THE POST Office is making moves to try to ensure that its service will remain available to the people of Bewdley, the town’s MP has confirmed.
Morrisons has announced that the store on Load Street is on its proposed list of 100 shop closures, meaning the Post Office will have to close in the next few months should this proposal be confirmed.
This news has been met with concern, as many Bewdley residents fear they will no longer have access to a Post Office service near their homes.
Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier has held talks with the Post Office, during which bosses have confirmed to him that they are keen to continue delivering a local service.
Mr Garnier added: “In the first instance, the Post Office are reaching out to trusted partners to take on the franchise.
“They have asked me to forward any expressions of interest who approach me.”
A spokesperson for Morrisons said a review has identified a number of stores, which were part of the McColl’s acquisition back in 2022, which are loss-making, despite remedial action.
Since 2016, when the last bank, HSBC, closed, the Post Office has been providing an over-the-counter banking service.
Because of this, campaigners feel it is imperative that the Post Office remains within the town, and a petition has been launched to save the Post Office.
A Post Office spokesperson said: “We fully recognise the inconvenience this will cause our customers who rely on our banking and parcel services in particular.
“Should the decision be confirmed that the Morrisons store is closing, the store and Post Office would close in the next few months.
“We will therefore be advertising the vacancy for the branch on our runapostoffice.co.uk website shortly and welcome applications fom nearby retailers looking to host a Post Office inside their store.”
