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 A NEW chairman has been announced by Guernsey Post. Richard Digard replaces Simon Milsted who retired from the role at the Company's recent AGM. The appointment was approved by the States' Trading Supervisory Board, which acts as the shareholder for the States of Guernsey. (pictured above: Simon Milsted on the left with Richard Digard). Mr Digard, who has served on the board of Guernsey Post as…

Students from La Mare de Carteret, Castel and St Mary & St Michael Primary Schools have been confirmed as winners of the Bailiwick School Eco Challenge 2021 run by Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Post. The competition, which is in its second-year challenges students to think of innovative ideas to improve their schools' sustainability.   The challenge launched in April and received…

Guernsey Post is undergoing minor building works to relocate its Parcel Collection Counter at Envoy House from the rear of the building to the side, where it will sit alongside its Private Box counter.   Customers will still have easy access to parking for loading heavy items. Chris Jackson, Operations Director at Guernsey Post said: “We continue to see consistently high volumes of parcels…

Guernsey Post and Guernsey Electricity have come together again to launch the 2021 Bailiwick School's Eco Challenge. This is the second time the competition has been run and it encourages school children to think about how they can improve their school's environmental sustainability. There are two age categories: six- to eight-year-olds and nine-to-12-year-olds and working in teams of two, three…

Guernsey Post Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Channel Islands and UK based freight company HR Air Ltd.  HR Air was founded in 1987, initially as Channel Island Services and later Huelin Renouf Airfreight.  In 2001 HR Air established handling services at London Heathrow Airport.  Now the company has operations based in Guernsey, Jersey and Heathrow providing services to global…

Guernsey Post has announced it will re-open its mail collection counter at Envoy House from Monday 15th March as posties will resume leaving ‘while you were out cards’ for missed parcel deliveries. The EBox parcel collection counter will also re-open. Early morning collections from roadside post boxes will be reinstated at some post boxes and customers are urged to check the updated post box…

Guernsey Post has announced that it will be introducing changes to its postal rates from Wednesday 7th April 2021. In summary: -• The cost of a Bailiwick letter is frozen at 50p.• The price of a UK letter will rise by 5p from 68p to 73p. By comparison the first-class rate in the UK increased by 9p from 76p to 85p in January 2021.• The price of a letter to Europe will rise by 15p to £1.•…

Royal Mail and Parcelforce services to Europe and international destiantions have now reopened and are fully operational. For items posted today, customers should expect a delay of up to 2 working days for some countries. Royal Mail continue to advise that mail is not sent to the following countries;- Haiti - on suspension Nicaragua - on suspension Turkmenstein - on suspension Ukraine - Crimea…

Please be aware that due to the short term closure of multiple international routes Royal Mail have advised they expect significan disruption to European and International mail services with immediate effect. All postal services into mainland Europe and some International destinations have been suspended and we are advising customers not to send items to these destinations until the situation…

Guernsey Post is pleased to announce an operating profit of £1.4m for the last financial year which ended on 31st March 2020. Because of these results the Company has paid an ordinary dividend of £444k to its Shareholder, the States of Guernsey.In addition to the ordinary divided and in view of the Company's strong balance sheet Guernsey Post will also be paying a further special dividend of…