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The Post Office provides mail, financial and government services to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches. Post Office is a public corporation of the Department for Business and Trade .
The Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) was the regulator of mail industry. Its responsibilities passed to Ofcom in 2011.
The Royal Mail was formerly a Public Corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, the Royal Mail was privatised.
The review was established to help sustain the universal postal service.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
A version of schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 for postal administration as covered in part 4 of the Postal Services Bill 2010.
The Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) has accepted a request from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for a report concerning its proposed restructuring subsidy for the Post Office Process Review compensation.
Find out which postage stamps are free of VAT and when VAT must be applied to stamps, stamped stationery and other philatelic supplies.
Postwatch was set up in 2001 to assist customers with disputes or complaints relating to postal services in the UK. In 2008, it merged with Energywatch to form Consumer Focus.
The British Forces Post Office (BFPO) provides a postal service to HM Forces, separate from that provided by Royal Mail in the United Kingdom. British Forces Post Office ceased to be an agency on 1 April 2007, its services are...
Rules made by the powers conferred by section 60(1) of the Postal Services Act 2011 about the making, conduct and disposal of appeals.
This Tax Information and Impact Note is about extending a Corporation Tax exemption for a specific government owned company.
Use this service to apply for a postal vote in, general elections and other UK Parliamentary elections, local elections in England (including mayors), Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales, referendums and MP recall petitions.
Sections (119.01 - 119.08) last updated October 2021.
Brief guide to assist participants involved in postal services price control appeals under the Postal Services Act 2011.
An update of the 2008 independent review of the postal services sector.
This document contains the following information: Postal Services Commission resource accounts 2007 to 2008: (for the year ended 31 March 2008).
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