Royal Mail

Another 4000 post offices face axeTimes Online, UK –4 minutes agoRoyal Mail is now expected to fall far below a government pledge that the national network of post offices should be kept to at least 11500. … More: continued here

Royal Mail slammed for post failuresEast Anglian Daily Times, UK –2 minutes agoAccording to figures released yesterday by the Royal Mail, only 85.2% of first class mail was delivered the following working day in 2007/08 – some way … More: continued here

Letter targets missed after strikesExpress & Echo, UK –May 29, 2008Strikes by postal workers led to the Royal Mail missing its delivery targets for first and second class letters in the past year, new figures show. … More: continued here

Letter targets missed after strikesic Wales, United Kingdom –May 29, 2008Strikes by postal workers led to the Royal Mail missing its delivery targets for first and second class letters in the past year, new figures show. … More: continued here

Letter targets missed after strikesic Liverpool, UK –May 29, 2008Strikes by postal workers led to the Royal Mail missing its delivery targets for first and second class letters in the past year, new figures show. … More: continued here

Hell Mail Size really matters at Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UK –3 hours agoPhillip Inman reports A note through your front door from Royal Mail says a letter is waiting for you at the delivery office. The note says that to retrieve …Is Royal Mail Being Sucked Dry For Sell Off?Hell MailShoddy treatmentThe HeraldMP …

The term “postcode lottery” could have been coined to describe the state of Britain’s postal deliveries. Under the terms of its operating licence, Royal Mail should be delivering 93% of first-class letters the day after posting. More: continued here

A series of strikes last year means Royal Mail fails to meet its targets for delivering the post on time. More: continued here

NEARLY a fifth of Edinburgh and the Lothians’ first class mail was not delivered on time last year, new figures have revealed today. More: continued here

Two Wee County Post Offices set for closureWee County News, UK –May 28, 2008“Once again I am disappointed by this whole process, which has been put in place by the UK government, who still own the Royal Mail Group as a public … More: continued here