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Post Office 'isn't a community service'

Chair of the board says postal service must be profitable

The Isle of Man Post Office isn't a community service and must make sure it makes a profit.

That's from the chair of the board Stu Peters after Tynwald voted in support of the organisation's annual plan.

There were questions about what services the postal service should be providing, including concern over the future of sub-post offices, whether Saturday letter deliveries should be reinstated and the removal of MiCard.

Mr Peters says the body can't afford to run services that lose money:

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