sub-post office

(Commerce) (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office

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sub-post office

[sʌbˈpəʊstˌɒfɪs] n → ufficio postale secondario

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TWO men charged with robbery after an incident in a village sub-post office appeared before a judge yesterday.

Two in court on robbery charge

SENTENCE has been adjourned on a woman who stole more than pounds 14,000 from a sub-post office and shop which she ran.

Post office fraudster awaits her sentence

THE sentencing of a woman who stole more than pounds 14,000 from the sub-post office and shop she ran was adjourned to allow time for a cheque to clear.

Woman bailed to repay stolen pounds 14,000

SCENE Police at Wylam sub-Post Office after the raid

pounds 10,000 to catch raiders; Cash reward for information on armed post office thugs

Fred and Rose Voase, who are both in their 60s, were injured by two masked attackers who targeted the Wylam sub-post office in Northumberland early yesterday.

Village shock as couple attacked in post office raid; Police launch hunt after raiders armed with crowbars strike

Councillor Lewis, who represents Penrhyndeudraeth on Gwynedd council, runs Siop Dewi, a general shop in the village's High Street and which also contains a sub-post office.

Councillor accused of pounds 53k post office theft

The business, which included the sub-post office in Grange Avenue, closed this month.

Uncertainty as post office is closed down

It is claimed that the sub-post office network is not viable and implied that the sub-post offices themselves would close down anyway.

AGENDA: Post office politics is Government at its worst

Mr Patel took over the sub-post office in Jerusalem Street, in Rhymney, in May and has spent the last few months turning it into a convenience store.

'The land went from under me'

Failure to adapt to the needs of their customers has clearly been a deciding factor in the death of the sub-post office.

Your Letters: Last post for local service

Postal services are provided at Post Office Locals by staff on the main store counter, rather than a separate sub-post office area with dedicated post office employees and separate tills.

Post office scheme to go nationwide; One in five of the region's outlets set to disappear in new trial

Post Office Ltd have now admitted that it is their central costs that they are worried about not whether each sub-post office is profitable as a shop.

Letter: Your Say - Costly change