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Mail chiefs hit with £280k compensation billEdinburgh Evening NewsROYAL Mail bosses have been forced to pay out more than £280000 in compensation to customers in Edinburgh and the Lothians over lost, mis-delivered or damaged post in the last two years. A total of 36552 complaints were made by customers …and …

ROYAL Mail bosses have been forced to pay out more than £280,000 in compensation to customers in Edinburgh and the Lothians over lost, mis-delivered or damaged post in the las More: continued here

UNION bosses have vowed to fight the closure of Holbeach Delivery Office, and say shutting it will mean customers get their mail later and jobs are lost for the town. More: continued here

Union vows to fight delivery office axeSpalding TodayUNION bosses have vowed to fight the closure of Holbeach Delivery Office, and say shutting it will mean customers get their mail later and jobs are lost for the town. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says it is “very concerned” by Royal Mail's… …

Marketing Week Royal Mail survey shows 90% of people happy to receive door dropsMinuteman Press (blog)Royal Mail's Door to Door department has commissioned a survey, which recently revealed that 90% of people are happy to receive unaddressed mail from retailers. The research was carried out by Fresh Minds, a research …

Up to a fifth of first class letters arrived late in parts of Britain over the three months to June, with half of UK postcodes missing their delivery targets as a result of Royal Mail cost-cutting. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail misses targets in half of UK postcodesTelegraph.co.ukUp to a fifth of first class letters arrived late in parts of Britain over the three months to June, with half of UK postcodes missing their delivery targets as a result of Royal Mail cost-cutting. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs …

Election officer admits 'naivety'Bicester AdvertiserHe said: “Paragon did not tell us it had failed to deliver the postal votes and polling cards to Royal Mail. “Our assumption at that point was that the problem was with Royal Mail, and that was the line of enquiries. “But it became apparent that …

Marketing Week The value of Door Drops and pin boardsMarketing WeekThe Royal Mail's recent research on the value of unaddressed door drops has taken flak but is still worth considering for some of its insights. The top line concerned retail door drops and says that nine in 10 people are …

Royal Mail miss delivery targetsThe IndependentRoyal Mail narrowly missed its delivery targets in the spring, but more than nine out of 10 first and second-class letters were delivered on time in recent weeks, the postal group reported today. The company missed its first-class … More: continued here