By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 17:01 EST, 30 January 2025 The Ofcom review of Royal Mail focuses on how best to ensure a reliable delivery service for consumers amid the fast-declining volumes of post. The regulator has come down on the side of a less frequent second-class, …

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The regulator said that after a consultation, it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs. This would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, …

Multi-award-winning premium student accommodation provider True Student is bringing its innovative take on student accommodation to the East Midlands, with the historic former Nottingham Royal Mail sorting office set to be its latest opening. Having remained vacant for 20 years, the landmark scheme has breathed new life into the historic …

The concept of mail delivery has undergone substantial changes over the past two decades, and now the future of second-class delivery on Saturdays hangs under the consideration of industry regulators. Ofcom has proposed significant reforms to how Royal Mail operates, particularly focusing on its Universal Service Obligation (USO), which mandates …

Second-class deliveries on Saturdays could become a thing of the past under proposed changes to the postal service. Ofcom has announced plans to cut second-class mail deliveries to every other weekday, with no second-class deliveries on Saturdays. The proposals also include a price cap on second-class stamps. The suggestions from …

What if Ofcom had cut Royal Mail some slack half a decade ago? What if the universal service obligation (USO), the requirement on the postal operator to deliver nationwide six days a week at a uniform price, had been tweaked before letter volumes fully fell off the cliff? Would Royal …

EFFORTS to overhaul Royal Mail must be accompanied by better working conditions for staff and improved service reliability, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned today. Regulator Ofcom has proposed plans to axe Saturday deliveries of second-class letters, reducing the service to alternate weekdays, a step it claims would save up to £425 million annually. Royal …

Ofcom, Thursday, proposed changes to Royal Mail’s universal service to ensure its sustainability as letter volumes continue to decline. First Class mail will still be delivered six days a week at a uniform price across the UK, while Second Class letters will be delivered on alternate weekdays, excluding Saturdays, but …

The UK Royal Mail, a subsidiary of International Distribution Services, has deployed its 6,000th electric delivery van, adding it to 15 others at its Manchester mail center for deliveries and collections. So far, more than 240 Royal Mail offices use EVs. Royal Mail purchased its first 100 EVs in December …