RENTON Post Office will expand its range of services and increase opening hours by 63 hours in two weeks time.

The office inside the Scotmid Co-op on Main Street will close temporarily from 12.30pm on Saturday, September 3, to allow works to take place. The Scotmid's opening hours will remain the same.

The new service will officially launch at 1pm on Wednesday, September 7.

It will be available seven days a week from 7am to 10pm, an increase of 63 hours and 30 minutes of opening hours. 

The range of services offered will include special delivery, local collect, home shopping returns, online banking cash deposits and withdrawals, Post Office card withdrawals, sending funds abroad using Moneygram, travel insurance applications, bill payments, pre-order travel money and top up mobile phones.

Colette Clark, Post Office operations panager for Scotmid Co-operative, said “We are delighted to be welcoming customers to our newly refurbished Renton Post Office, which will offer a wide range of Post Office services alongside our extensive retail offer.

"As a convenience store operator we are always looking for ways to make life easier for our customers and the Post Office services will be available for the full opening hours of the store in order to provide an excellent service for the local community.”

Damian Mulholland, Post Office area manager said: “We are making it easier for customers to get their cash, send and collect their mail and do their banking because we know how important these services are to local residents.

He added: “We are confident that this vibrant new-style Post Office at the heart of the local community will meet customer needs.

"This modernisation is part of a major investment programme, the largest in the history of the Post Office and will secure services for the future. The investment marks a commitment to our no more branch closure programme.”