Royal Mail

As a survey highlights its failings is Royal Mail still up to the task?ScotsmanThe relevance of letters dropping on the mat has been increasingly diluted to the extent it has acquired the slightly pejorative moniker "snail mail". A recent survey by consumer watchdog Which? has accused Royal Mail of "failing …

Co-op Bank loan to kick off £50m Coventry schemeProperty Week NewsCo-operative Bank has agreed to finance Barberry Developments' £50m plans for the former Royal Mail Sorting Centre at Bishop Gate in Coventry. West Midlands-based Barberry is planning a retail-led complex at the centre to be called Bishop Gate. …£50m funding …

BRIGHT red pillar boxes punctuating the British landscape; fleets of vans traversing its highways and byways: exam results, birthday cards and dreaded bills – these are the tr More: continued here

A postman stashed more than 31,000 undelivered parcels and letters at his home – because he was too drunk to complete his rounds. More: continued here

Third class post? Which? investigates Royal Mail's serviceWhich?A Which? investigation has revealed that Royal Mail is delivering a patchy service to its customers. We surveyed 2500 adults about their experiences of the postal service. 72% of respondents had had letters delivered to the wrong address; … More: continued here

Town's Royal Mail delivery office facing closureDroitwich AdvertiserDROITWICH Spa's Royal Mail delivery office is facing closure as part of the company's cost cutting proposals for the Midlands. The site, based at The Furlongs, Berry Hill Industrial Estate, will be shut if proposals to move the town operation to … More: …

Mirror.co.uk Royal Mail: “We're proud to deliver your mail”TameBayThere's an awful lot of letters that drop onto my door mat which aren't posted with the Royal Mail. Credit card bills, bank statements and utility bills all seem to be posted by one of Royal Mail's competitors and overall almost half …

Drunk postman stashed 31000 parcels at homeTelegraph.co.ukTasker, then a postman for 12 years, was eventually put under surveillance by the Royal Mail last September, after reports from the public about mail not being delivered. On the day he was observed, he didn't start on his walk until noon at the …

Exclusive: State Asset Body Hunts New BossSky News (blog)The body which manages tens of billions of pounds-worth of state-owned assets including the Royal Mail has begun hunting for a new chairman to steer it through a crucial spate of privatisations, I have learned. The Department for Business, … More: continued …

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have moved into their first official royal home at Kensington Palace, London. More: continued here