Hundreds of small businesses have accused the Royal Mail of mischarging them thousands of pounds a month in penalties after it installed faulty technology designed to catch fraudsters. Businesses across the country have been incorrectly fined for failing to pay the right postage and being sent penalties up to three …
Read More »Royal Mail PLC to strike as 1,000 workers to be axed and ‘fired and rehired’ on lower wages
Letter and parcel services across the UK would be hit if workers vote for industrial action Royal Mail PLC (LSE:RMG) faces UK-wide strikes over plans to axe 1,000 managers. The union Unite claims the postal group is planning to sack the staff and hire them back on lower salaries – a practice …
Read More »Stock up before Monday when Royal Mail 1st class stamps rise by 11 per cent
From April 4, the price of a 1st Class stamp will increase by 10p and the price of a 2nd Class stamp will increase by 2p to 68p. Royal Mail announced the price rises earlier this month saying that “overall, these changes are broadly in line with inflation and are …
Read More »Last chance to buy stamps before Royal Mail hikes prices in April
Royal Mail will hike the price of its stamps in April, with costs to rise by up to 10p. The company confirmed it would be hiking prices earlier this month and the change will come into effect from 4 April. Sign up to our daily Dewsbury Reporter Today newsletter The …
Read More »When is the price of stamps increasing in 2022? How much Royal Mail Postage stamps will cost from April
Royal Mail blamed hiking the price of its stamps in April on Brits sending fewer letters Royal Mail will hike the price of its stamps in April, with costs to rise by up to 10p. The company confirmed it would be hiking prices earlier this month and the change will …
Read More »Royal Mail automated parcel sorting machine goes into operation
31 March 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail has begun operating its first fully automated parcel sorting machine in Wales at the Cardiff Mail Centre. This is one of 39 such units that have been put into operation in the last year and is part of a multi-million pound investment …
Read More »Tesco vs Royal Mail: which cheap FTSE 100 share should I buy?
There are plenty of cheap FTSE 100 shares for investors like me to choose from today. Severe share weakness over the past six weeks means that many quality blue-chips are trading at knock-down prices. Tesco (LSE: TSCO) and Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) are two FTSE 100 stocks whose share prices …
Read More »Strike looms at Royal Mail as company seeks to sack 1,000 workers and `fire and rehire’ on lower wages
Royal Mail could soon be hit by UK-wide strikes over plans to sack nearly 1,000 managers and bring in lower rates of pay in what Unite the union says today (Wednesday) is yet another case of ‘fire and rehire’. Unite is preparing an industrial action ballot, which would see strikes …
Read More »Royal Mail warned of strike action in ‘fire and rehire’ row
Royal Mail vans Royal Mail is being warned it could be hit by strikes over plans to cut managers’ jobs. Unite said the company is aiming to sack nearly 1,000 managers and bring in lower rates of pay in another case of “fire and rehire”, which Royal Mail denies. The …
Read More »Royal Mail rolls out first fully-automated parcel sorting machine in Wales
Royal Mail has rolled out its first fully-automated parcel sorting machine (PSM) in Wales. The new machinery has been installed at the postal service’s Cardiff Mail Centre. The installation is part of Royal Mail’s multi-million pound investment programme to replace significant manual sorting processes to help the company meet the …
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