Most letters delivered on timeMSN Money UKMark Higson, Royal Mail's managing director of operations and modernisation, said: "Our postmen and women work extremely hard to deliver to some of the most demanding quality of service standards in the whole of Europe. "They are doing this against the …Don't miss last …
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