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IN THE face of a spate of closures, one York Post Office has turned to technology to help secure its future.

Crichton Avenue Post Office has decided to double up as a computer repair centre in order to try and safeguard from any future closures.

The post office will now double up as computer repair centre, called Intake Computer Solutions on the site at Intake Avenue, Clifton, York. Despite its title, Crichton Avenue Post Office is based on Intake Avenue.

And bosses think the store is now the first place in the country where customers can post a package, obtain foreign currency and have their laptop or home computer repair , all at the same time.

Alistair Murray, sub postmaster at the post office for eight years called the move "an investment for the future of Post Offices" and said that his customers have been very understanding about the need to diversify.

He said: "They realise that the investment in the business is an investment for the future of the Post Office."

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Mr Murray said he took the decision to diversify what he offers to the area in the face of challenging economic and retail landscape.

As well as repairs, the centre will also be selling new computers and laptops, as well as second-hand computer equipment.

The computer business begins trading this week under the watchful eyes of Mr Murray and computer expert Jason Robinson. They hope that the new business expansion will bring longevity to the important traditional services supplied to the local community by the post office.

The shop is offering one to one, personal services that have been lost in the rise of larger, out of town computer stores.

"We see a definite market for the customers not happy with the service of larger stores, where they find it impersonal", said Mr Murray. Mr Robinson agreed, saying: "We provide a one to one service and customers deal with someone with knowledge of all the products on display."

"We know every product we sell inside out and our systems are built to individual customers needs, not just off the shelf'. That way you get exactly what you're after from your own computer."

"All the repairs are done by one of the people you meet when you first come through the door."

source: yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.2247299.0.post_office_bytes_back.php