Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets. Regulator Ofcom said 74.7% of first class mail and 92.7% of second class was delivered on time in 2023/24. The targets were 93% and 98.5%. It is the second time Ofcom has fined Royal Mail since the pandemic and …

News of the fine comes at a time when Royal Mail’s parent, IDS, is facing a probable takeover by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group. In recent years the business has struggled to make money. Its letters business has declined dramatically, with the volume being sent having halved since …

Blair McDougall, MP for East Renfrewshire, visited Newton Mearns Delivery Office this month to show his support for the postal workers in his constituency during Royal Mail’s busiest time of the year. Around twice as many parcels and letters are sent during the festive period compared with other months, as …

The Station Road postal hub, serving Eastriggs, Gretna, and a vast rural area, was visited at dawn by David Mundell, the Dumfriesshire MP, and his son Oliver, the constituency MSP. Mr Mundell said: “Despite the changing landscape in technology and deliveries, Royal Mail and our posties have a special place …

A pre-Christmas campaign from the Royal Mail is reminding dog owners to ensure that postal workers are protected from bites and other incidents on the doorstep. A mailer from the organisation consists of a warning to be placed on the front door of each house to alert postal and delivery …

UK postal operator Royal Mail has launched its own parcel lockers to meet growing e-commerce demand, with an initial 250 lockers to be rolled out in early 2025. The first is now live outside the company’s historic Mount Pleasant mail center in London. The lockers are exclusively for Royal Mail …

The Royal Mail delivery office in Wickford was broken into last night, less than two weeks before Christmas. The postal service was targeted, in the early hours of the morning, with the suspect allegedly taking an empty pot on the counter, used for tips. A spokesperson for Essex Police shared: …

Brits are being urged to get their last-minute Christmas deliveries together as soon as possible after Royal Mail, Evri and Yodel announced their final deadlines ahead of the bank holidays. Yodel has the earliest deadline as you’ll need to send out your items by Monday, December 16th, if you want …

Plans for the transformation of a major railway station used by millions of people have moved a step closer to becoming reality. London Liverpool Street Station connects more than 100 million people each year and commuters claim a redevelopment is ‘overdue’. New plans propose increasing the size of the concourse …

Brits are being urged to get their last-minute Christmas deliveries together as soon as possible after Royal Mail, Evri and Yodel announced their final deadlines ahead of the bank holidays. Yodel has the earliest deadline as you’ll need to send out your items by Monday, December 16th, if you want …