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New Post Office CEO announces landmark banking deal for postmasters

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Neil Brocklehurst has today been appointed by the Department for Business and Trade as CEO of the Post Office and on his first day he has announced a new banking deal for postmasters. The new five-year partnership agreement with the UK’s banks and building societies…

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