Appleby-in-Westmorland’s Post Office branch has relocated to the town’s Spar store, retaining a range of vital services for the rural Cumbrian community.
The move has seen a double counter installed next to the tills within the store in Boroughgate after the retirement of the Postmaster at the previous location further up the street.
Additional banking
Services offered on the counter include letter and parcel handling, parcel and online order collections, business mail and shipping, and Evri, Amazon, DHL and DPD services.
Personal banking including deposits and withdrawals, bill payments, car tax payments, passport applications and renewals and travel money are also offered.
Enhanced Post Office opening hours are another benefit of the move at the new set-up at Spar Appleby, and the counter is open 8am-6pm seven days a week, adding at least 20 more hours of Post Office service every week for customers living in and around the town.
To mark the relocation and retention of service, a celebratory ribbon cutting ceremony was held at with the store team, along with partnership managers from the Post Office and James Hall & Co. Ltd, owners of Spar Appleby.
A special Spar and Post Office themed jam and cream sponge cake was created for the occasion and customers shopping in the store and utilising the new counter were keen to enjoy a slice of the action.
Rob Langford, Post Office network manager at James Hall & Co. Ltd, said: “We’re pleased we’ve been able to reconfigure our till area and accommodate a dual position counter within our Appleby Spar store.
“Retaining Post Office services and delivering continuity is a key priority when developments like Postmaster retirements happen, especially in rural communities.
“We’ve carefully planned this transition to be as seamless as possible, and it’s another superb piece of partnership work with the Post Office following on from recent counter openings at other Cumbria Spar stores in Bowness and Aspatria.”
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