PLANS to modernise a village post office have been given the stamp of approval.
A new ‘local’ service will open at Broadmayne Post Office on Thursday, December 4 as the branch also prepares to open seven days a week.
The new service will be provided at a combination counter in the store, where the Post Office terminal will sit alongside the till and will be available from 7.30pm to 5.30pm on Monday to Saturday and from 9am to noon on Sundays.
This will give the village an extra 17 hours of opening a week.
To prepare for the new service the branch will be closed from Tuesday, November 25 and customers are advised to use their nearest branches at Trinity Street in Dorchester or Mount Skippett Way in Crossways.
Post Office area manager David Gold said: “We know how important Post Office services are to residents in Broadmayne and we are confident that this vibrant new-style Post Office at the heart of the community will be popular.
“The modernisation is part of a major government investment programme that is enabling us to continue investing in the Post Office network and to map out a bold growth strategy to the end of the decade.”
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