Royal Mail is hoping to end Saturday letter deliveries after the postal regulator called for evidence on how its services might change as the popularity of paper post continues to fall. Ofcom, which has previously estimated Royal Mail could save up to £225m annually by dropping Saturday delivery and conducted …

Royal Mail has announced on Tuesday that the price of a first class stamp will rise by 15p from October to £1.25. This comes as the company has said they are facing “increasing cost pressures” amid a “challenged economic environment.” “We understand the economic challenges that many of our customers …

Saturday deliveries could be axed if the Royal Mail has its way – with regulator Ofcom saying the idea is “under review”. Britain’s postal service is facing a radical overhaul next month, with the cost of a first-class stamp set to jump by 15 pence to £1.25 from October 2. …

“However, the number of letters we send and receive has declined by 46% over the last decade, as people and businesses increasingly use digital alternatives. And as the number of letters delivered each day falls, the average cost of delivery is increasing,” it said. Source link

UK communications regulator Ofcom announced plans to review the nation’s universal postal service on Tuesday, as a result of the changing needs and habits of postal users. Ofcom said the universal postal service, underpinned by the Postal Services Act of 2011, mandated International Distributions Services subsidiary Royal Mail to deliver …

THE Royal Mail has revealed how much the price of first class stamps will rise by within just weeks. The firm has announced they will go up from £1.10 to £1.25 on October 2. 1 Royal Mail first class stamps are rising by 15p within weeksCredit: Getty However, second class …

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The price of a first-class stamp will jump by 15p from the start of October, Royal Mail has announced, but it has kept the price of second-class stamps …

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A book of first-class stamps will cost £10 after Royal Mail raised prices for the second time in six months, despite failing to hit its delivery targets. Yesterday the company announced that it would increase the price of a first-class stamp from £1.10 to £1.25 from October 2, a rise …

Royal Mail is agitating to end Saturday deliveries as it hits customers with yet another increase in the price of First Class stamps.  The move would fundamentally change the 500-year-old postal service, which is currently obligated to deliver letters to every address six days a week. There are fears that …