Kirkcaldy Post Office At Risk as Tesco Leaves Town

Kirkcaldy MP Gordon Brown is demanding action from Tesco and the Post Office after the supermarket giant announced it was closing a store in the Fife town. The move will lead to the loss of 180 jobs and the shop also contains a Post Office. Mr Brown says the service is vital for elderly people and those without transport in the area. He has offered to mediate with the Scottish Government, the local council and the site owner, understood to be Threadneedle Street Co, to find a cost-effective solution that could keep Tesco in the centre of town. The MP said: "As I understand it this is not the UK store with the lowest turnover and, as we know, it houses the postal counter service for Kirkcaldy. "I have already been in contact with both the head of the Post Office and Tesco's managing director and I praise the speedy action taken by Council leader David Ross and councillors to fight for the superstore's future. "The Post office has already promised me urgent talks. "This is essential, given the profound concerns thousands of Kirkcaldy residents now have about the threat to jobs and services and to the High Street."