system have been referred for review by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). The SCCRC announced last year that it was investigating the issue in Scotland. It h

Post Office saw the highest ever amount of cash deposited and withdrawn from its 11,500 branches nationwide in June, according to the latest data from its Cash Tracker.

Areas in the UK with limited access to cash are to benefit from shared bank branches with the first outlets set to open before Christmas.

The UK's largest cash machine provider LINK has received 275 requests for more cash machines to be installed across Scotland within the last two months.

A Post Office near Crieff is under new ownership, thanks to a £248,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Scottish village of Durness is to be the first to receive a free ATM under a new scheme to fund cash machines in areas which have lost access after bank cutbacks.