Royal Mail

The iconic British rock band The Who has been honored with a special collection of Royal Mail stamps, celebrating their incredible contribution to music over the past six decades. The collection features stamps and collectable item showcasing some of the band’s most memorable moments, from their electrifying performances to iconic …

Royal Mail has thousands of jobs up for grabs in the run up to the busy festive season. There will be 16,000 temporary workers recruited, with contracts running from late October to early January 2025. Roles will be created across two parcel hubs, five seasonal parcel sort centres and 37 …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for a Yes vote in the ballot on political funding in the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Our call is against the campaign by CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his cronies on the executive to promote Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as a friend …

Royal Mail is to recruit 16,000 temporary workers to help with deliveries and sorting over Christmas. Some of the positions will be located in two parcel hubs in Daventry, Northamptonshire and Warrington, Cheshire. There will also be jobs at 37 mail centres as well as five temporary seasonal parcel sort …

Royal Mail is increasing the price of its stamps next week and people are being urged to ‘bulk buy’ to avoid the price hike. But what do you do with your old stamps? We took a look at what Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis suggests people do with their old …

A member of the Royal Family will read a CBeebies bedtime story next week for World Sight Day. The Duchess of Edinburgh will stress the importance of valuing our eyesight when she reads Specs For Rex by Yasmeen Ismail on October 10 for the BBC children’s channel. Sophie, who is …

Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images Pink Floyd fans holding out hope that one day David Gilmour and Roger Waters would put away their differences and perform together again are bound to be disappointed. The pair have been at odds for years, but their relationship turned particularly rocky last year when Gilmour’s wife …

Saturday 30 November is the final day to get your letters in to Father Christmas if you’re hoping for a reply. Understandably the man is very busy so with the help of the Royal Mail, he’s hoping to reply to as many people as possible, with a personalised response.And it’ll …

UK postal operator Royal Mail has confirmed it is preparing for the peak festive season, with 16,000 additional workers set to be hired between late October and January 2025 to assist its 85,000 posties sort the mail and the increasing number of parcels it expects to process. The temporary peak …

Standard first class stamps will go up from £1.35 to £1.65 from Monday 7 October – a rise of 22%. A large first class stamp goes up even more, from £2.10 to £2.60 – a rise of 24%. Stock up now with stamps for Christmas and you could save yourself …