I was delighted to hear today that Post Office have decided, with the subpostmaster’s agreement, to change our local Post Office branch in to one of the new main style branches. This will mean a newly refurbished branch providing a modern open plan environment for customers, the same products and services, longer opening hours and selected Post Office services will also be available at the retail counter during shop opening hours (0700-2200 hrs Mon-Sun).

The new opening hours for the Post Office will be Mon-Sat 0900-1730.

Our new-look Post Office is scheduled to open on Thursday 4 July 2013 at 0900 hrs. It will mean the branch will close for refurbishment on Wednesday 26 June at 1300 hrs. There are alternative Post Office branches at Kingswells or Lewis Drive in Aberdeen or of course if you are heading the other direction, Echt and Dunecht.

I know a lot of residents in Westhill feel that the Post Office space is cramped at present and the staff must feel the same. It will be great to have these improvements.