Post Office to vanish from UK town high street as TG Jones forced to shut – last day June

Post Office to vanish from UK town high street as TG Jones forced to shut – last day JuneA plan to put TG Jones on a more "sustainable" footing was announced last month after a period of tough trading, with around 150 stores set to close. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Chris Samuel 09:49, Thu, Jun 4, 2026 Updated: 09:54, Thu, Jun 4, 2026 Ipswich will lose a Post Office and TG Jones branch in days. (Image: Getty)A Post Office branch is set to disappear from a town centre in days as part of a major restructuring by TG Jones. Around 480 WHSmith stores were bought by private equity group Modella Capital last year to create TG Jones. The deal left WH Smith PLC free to continue its physical retail presence primarily through travel-focused stores in airports, railway stations, hospitals and motorway service areas. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) The TG Jones rebrand came after WH Smith's high street stores struggled in recent years, with chiefs finally opting to offload them in June 2025, and concentrate on the more profitable parts of their business. TG Jones operates around 450 stores and around 180 Post Offices, located within branches. But a plan to put the chain on a more "sustainable" footing was announced last month after a period of tough trading, with around 150 stores set to close, less than a year Modella took the high street shops over. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news a...