Royal Mail has been fined a record £10.5 million by the postal regulator after delivering more than a quarter of first-class letters late. Ofcom said that the company failed to meet its obligations to handle letters swiftly enough, marking the second financial penalty it has faced in just over a …

CWU LIVE – Royal Mail Takeover & Restructuring Upload Date: December 13 2024 On this weeks episode of CWU Live, we’re at Congress House, home of the TUC. We’re joined by Dave Ward, Martin Walsh, Tony Kearns, Tony Bouch & more as we talk Royal Mail takeover, USO, and discussions …

Ofcom issued the second fine in just over a year to the postal service after Royal Mail failed to improve service levels. Royal Mail failed to meet its first- and second-class delivery targets in the 2023/24 financial year. Just 74.7% of first-class mail and 92.7% of second-class mail was delivered …

Royal Mail vans Image: Rui Vieira Regulator Ofcom has fined Royal Mail £10.5 million for missing its post delivery targets in the 2023-2024 financial year. The fine is the second in two years, after the watchdog also gave Royal Mail a £5.6 million penalty in November 2023. Royal Mail said …

PA Media Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail. The fine is almost double the penalty the company was hit with last year for the same reason. Ofcom said Royal Mail’s poor service was “now …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK regulators have fined Royal Mail after the group failed to meet its delivery targets, adding to pressure on the UK postal service as it prepares for a takeover by …

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As it expands its parcel locker network in the UK, Royal Mail is set to roll out its first 250 own-brand parcel lockers over the coming months, to be used exclusively by Royal Mail customers. The first of these lockers is now live outside the company’s historic Mount Pleasant mail …

Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m by the communications regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second-class mail in the 2023-2024 financial year. The penalty was nearly double last year’s fine of £5.6m for failing to meet obligations under the Universal Service Obligation. Under Ofcom’s standards, …

Royal Mail has been fined more than £10m by the postal regulator for missing its delivery targets, with more than a quarter of first-class mail arriving late. Ofcom, which fined the company £5.6m for the same failure of its regulatory obligations last November, said Royal Mail took “insufficient and ineffective …