Inverness may lose city centre Post Office as 115-directly owned branches set to go
An Inverness city centre post office could be at risk of getting the axe.
The Post Office revealed it is looking to offload 115 directly-owned branches within its 11,500 network, which could see them transferred to retail partners or postmasters, or potentially closed.
The current Queensgate location is one of those earmarked for closure.
Around 1,000 workers are employed across the branches, while the Post Office also confirmed that hundreds of further roles are under threat at its headquarters as it looks to streamline back office operations.
Post Office chairman Nigel Railton said in an announcement today that 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.
But the Communication Workers Union boss, Dave Ward suggested the business, and the government, would have a fight on its hands, describing the decision as "tone deaf as it is immoral" in the wake of the IT scandal that saw hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly jailed and struggle in their fight to secure redress and compensation.
"CWU members are victims of the Horizon scandal - and for them to now fear for their jobs ahead of Christmas is yet another cruel attack", he said.
