Royal Mail sees smaller loss for 2023 on cost cuts

Britain’s Royal Mail expects its 2023 losses to be around the mid-point of its prior forecast range as the firm took measures to cut costs and mitigate the impact of strikes, its parent company said today. The 507-year-old Royal Mail, which was privatised in 2013, is in the middle of …

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Royal Mail puts price tag on strike costs

Royal Mail parent International Distributions Services has put a £200m price tag on the cost of last year’s strike action, and said that asset sales will be required to support cashflow at the postal operator. In a trading update for the nine months to 31 December 2022, IDS said …

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Royal mail resumes more services after cyber incident

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – British postal firm Royal Mail is restarting some of its international export services, the company said on Thursday, two weeks after its operations were disrupted by what it called a “cyber incident.” Royal Mail will be resuming its International Tracked and Signed, and International Signed …

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Royal Mail reveals £200m cost of strikes as revenue dives

T he owner of strike-ravaged Royal Mail today revealed the scale of the devastating impact of industrial action on its profits after strikes brought chaos to the peak Christmas parcel and card delivery season. International Distribution Services said 18 days of industrial action by postal workers —  including seven in …

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Royal Mail strike action has cost business £200m

Royal Mail strike action has cost business £200m as worker woes and cyber attack put boss Simon Thompson under mounting pressure Royal Mail owner IDS said 18 days of strike action had hit the group  Letter and parcel volumes down and a hefty annual loss is forecast By Jane Denton …

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