Royal Mail was hit with a sudden cyber attack last month that stopped it from being able to send parcels overseas (Picture: EPA) Royal Mail has started moving ‘limited volumes’ of export parcels following a cyber attack in January. The company said it was trialling ‘operational workarounds’ but continued to ask customers …

DESPITE taking record-breaking profits of £758 million in 2021 and paying £547m to shareholders, Royal Mail’s incompetent management wants to cut services and tens of thousands of jobs in their efforts to run down and asset-strip our postal service and diminish the value of postal workers’ jobs. As Ian Lavery …

Royal Mail is updating stamps by adding barcodes, meaning existing stamps that do not have them will soon become obsolete. The move allows the company to add security features, while people will also be able to watch and share videos by scanning the barcodes in the Royal Mail app. Here’s …

SCAM WARNING: Royal Mail has released a statement warning people of the dangers of the authentic looking scam (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Wire) Reporting by Katie Elliott Royal Mail has warned customers to “be vigilant” after a spike in scam texts. The scam is set up so the fraudulent messages …

Gear4music has reported flat UK sales but growth in its European business in the run up to Christmas.  The musical equipment retailer and brand has seen European sales rise by 11%, after opening new warehouses in Ireland and Spain. In the UK, by contrast, Royal Mail strikes and weaker consumer …

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Royal Mail has restarted the export of parcels from a backlog, and will accept new letters for overseas, as it tries to recover from a cyber-attack. Source link

January 18 2023 House of Commons Select Committee demands evidential letter ‘with sufficient details’ to back up CEO’s denials of wilful USO failure… Pressure was growing on Mr Thompson today, following his much-criticised appearance in front of yesterday’s Westminster’s Business, Enterprise & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, at which he …

Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson endured a humiliating appearance before MPs yesterday afternoon. Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson endured a humiliating appearance before MPs yesterday afternoon, as he answered questions over financial mismanagement at the company as well as poor treatment of workers. Thompson was asked about the £140,000 bonus …

Royal Mail has announced it will begin to move “limited volumes” of export parcels following a cyber incident. The company said it was trialling an “operational workaround” for delivering parcels. However, it continues to urge customers not to submit any new export parcels into the network. Last Wednesday, Royal Mail …