Christmas postal chaos ‘worst in decades’ as Royal Mail staff reveal delivery service is struggling with festive demand after being hit with record £10million fine

By ANDY JEHRING Published: 19:04 EST, 13 December 2024 | Updated: 20:39 EST, 13 December 2024 The Royal Mail is struggling with festive demand as workers claim it prioritises Amazon Prime over cards and hospital scans. Posties say sorting offices are the ‘worst in decades’ with letters piling up as …

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Ofcom fines Royal Mail £10.5m for late deliveries

Royal Mail only delivered 74.7% of first-class mail on time last year Ofcom previously fined Royal Mail £5.6m for falling short of its targets  By HARRY WISE Updated: 07:22 EST, 13 December 2024 Britain’s communications regulator has slapped Royal Mail with a fine for late deliveries for the second time …

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Watchdog fines Royal Mail £10.5m as CWU warns service run-down is ‘deliberate’

ROYAL MAIL’S £10.5 million fine for missing its postal delivery targets in 2023/24 is the “direct result of the deliberate and sustained dismantling of postal services,” the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today. Regulator Ofcom made the fine — which comes after it issued a £5.6 million penalty in November 2023 — after just under three-quarters …

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Uber, Broadcom, Costco, Royal Mail and Boohoo

Shares in ride-hailing company Uber closed Thursday’s session flat after the stock tumbled in the previous session. The stock was down in Wednesday’s trading session following an announcement from General Motors (GM) that it was pulling the plug on its robotaxi project Cruise. Back in August, Uber announced a partnership …

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