Express.co.uk 'Post early or miss new collections', say Royal MailExpress.co.ukRoyal Mail said the changes will ensure it is able to maintain its 115,000 post boxes across Britain despite a 33 per cent drop in volumes of mail since 2005. About 47,000 post boxes will move to the earlier collection times – typically between 9am and…
Royal Mail is to cut its late collection times at postboxes by almost half. Between 45,000-50,000 of its 115,3001 postboxes will be moved to an earlier collection time between 9am and 3pm. More: continued here
Changes to collection times at thousands of Royal Mail post boxes adds "insult to injury" after its privatisation, the shadow business secretary said. More: continued here
Royal Mail is to cut its late collection times at postboxes by almost half. Between 45,000-50,000 of its 115,3001 postboxes will be moved to an earlier collection time. More: continued here
THE last collection time at almost 50,000 Royal Mail post boxes is to be made earlier under plans that will see mail picked up by delivery staff during their daytime rounds. More: continued here
The Independent Half of post boxes to be emptied once a day as Royal Mail cuts costsThe Independent“The majority of postboxes will retain a 4pm or later final collection as they have now,” the Royal Mail said. “We will ensure that there is a late posting box within half a mile of each postbox that…
Currently, the boxes are emptied after 4pm, but Royal Mail has moved the times to between 9am and 3pm as part of a restructuring. More: continued here
Dwindling letter volumes means many post boxes no longer cover their costs, so between 45,000 – 50,000 will be emptied earlier, while rural Scotland and Northern Ireland will get new boxes. More: continued here
BBC News Royal Mail Peterborough staff walk-out affects 4000 customersBBC NewsPostal deliveries to about 4,000 Cambridgeshire customers were disrupted when about 70 Royal Mail staff walked out over a management dispute. Sorting and delivery staff at the Orton Southgate office in Peterborough walked out at 06:45 BST. A union … More: continued here
Plymouth Herald Plymouth's Tinside Lido to feature on new Royal Mail stampPlymouth HeraldRoyal Mail's new first class stamp bears the image of the city's iconic Tinside Lido. The stamp is set to launch on September 18. It is part of a collection featuring Britain's seaside towns as well-loved national institutions and magical places to ……