Two Nottinghamshire post offices have been described as being "at risk" due to a change in a compensation scheme for those running them. The Post Office first started a scheme in 2011 to modernise all of its branches, but an option was created for postmasters who did not want to change their contract by signing up to one of these new operating models.
The Post Office said those who chose to left the network would be entitled to a leavers payment worth 26 months pay under the 'Hard to Place' scheme. This pay was set to be given when a new postmaster had come forward to run a new branch in their place.
But the National Federation of Sub Postmasters (NFSP), a trade association representing post office operators, says this pledge has been changed. It says the Post Office has written to the 130 remaining branches who opted to leave the network offering them 12 months of compensation pay rather than 26.
