Comments on: Brailes’ Post Office… http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/ Have your say! Sun, 20 May 2012 14:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: arkwright http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-18 arkwright Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:16:38 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-18 It is gratifying to know that so many people are ready to fight to save Brailes Post Office and I would like add my comments to the mix. I have run the Post Office and shop for over 16 years and seen many people come and go during that time. There are also a number of people living in this village who have never been in the shop to even buy a stamp or a pint of milk! I am very keen to keep everything local, particularly in these days of spiralling fuel prices, and would hope that I will be able to continue to provide a service to the local community. However the Post Office is a changing business. Only about 12% of the village pensioners get their pension at the Post Office mainly because the government actively encouraged everyone to have it paid in to their bank accounts. About 10 mothers receive their child allowance from me. You can no longer get your TV license from the PO and car tax (once the domain of the PO) can now be bought online. I am paid by units of business and consequently my salary (which was not great to start with) is getting less and less each year. If I go on holiday I have to pay for someone to take over from me – the PO pay a small proportion of what I pay my relief and they give me 3 weeks allowance per year. The Post Office does not offer a pension scheme for its employees nor is their any provision for sickness. If I need any new equipment for the Post Office – for example a date stamp - I have to pay for it. I will be compensated for closing the Post Office and plan to use some of that to refurbish the shop. Without the restriction of the Post Office I will be able to devote more time to making the shop a more useful commodity. It will only survive, however, if you, the people of Brailes, use it! I am very willing to listen to comments and suggestions as to how I can improve services. I would also welcome any approaches from local producers who have products they would like me to sell. We have made Brailes our home and our children have grown up here and we have no plans to leave - but we are a business that needs to make money to survive and can only do so with the support of the village. It is gratifying to know that so many people are ready to fight to save Brailes Post Office and I would like add my comments to the mix. I have run the Post Office and shop for over 16 years and seen many people come and go during that time. There are also a number of people living in this village who have never been in the shop to even buy a stamp or a pint of milk! I am very keen to keep everything local, particularly in these days of spiralling fuel prices, and would hope that I will be able to continue to provide a service to the local community. However the Post Office is a changing business. Only about 12% of the village pensioners get their pension at the Post Office mainly because the government actively encouraged everyone to have it paid in to their bank accounts. About 10 mothers receive their child allowance from me. You can no longer get your TV license from the PO and car tax (once the domain of the PO) can now be bought online. I am paid by units of business and consequently my salary (which was not great to start with) is getting less and less each year. If I go on holiday I have to pay for someone to take over from me – the PO pay a small proportion of what I pay my relief and they give me 3 weeks allowance per year. The Post Office does not offer a pension scheme for its employees nor is their any provision for sickness. If I need any new equipment for the Post Office – for example a date stamp - I have to pay for it. I will be compensated for closing the Post Office and plan to use some of that to refurbish the shop. Without the restriction of the Post Office I will be able to devote more time to making the shop a more useful commodity. It will only survive, however, if you, the people of Brailes, use it! I am very willing to listen to comments and suggestions as to how I can improve services. I would also welcome any approaches from local producers who have products they would like me to sell. We have made Brailes our home and our children have grown up here and we have no plans to leave - but we are a business that needs to make money to survive and can only do so with the support of the village.

]]> By: admin http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-17 admin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:44:53 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-17 I have now received further information relating to this topic - see the Parish Website homepage http://www.brailes-parish.org.uk/ for more information. Admin. I have now received further information relating to this topic - see the Parish Website homepage http://www.brailes-parish.org.uk/ for more information.

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]]> By: salters http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-16 salters Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:03:33 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-16 There is a poster in the window of the post office explaining the process for the closure and alternative arrangements should the Brailes Post Office close. There is a poster in the window of the post office explaining the process for the closure and alternative arrangements should the Brailes Post Office close.

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