Category: Banks & Post Office

Two organisations, two answers. The Post Office runs counters; Royal Mail runs deliveries. On a bank holiday one of them has a handful of branches trading and the other stops completely. Quick answer: Most standalone Post Office branches close on bank holidays. Branches operating inside a newsagent, convenience store or supermarket often stay open, because…

Branches close — that is what the name means. The question that actually costs people money is which payments still move on the day, and which quietly slip to the next working day. Quick answer: Every UK retail bank closes its branches on bank holidays. Faster Payments, card payments and ATMs carry on. BACS, CHAPS…

Royal Mail does not deliver post on bank holidays — and there are no collections from postboxes that day. Plan ahead if you have time-sensitive items. Quick answer: No deliveries, no collections from postboxes, and post offices may be closed. Special Delivery Guaranteed and other timed services are also suspended on bank holidays. What Royal…