Royal Mail to hike price of first class stamps in WEEKS

ROYAL Mail has announced it will increase the price of stamps again next month. The delivery giant said the price of first-class stamps will increase by 30p to £1.65, the second rise in a year. 1 Royal Mail has said it will increase the price of stamps again next month. Royal Mail said the price increase will come into …

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How often should Royal Mail deliver your post in London?

In January, regulator Ofcom began offering consultations on the future of the universal postal service. According to the regulator, the agency is now concentrating on implementing improvements to the second-class service, while maintaining first-class delivery six days a week. Second-class deliveries would only occur on alternate weekdays under the proposed …

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Royal Mail takeover deal is a quagmire, says ALEX BRUMMER

Remember the Royal Mail? It was back on May 15, when the Tories were in Downing Street, that the flaccid board of International Distribution Services (IDS), owner of the Royal Mail, decided to hand the keys of Britain’s 500-year-old postal service to a Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and his shadowy …

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