Up to 3,000 UK post offices face axe

Between 2,500 and 3,000 urban and rural post offices - representing a fifth of Britains post offices - could be shut down under government-backed plans to be outlined next week, reports the FT.

''The explosion of e-mail and text messaging affected the Post Offices role in processing mail.

The cuts are likely to be implemented over a number of years.

Royal Mail, the state postal operator that runs the Post Office, said earlier this year that only 4,000 branches were needed for a viable network.''
12/9/2006 9:37:39 PM
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