Post Offices in Greater Manchester face closure - full list of branches
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA number of Post Offices in Greater Manchester are at risk of closure as more than 100 branches are set to close across the UK.
The Post Office is looking to offload 115 directly-owned branches within its 11,500 network in a move that could see them transferred to retail partners or postmasters - or potentially closed.
Around 1,000 workers are employed at the at-risk branches. Hundreds of further roles are also at threat at the Post Office headquarters as the company looks to streamline back office operations.
Chairman Nigel Railton announced the news at the HQ in London on Wednesday in a speech to postmasters across the country, as well as retail partners and Post Office staff. READ NEXT: Operators to be hauled to 'safety summit' following horror double bus crash on edge of Manchester city centre He said the shake-up will also offer a 'new deal for postmasters' by increasing their share of revenue and giving them a greater say in the running of the business as it looks to move on from the Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted.
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