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As the leading advocate for rural services, we’ve been dedicated to ensuring that rural areas are empowered with a strong voice, effectively leveraging this influence for substantial progress this year. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our valued members for their unwavering engagement and support. Your dedication to …

The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing the first of two batches of write-ins received from Royal Mail workers across the UK in response to its interview with Ian, a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC): “Royal Mail delivery worker explains ‘The Communication Workers Union is facilitating …

The Post Office inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal returns on Tuesday with a blockbuster witness list including Alan Bates, Paula Vennells and Sir Ed Davey. Over 15 weeks, Post Office bosses, government ministers and executives from the IT giant Fujitsu will face questions to get to the bottom of …

BIRA has said that the recent Consumer Sentiment Monitor released by the British Retail Consortium has shown some positives. The report, released in March by the BRC asks consumers about their shopping behaviours, financial status and attitudes. The insight has a focus on market intelligence, monitors and benchmarks. Compiled in …

Kate Middleton could be your royal pen pal. As the Princess of Wales, 42, receives cancer treatment, fans may want to send the royal a letter or card filled with well wishes. On April 6, X user AllexmarieHoll1 shared a short note they said they received after sending a card …

DRIVERS who deliver packages for Royal Mail subsidiary Parcelforce are suing the company on grounds they have been misclassified in their employment status and wrongly denied workers’ rights. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said that thousands of Parcelforce drivers may be eligible to join the claim which, if …

A mailing services contract worth £3m is among the recently listed tenders currently available via the government’s Contracts Finder and Find a Tender services. Places for People requires a total printing and fulfilment service on a national basis to deliver a personalised service as part of its portfolio of customer …

Three men have today been jailed for their involvement in a drug enterprise which saw the large scale selling of drugs on the dark web and their onward transmission via post in disguised packaging. (Left to right): Benjamin Martin-Bynoe, Joe McNally and Robert Brewster Joe McNally, 33, Robert Brewster, 55, …

In the first stunning installment of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, baffling financial losses in local post office branches cause Subpostmasters to be fired and prosecuted. There’s a lot for audiences to digest, so allow us to provide more detail and context around questions like ‘How do local post …

Heathrow recently announced several changes to its Executive team, with Javier Echave, currently its CFO, taking over from COO Emma Gilthorpe, who is leaving to take up her role as CEO of Royal Mail. Above: Javier Echave (current CFO, to be COO) & Emma Gilthorpe (current COO). Courtesy Heathrow Emma …